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What is Walk & Roll?
Walk & Roll is an annual celebration of the Gillette Children's community and an important fundraising event.
Walk & Roll provides opportunities to participate both in-person and from your own neighborhood. Participants can join us in-person at Viking Lakes in Eagan, MN with fellow Gillette patients, families and supporters. Participants residing outside the Twin Cities may participate from wherever they call home.
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Is there a registration fee or fundraising minimum to participate?
Since Walk & Roll is an important fundraising event for Gillette, we've decided to forego a registration fee and instead focus on donations that support Gillette's patient and family services.
What does that mean for you? You're a walker or a roller and a Gillette ambassador. Reach out to your networks via social media, email, snail mail or phone, share why Gillette is important to you, and ask for donations. It's easier than you might think. Something that helps build momentum is to be your own first donor. Take whatever you would have spent on registering for this event and donate that amount toward your fundraising goal. When people see you're "in it", they'll want to join you.
Setting up a fundraising page is easy, there's no minimum amount to raise, however, we do encourage all participants to be active fundraisers by making or receiving a donation of any amount.
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What does the money raised help support?
As a nonprofit hospital, donor support is an essential part of Gillette's mission to ensure every patient who enters our door has access to the same high level of expert care, regardless of their ability to pay. With your help, Gillette is opening minds to new possibilities for every child in our care through pioneering treatment—some of which is unreimbursed by insurance, but critical to the physical, emotional, psychological and social well-being of our patients and families.
Additionally, your gifts will also fuel cutting-edge research that leads to ground-breaking treatment options—not only for kids treated at Gillette, but for children with rare and complex conditions around the world.
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How do I receive this year's event shirt?
Secure your limited-edition Gillette Children's Walk & Roll t-shirt by registering by September 1, 2024! When registering you will be prompted to select whether or not you would like a t-shirt and then to select a size. Participants are welcome to register and fundraise after that date, but we cannot guarantee t-shirt availability or sizing.
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Do I need to be on a team in order to participate?
Nope! While many of our participants do participate on a team made up of co-workers, neighbors, family members or friends, you do not need to be on a team nor create one to join us! Simply register as an individual.
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What if I receive donations via cash or check?
Check and cash donations are welcome, although we prefer checks. For all cash and check donations please contact events@gillettechildrens.com to make arrangements for donation pick-up and to ensure the donation is added to your fundraising total. Thank you!
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Are donations to the event tax-deductible?
Yes, donations to the 2024 Walk & Roll event are tax-deductible. Receipts will be mailed/emailed to donors throughout the event. Cash donors will receive a receipt if their name and address are included with the donation.