Appendix 7O
Mayor's Walk - Sample Business Support Solicitation Letter
Presents
Mayor's Walking Cup
May16, 2001 at 12:00 PM
Wheeling Heritage Trail, Wheeling Civic Center Entrance
It is our pleasure to inform you of an exciting public health campaign that is taking shape in Wheeling. WHEELING WALKS is a campaign dedicated to the health and well being of all Americans being developed by West Virginia University, Department of Community Medicine and the Wheeling - Ohio County Public Health Department. This model project hopes to help all Americans get off the couch and out the door to take a walk. As part of this campaign Mayor Nick Sparachane will be hosting a Mayor's Walking Cup on May 16, 20001 from 12:00 - 1:00 PM in the downtown area. The Mayor's Walking Cup will consist of a 30-minute walk on Wheeling’s Heritage Trail that begins at the Wheeling Civic Center. Mayor Sparachane will be the master of ceremonies and all citizens working in the downtown area are encouraged and urged to attend. It is our hope that you and your employees will join us in this walk. We are asking everyone working in the downtown area to spend 30 minutes of their lunch hour walking. Participants will be able to sign up for the campaign and after walking the lunchtime route, a light lunch will be available. In conducting the walk we hope to show employees how easy and beneficial it is, to walk during their lunch hour. This is an easy and fun way to promote fitness in your organization.
WHEELING WALKS is interested in improving the health of the citizens of Wheeling and the surrounding area. Please join the campaign by encouraging your employees to participate in the Mayor's Walking Cup. Wear your company T-shirts or colors to show your organization's support for the campaign and join us in an hour of healthy, fun activity. This is a free event and small incentives are in the works for each individual that participates.
Walking is sure to be the “buzz" word in Wheeling so get your organization involved! Register for WHEELING WALKS and log your minutes by calling XXX-XXXX or online at www.wheelingwalks.org.
Appendix 7P
Mayor's Walk - Sample Business Support for WALK Letter
Your Business Partner Here February 22, 2001
Dear Sir or Madam:
It is our pleasure to inform you of an exciting public health campaign that is taking shape in Wheeling. WHEELING WALKS is a campaign dedicated to the health and well being of all Americans being developed by West Virginia University, Department of Community Medicine and the Wheeling - Ohio County Public Health Department This model project hopes to help all Americans get off the couch and out the door to take a walk. As part of this campaign Mayor Nick Sparachane will be hosting a Mayor's Walking Cup on May 16, 20001 from 12:00 - 1:00 PM in the downtown area. This event, endorsed by (Endorsing Business Here), will consist of a 30-minute on Wheeling’s Heritage Trail that begins at the Wheeling Civic Center. Mayor Sparachane will be the master of ceremonies and all citizens working in the downtown area are encouraged and urged to attend. It is our hope that you and your employees will join us in this walk. We are asking everyone working in the downtown area to spend 30 minutes of their lunch hour walking. Participants will be able to sign-up for the campaign and after walking the lunchtime route, a light lunch will be available. In conducting the walk we hope to show employees how easy and beneficial it is to walk during their lunch hour. This is an easy and fun way to promote fitness in your organization.
(Endorsing Business) is interested in improving the health of its own employees and the citizens of Wheeling. Please join us by encouraging your employees to participate in the Mayor's Walking Cup. For more details or to sign up your team, you may contact XXXXX at XXX-XXX. Wear your company T-shirts or colors to show your organization's support for the campaign and join us in an hour of healthy, fun activity. This is a free event and small incentives are in the works for each individual that participates. Walking is sure to be the "buzz" word in Wheeling once the campaign begins so get your organization involved!
Sincerely,
your name
job title
Isn’t It Time You Started Walking?
Appendix 7Q
Intergenerational Walk - Sample Donation Letter Request
March 30, 2001
The Kroger Company
200 Mt. DeChantal Road
Wheeling, WV 26003
Attention XXX:
An increasing number of studies document the cost-effectiveness of media-based community campaigns in changing physical activity knowledge, attitudes, intentions, and behavior. The WHEELING WALKS 30 Minutes or More Challenge is an 8-week media based community walking campaign. Funded in part by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and in collaboration with the Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department, West Virginia University Department of Community Medicine will use paid advertising, public relations, and community educational activities to deliver a targeted public health message to get individuals to walk 30 minutes a day on almost every day.
As part of this campaign the Ohio Valley Runners' / Walkers' Club is hosting a 2-mile Intergenerational Walk on Friday, May 25, 2001 beginning at the Wheeling Civic Center. This unique event will encourage generations of families, co-workers, and friends to take a walk together. As part of this walk, we would like to provide possibly 400 walkers with water, ice, and fruit flavored popsicles.
The Kroger Company is always generous to organizations and it is our hope that you will be able to help with this worthwhile project. WHEELING WALKS will be happy to display any Kroger banner that you can provide at the Intergenerational Walk and will also list the Kroger Company as a sponsor of this worthwhile campaign.
Thank you in advance for any help that you can give to the campaign.
Sincerely,
Deborah
WHEELING WALKS Project Facilitator
Appendix 7R
Intergenerational Walk - Information Sheet on Intergenerations Walk
Click here to view the Intergenerational 2-Mile Walk Info Sheet
Appendix 7S
Finale - Certificate of Appreciation
Click here to view the certificate of appreciation