The Importance of Community

Here are a couple suggestions on creating community while you are training.

 Meet new people by searching for training walks in your area. If you live near your 3-day city, you'll have your choice of locations, times, and days. Try a new area every week. You'll be surprised how well you can get to know someone in 3 miles! As your walk gets closer and training walks get longer, you'll be thankful to spend the time with friendly faces.

 Plan fundraisers with friends, teammates, or people you meet at training walks. Our team has done a variety of fundraisers from sitting at Wal-Mart for a few hours on a Saturday to a full English tea for women in our community. Restaurants often will give a percentage of proceeds to your organization.

 Share your funds. Our team not only fundraises together, but we're committed to helping everyone reach the minimum goal of $2,300. Once I've met my goal, I share everything above $2,300 with my teammates who are not quite there. This also means that you never quit fundraising. When I'm done with my $2,300, I start helping my teammates meet their goal.

And a few reasons why you should join a team and make new friends.

 Find more motivation to walk. Everyone walks for a reason and meeting new people means you get to hear why THEY are walking! This is more motivation to continue training and raising money!

 Have fun while walking. Walking 15 miles isn't fun. Walking 15 miles alone is a HUGE drag. Walking 15 miles with new friends while laughing, crying and sharing lives is a great memory. You will have fun at the training walk, meeting, or fundraiser, but then you will have fun at the event because you've already made friends! Trust me, it is very fun seeing a Training Walk friend at the event!

  

 Have fun raising money. Sitting outside a store on a Saturday morning is a great way to make some bucks. However, how boring it would be to do alone! Just like training, fundraising is more fun (and easier!) with a friend or two.

  

 Remember that your teammates will be your neighbors at camp. Tent walls are VERY thin; surround yourself with awesome people! Because they will be so close, you can also coordinate packing efforts as the walk gets close.

 Have a great team? Share your experiences! Have a question about the 3-day experience? Leave a comment. We are always looking for new blog post ideas and would love to (try to) answer your questions!

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