Introducing Team Azalea Charities
Team Azalea Charities is the online fundraising campaign of Azalea Charities, Inc, Aid for Wounded Warriors project. The Team Azalea Charities program uses customizable internet-based campaigns to make fundraising for our cause easy, fun and rewarding.
Benefiting wounded warriors and their families
Our Team Azalea Charities’ runners, walkers, cyclists, triathletes, etc. dedicate their physical endeavors in 2010 to Aid for Wounded Warriors, a 501(c)(3) non-profit project. This year Team Azalea Charities is continuing its relationship with the British charities and active duty units, but is also seeking athletes and charities from Canada and Australia to join our team as we recognize the commitment made by these nations to serve Side By Side with U.S. wounded service personnel deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan.
Together our mutual commitment to wounded service personnel and their families, Aid for Wounded Warriors provides comfort and relief items and various types of support to service personnel sick, injured or wounded in the line of duty in this war on terrorism. This is a 100% volunteer effort, with all contributions directly helping wounded personnel and their families at military and veteran’s medical centers, Fisher House rehabilitation facilities and military and VA medical centers. We also provide financial support to CrisisLink (a Hotline for U.S. wounded soldiers and their families), Hope for the Warriors charity, and special projects for combat wounded service personnel. The purpose of our mission is to lift their spirits and enhance morale through a lifetime of assistance and support.
Join Team Azalea Charities and Become a Fundraiser
Participate in any event, anywhere in the world and raise money for Team Azalea Charities supporting our wounded warriors! The team turns 5 years old in 2010 with history of volunteer fundraisers running the Marine Corps Marathon and 10K, the Marine Corps Historic Half marathon, the Chicago Marathon, the Army 10 Miler, and the 135-mile Badwater ultra-run across Death Valley in the heat of July -- all to raise awareness and funds for our Aid for Wounded Warriors (AWW) project!
The possibilities are endless! Do a triathlon, run a 5K, run a marathon a week, record points scored this basketball season, ride the Rockies in Colorado, hike the Appalachian Trail, or invite wedding or house warming guests to donate to AWW in lieu of another rice cooker!
Our Mission
Our mission is to raise funds and awareness for the Azalea Charities Aid for Wounded Warriors project, helping US service personnel and their families across the globe. We’re striving to achieve this mission through the hard work and dedication of volunteer team members like you!
Communications
To allow your fundraising dollars to work toward our combat wounded service personnel and families in need, all Team Azalea Charities’ communication will be sent electronically, so please adjust your spam/junk settings to receive all e-mail fromrunforwoundedsoldiers@yahoo.com, azaleacharities@aol.com, and support@active.com. Rest assured that we will not clog up your inbox with excessive emails, but rather you’ll receive an email approximately once a month to inform you of useful information posted here on our web site.
Visit our News section to learn more about our prior year events, including lists of runners and funds raised, photos, newspaper articles and even a link to the website highlighting the adventure of one of the team fundraisers.
Benefits of Running with Team Azalea Charities
As a member of Team Azalea Charities, you will receive the following:
- First and foremost, the personal satisfaction of supporting the needs of our sick and wounded soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines in rehabilitation upon returning from Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as a guaranteed slot in the 2010 half marathon
- Your own personal fundraising website set up automatically by ActiveGiving, painless to customize and manage your fundraising campaign (personal message, photo, goal, and ability to track fundraisers)
- Ability to fundraise for a worthy cause and solicit checks by mail or credit card donations online without handling any cash transactions
- Sample fundraising memo/email content that you can personalize
- Charity-generated receipts & thank you memos (for checks received by mail) & automated Active Network-generated email receipts / thank you notes (for online donations) sent to your contributors
- Charity-generated donation confirmation email (for checks received by mail) & Active Network-generated confirmation emails (for online contributions) sent to you so you know who has contributed to your fundraising campaign
- A t-shirt and race day running singlet (made of a wicking fabric) with Team Azalea Charities, Run for Wounded Warriors logo (available no later than on race weekend)
- Opportunity to meet Azalea Charity board members, volunteers, fellow runners & supporters at the Team Azalea Charities carbo-loading, family style pasta lunch, free to you and for an optional contribution from family & supporters, on Saturday, May 15th at 1 p.m. at Georgio’s Family Restaurant, Montclair Shopping Center, 4394 Kevin Walker Drive, Dumfries, Virginia 22026
- Directions, signs & noise makers to charity volunteers and each runner’s supporters & family to form our Team Azalea Charities cheering squad along the course
- Guaranteed spot in our 2011 Team Azalea Charities events for every runner meeting or exceeding their 2010 minimum fundraising goal
- Individual fundraisers will be mailed incentive gifts throughout their campaigns:
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$50 in donations - Team Azalea Charities t-shirt |
Ready to join?
Click on one of the race opportunities highlighted below:
March 21, 2010 - ING marathon or half-marathon (Atlanta GA)
May 16, 2010 - Marine Corps Historic Half (Fredericksburg, VA)
October 31, 2010 - Marine Corps Marathon & 10K (Washington DC)
Other Events in 2010 – Become an individual fundraiser for our Team (i.e., Army 10 Miler, Boston Marathon, Ironman Triathlon, etc.)