Preparing for Next Year’s Overnight Walk

The 2013 Overnight Walk Is Closer Than You Think

The 2013 Overnight Walk itself is still several months away, but the planning has already begun for many of our recurring teams and they will tell you that it is never too soon to start planning for your team’s fundraising and event details.

Many of the Overnight’s Teams are already making preparations for fundraising events later in the year.

Get Started Early

Planning a few details with your team early on will help make things simpler in the long run for your whole Overnight experience and will help you get to your fundraising goals without a problem and without much worry or stress.

A few tips for starting early:

Gather Your Team – Start talking to those team members that joined you last year and also to those that expressed interest in being part of the team that may not have participated. Many people feel the need to start on their planning very early to give themselves ample time, so maybe this is the perfect time to remind them that the Overnight is coming again in several months.

Make an Individual Plan – Start making at least a rough idea of the people that you would like to ask for donations, the timing and stages of your requests, and the goal that you would like to set for yourself.

Start Thinking About Team Events – If your team would like to do a team fundraising event such as a restaurant night or game night, now is the perfect time to start exploring how and when you all might like to do one. Get ideas together early and you will not feel rushed to get it set up later.

Travel Arrangements – If you are coming to join us for the 2013 Overnight Walk from another area, start thinking about travel arrangements early. We’ll let you know just as soon as we can about any special hotel and airline considerations, but in general terms the earlier you book your travel the more economical it will be.

As always, if you have any questions at all about this year’s 2013 Overnight or would like help planning or setting things up with your team you can always call us at 888-THE-OVERNIGHT or email us at coaches@theovernight.org .