Thank You for Helping End Homelessness for Individuals in Atlanta!
Your race registration fee will cover one night of warm, safe shelter for a homeless man, woman, or child in Atlanta this winter. As you run in the cold, you will be helping to prevent our homeless neighbors from sleeping in the cold. A sincere ‘thank you’!
On this page, you will find helpful tools for sharing about and fundraising for your race to end homelessness.
Personal Fundraising Page Social Media Resources Email Resources Donate to a Runner
Why Fundraise?
To provide more than this one night of shelter, you can help support even more individuals by making a personal donation or having family, friends, and co-workers sponsor your run. By joining together, we can ensure that no man, woman, or child has to face a cold winter outdoors, without help or hope. Together, we can end homelessness, one person at a time.
Personal Fundraising Page
Please help us raise awareness to help end homelessness by creating your personal fundraising page to share via email or social media. Your can login to your participant center in the top right corner of this site. Your page can be customized with pictures or videos as well as personal messages for your friends and family of why you are running to end homelessness.
Team Fundraising
If you and a group of friends, coworkers, family, etc., would like to fundraise together as a team, click here to create or join a team.
Tweet, post photos, create a Snapchat story, blog, and share about your progress with your friends and followers. Below is some content you can edit and share. For Twitter, shorten the content by using hashtags. For Facebook, tag the Facebook page of Atlanta Mission. You can also share the video from last year’s race with some of the content below or one of the other videos on our Atlanta Mission Youtube page.
Social Media Profile and Cover Images:
Sample Posts:
Just Signed Up Facebook Post
“I just registered for the Atlanta Mission 5K Race to End Homelessness! Join me and help end homelessness one person at a time. 100% of donations go to support men, women, and children who would otherwise be sleeping in the cold this winter.” (Share your personal/team url)
Just Signed Up Tweet
“I just registered for the Atlanta Mission 5K Race to End Homelessness! Join me and help end homelessness one person at a time. ” (Share your personal/team url)
Countdowns
“___ days until the Atlanta Mission 5K Race to End Homelessness! Join me in ending homelessness for those who sleep in the cold.” (Share your personal/team url)
Progress Updates
I’ve reached ___% of my goal for the Atlanta Mission 5K Race to End Homelessness! Thank you for giving towards ending homelessness. (Share your personal/team url)
Informational v1
Last year, Atlanta Mission provided 248,095 nights of shelter for individuals who would otherwise sleep in the cold. Help me provide more warm nights for the vulnerable. (Share your personal/team url)
Informational v2
Atlanta Mission shelters 1,000 individuals every night who would otherwise sleep in the cold. Join me as I race to end homelessness, one person at a time.
If you’re walking and not running
Atlanta Mission shelters 1,000 individuals every night who would otherwise sleep in the cold. Join me as I walk to end homelessness, one person at a time.
Team
If you’re racing and fundraising with a team, share a photo of your team with your team colors and use some of the content on any of the other share options.
After the Event v1
(Share a photo from the race) Success! While my race is over, the race to end homelessness is not. It’s not too late to provide more warm bed nights for the vulnerable of Atlanta. (Share your personal/team url)
After the Event v2
(Share a photo from the race and share a moment or story from the race that impacted you)
In the participant center, there is a built in email section with some sample content you can use/edit to send out to your friends, family, and co-workers.
- Send an email when you first sign up
- Share the story of why you’re signing up. What compels you to run in the cold for those who sleep in the cold?
- Send a few emails about your fundraising progress
- Send personal thank you emails to your donors.
- After the race, send an update with a photo from the race, something that impacted you from the race, and an opportunity for them to give. Let them know that it’s not too late. “Success! While my race is over, the race to end homelessness is not. It’s not too late to provide more warm bed nights for the vulnerable of Atlanta. (Share your personal/team url)”
Did you know that in 2017, through generous supporters like you, Atlanta Mission:
- Served more than 668,498 meals
- Provided shelter for individuals more than 237,534 nights
- Served 8,613 men, women, and children
Finally, for More Information
For more information about how to get involved at Atlanta Mission go to www.atlantamission.org/volunteer. If you have any questions about setting up your participation center, contact us