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OfferingHelp, Hope and Healing
By supporting this event, you are helping the Peace Institute keep their doors open,
their line clear and their support readily available to the survivors
of homicide victims. Join
our team! As an individual partner, community or corporate sponsor. Come walk! Help us reach our goal of
$150.000!
HOW TO BUILD YOUR PEACE WALK TEAM:
Set a goal for the number of walkers you want to recruit and the
dollar amount you want your team to raise.
Encourage friends, co-workers, family members, neighbors, board
members…to be a part of your team.
Encourage members of your bereavement/self
help/spiritual support group to form a team.
Get permission from school principals to start a peace walk team
and post the Mothers' Walk for peace poster on bulletin boards,
lunchroom, and classroom. Make announcement after the pledge of
allegiance or during school assembly.
MORE TEAM BUILDING IDEAS: Form a peace
walk committee. The more leaders (co-leaders) the merrier.
Encourage peaceful competition. Offer incentive prize to your
top teams fundraisers, such as company merchandise, paid time
off of theater/sports tickets.
Encourage peaceful conception between departments or challenge
another peace walk team.
Encourage peaceful competition between religious institutions
in your area.
Encourage members of your church, parish, or temple to form a
Peace Walk team.
Encourage peaceful competitions between bereavements groups.
Plan a pre-walk breakfast, or other group activities for your
team at the Mother's walk.
Encourage friends and family to walk in memory of a loved one.
Encourage friends and families to walk in honor of MOM.
Encourage team members to submit design for team banner/poster.
JUST A FEW GOOD REASONS TO WALK FOR PEACE:
VISIBILITY: It a great way to create public awareness for what
you are doing in the community and a wonderful opportunity to
bring the community together in the name of peace
COST EFFECTIVENESS: Since each team member
will be collecting pledges, together you will raise more funds
to support the school based peace programs and the survivors Outreach
Services.
FULLFILLMENT: By forming a peace walk team,
you will feel great knowing you have come together to honor moms,
show your support for families and friends who have lost a loved
one to violence, and help publicly recommit to work together to
protect all of our children.
CAN'T WALK? VOLUNTEER!
Make checks payable to:
The Louis D. Brown Peace Institute
Mail to: 1452 Dorchester
Ave., 2nd Fl.
Dorchester, MA 02122
For
more information please call 617-825-2248
Email:
info@motherswalkforpeace.org
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