Fundraising Kit for

17 January 2015 - Waiheke Island

!On behalf of The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ and the many people of the Pacific who need your help, thank you for choosing to fundraise for Fred! We’re so grateful that you’ve decided to take part in the Fullers Wharf2Wharf fun run and walking event to help restore sight to those who are needlessly blind. !This ‘How to’ kit gives you all the information you need to help restore sight and change people’s lives.  

Get your sneakers out!Contents

About The Foundation..............2 Join Us.....................................3 Givealitte...................................4 Set-up Instructions……………..5 Extras for Experts………………6 Banking the Money....................7 Offline Donation Form................8 Memories of Fred......................9 Inspiring Links.........................10

Who We AreThe Fred Hollows Foundation NZ works in the Pacific Islands, Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste, where 4 out of 5 people who are blind don’t need to be; their condition is treatable or preventable. We carry on the work of legendary Kiwi eye doctor, Professor Fred Hollows(1929-1993). !Fred was an internationally acclaimed eye surgeon and social justice activist who championed the right of all people to high quality, affordable eye care. His vision was a world where no one is needlessly blind.  

!Our Goal Our mission is to restore sight to the needlessly blind by providing sight-saving surgeries and treatments, and by training local eye health specialists to deliver eye care services in their own communities. !! 2

!!No matter what distance you’re doing, whether running or walking, we invite you to raise funds for The Foundation as you prepare for the event. !Talk to your friends, family and colleagues and let them know that you’re running/walking to end avoidable blindness. Your participation will help people see again. !Your supporters can donate to you through a number of channels but the easiest is Givealitte which we explain on the next page. !As you train for the event, we invite you to think about all the people who will be helped by your efforts. Running is something that blind people in the Pacific could never even consider. But with your support $25 can change their lives and give them back their independence. !We hope the work of The Foundation inspires you as it’s inspired millions of others around the world. !!

Join Us

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We recommend that all Wharf2Wharf fundraisers use the Givealittle website to collect donations and keep supporters up to date. !It's a great Kiwi website that makes fundraising easy for individuals, schools, and clubs, and best of all, it's free!   !givealittle.co.nz/cause/w2w allows your supporters to make safe and secure online donations and receive a tax receipt immediately so that they can claim back a third of their donations at the end of the tax year. !There are great storytelling tools (including blogs, image galleries and videos) and you can share your story on your own Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn pages. !The donations you raise are automatically deposited into our bank account so you don’t have to count or send them in.

Givealittle

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!To use the Givealittle website to fundraise for your Wharf2Wharf fun run or walk, simply head to our event page and follow these easy steps: !• Click on the Fundraise button. !• If you have used Givealittle before, login,

otherwise you will need to register. Click on ‘Register now’ and follow the instructions, then head back to givealittle.co.nz/cause/w2w. !

• Next, choose a title for your page that will also be your url (web page address) for example, ‘ontherun’. The rest of the page is pre-populated with all the necessary information so you just have to hit ‘Next’. !

• Finally, it’s time for some fun!  Personalise your page with as much information as you would like. Don’t forget to set a fundraising target! !

• And you’re done! Your page will have a ‘Pending Moderation’ sign until you receive three donations so ask your nearest and dearest for your first donations soon.

Set-up Instructions

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!To ensure you reach your fundraising targets, here are a few helpful hints: !

• The first donation sets the scene. Consider making the first donation yourself, or ask someone you know to make a generous gift.

• It’s all about who you know! The more people you ask, the more donations you’ll receive. Email your contacts, post on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, ring and text your family and don’t forget to ask them in person. You could even ask them to share your page with their own networks.

• Update your supporters with your progress. Givealittle has an activity page where you can add pictures, videos and journal entries, or you could use email, Facebook or a blog.

• Don’t forget to say thanks. Thanking your donors on social network sites is not only a great way to show your gratitude, it also reminds others to donate!

• If you have a website or blog, add a donation widget to your page. You can find instructions here. !

Extra for Experts

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!After all your hard work, all you need to do is bank the money. If you’ve used Givealittle, there is no need to do anything. !If you collected any cash or cheque donations, please fill in the form on the next page and post it with your donations to The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ: !Freepost Hollows Private Bag 99909 Newmarket Auckland 1149 !You can also bank the money straight into our account. Please give us a call first, so we can give you a reference number to identify your generous deposit.   Bank account number: 38-9008-0866758-06 Account name: Fred Hollows Foundation, The !Please ensure that funds raised are returned promptly, ideally by 1 February 2015.

Banking the Money

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!Return this form with the money you raise to: The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ, Freepost Hollows, Private Bag 99909, Newmarket, Auckland 1149. !Name _________________________________________________________ !Address_______________________________________________________________ !City _________________ Postcode_____________ Phone____________________ !Email address: ______________________________________________________ !Total amount raised $______________________________________ (Well done!)

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An image of Fred after a fun run back in the 1970’s.

Fred Hollows was an avid runner.

“When we were about eight kilometres out of Enngonia, Fred asked the driver to pull the car over and said that he and I were going to run into town. It was a pitch black night, with no moon. The car sped off and Fred and I were running along in the dark.

When Fred ran he had this dreadful, wheezing, laboured breathing. I was sure that my professor was going to die of a heart attack at any moment and that I, the poor medical student, would be unable to resuscitate him and would suffer great disgrace as a result of letting my professor die.

However, Fred was a tough old bastard and he could run much better than I could. After about ten minutes the wheezing, rasping pseudo-dying professor disappeared off into the distance leaving me alone out in western New South Wales. At that time I stopped worrying about whether my professor would die of a heart attack or not, and began to worry about my own safety.”

Memories of Fred

Excerpt from Memories of Fred, Ed. Fiske, P and Johnson, M. Memories of Fred. Sydney: ABC Books, 1995.

-Glen A. Cole (Student of Fred’s) Clinical Associate Professor, University of Queensland,

Chairman of Ophthalmology, Royal Children’s Hospital, Brisbane  

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Inspiring Links !!Luke’s Story: Patient in Gizo !Seeing Vanuatu: Tiki Taane and the Fred Hollows Foundation !Bibiane's Story: Restoring Sight in Papua New Guinea !!Overview !Dionisia !

Please keep us posted on how you are going with fundraising and training! We’d love to hear from you with your photos, stories, and any questions. !!

Keep in Touch

w2w@hollows.org.nz 0800 227 229

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