Sprint to the Finish Match Challenge 2024

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We’re excited to announce the Alpine Bank and Century Communities Foundation Sprint to the Finish Match Challenge! Happening now, Alpine Bank and Century Communities Foundation are matching new online donations dollar for dollar up to $75,000 ($5,000 per donation). PLUS, the matching credits will be applied to your fundraising page! Every dollar you raise get us nearer to our $3.25 million goal and has double the impact on kids like Sofia!

Here is a suggested message for you to edit and forward to your networks about this amazing match opportunity:

Alpine Bank and Century Communities Foundation have funded a $75,000 match for Children’s Hospital Colorado Foundation’s Courage Classic Bicycle Tour! Starting at 9 am MT Thursday, August 8, any new online donations to my Courage Classic fundraising will be matched up to $5,000 per donation until the match goal is met. <I am/My team is/The Courage Classic is> very close to <my/our> $<insert goal>/$3.25 million fundraising goal, so your support helps reach that goal AND brings twice the life-saving impact for kids! Donate to my fundraising here: <Insert your personal page link>

To help close the distance to your personal or team fundraising goals, or for the Courage Classic goal overall, log in to the Participant Center for your personal page link and helpful fundraising tools. Scroll down to the “Personal Page” section of the Participant Center homepage to find your personal page link and QR code, as pictured in this example:

Image of the Personal Page section of the Participant Center, where the Personal Page url can be seen and edited.

And be sure to check out the fundraising tools in the Activity Badges at the top of the Participant Center homepage – these tools make it easy to reach out to your friends and family for this final push to the finish line!

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The Social Messaging tools make it easy for you to push fundraising messages with a personal page link out to your networks, whether using your personal email, Facebook, LinkedIn, X, WhatsApp, or text.

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The Email Center helps help send out robust, effective email campaigns, and includes helpful reports to make it easy to follow-up with people who haven’t yet given, or send thank-yous to those who have.

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Create linked a Facebook Fundraiser for your contacts to use seamlessly right through Facebook, for a quick and easy way to reach out to your network and collect donations within Facebook itself.

Reminder that your donors must donate directly to your Courage Classic fundraiser, as general donations to Children’s Hospital Colorado Foundation will not be eligible for this match. Offline donations, such as cash, check or donor-advised fund, are also not eligible – only donations made online will be matched. Together we can cross the finish line!