The 2011 Valerie Fund Walk & JAG Physical Therapy 5K Run Coca-Cola Coupon Campaign is off to an AMAZING start!!
BK Team Building Day at The Valerie Fund
Burger King Franchisees and NY DMA Team Members gathered at The Valerie Fund Main Office before setting out to "paper" surrounding communities with posters and leave brochures and sponsorship opportunities with local vendors to promote our upcoming Walk and 5K Run on Saturday, June 11th. Their involvement has historically made a huge impact on attendance and funds collected for the event. MANY THANKS and much appreciation to all who enthusiastically devoted their afternoon to helping us realize our goal of raising one million dollars!
Burger King Corporation and New York DMA Franchisees have a long history of supporting activities to benefit The Valerie Fund. This year's Corporate Sponsorship is the cornerstone of one of The Valerie Fund's biggest fundraising events of the year---the upcoming 2011 Valerie Fund Walk & JAG Physical Therapy 5K Run to be held in Verona Park, Verona, NJ on Saturday, June 11, 2011.
Manager Cathy Spirull and Crew Member Raphael Magreniase hold The Valerie Fun Walk & JAG Physical Therapy 5K coupon booklets good for (4) free value-sized Coca-Cola beverages.
Wrapping up the first week of this very first initiative, we didn't quite know what to expect…197 restaurants had signed on and over 113,000 coupon books were ordered….then the tracking forms started coming in and we were delighted to see a strong response from so many of the participating restaurants.
Week One of the Campaign - 17,774 coupon booklets were sold during the first week of the campaign. And six locations--- Dominate Food #717 and #2579, Creative Foods #759 and #2930 and Odyssey Foods #1159 and #14564 each have sold more than 1,000 booklets to date!!
THANK YOU! Your generous involvement promoting the Coupon Campaign will help us reach our goal of raising one million dollars to provide compassionate care close to home for children living with cancer and blood disorders.
Special Guest Jacob models The Valerie Fund cap
While subsequent newsletters will chronicle road trips we plan to take in May, this first week brought us to our local Burger King restaurant less than a mile away from The Valerie Fund Main Office in Maplewood, New Jersey.
Dominate Food #717's Manager Cathy Spirull and her team showed us why they sold close to 2,000 coupon books since April 15th. We were so proud of how great the register toppers looked prominently displayed on Cathy's immaculate counters.
We watched as the crew greeted each customer warmly and offered them the coupons--- their efforts made for a very productive morning!!
The Coupon Campaign continues through May 16th. We would love to hear from you if you require reorders, have any questions or comments. Please contact Tina Kaplan at 973-761-0422 or by email tkaplan@thevaleriefund.org .
And keep sending those weekly tracking forms back no later than Friday of each week so we can determine who is eligible for Valerie Fund hats, water bottles and T-shirts. Please fax to 973-761-6792.
With Much Appreciation for everyone who is making this effort possible,
Bunny, Abby, and Tina
