Prepared Text and Letters You Can Use

Sample Letters to Email to Potential Supporters:

#1: Send at least one month before your event. Once you fill in the customized areas, delete the parentheses. *Include an action photo of yourself or a photo from our Resource Kit.

Dear friends and family,

I have committed to train and complete (include the event details) on (date). As a "Team Blue" member, I will (action) to raise awareness and support Blue Planet Network’s mission to provide safe drinking water to people worldwide. (Add a water fact). $30 provides one person with a lifetime of safe drinking water.
My goal is to raise ($ dollar amount). Please support my efforts by making a tax-deductible donation to my fundraising page today. (Include your fundraising page URL). If you would prefer to pledge a specific amount for each (mile/kilometer/lap/feet) completed, please email me: (include your email address here).

I’m really excited about (your event) to make a difference in the world. (add some personal feelings about why you want to support BPN)

Remember, no effort is insignificant. This is an easy way to improve another person's life in big ways! If you want to learn more about the global water crisis, go to http://www.blueplanetnetwork.org.

If you'd like to join "Team Blue" to support safe drinking water at your next community event, you can join the community team at http://blueplanetnetwork.org/teamblue.

Water is life. Pass it on.
Sincerely,
(your name)

#2: Send an email letter a couple of weeks before your event. Once you fill in the customized areas, delete the parentheses. *Include a athletic photo of yourself or a photo from our Resource Kit.

Dear Friends and Family,
I am so excited about my upcoming event: (include the name of event) on (date). First, I want to thank all of you who have demonstrated your support! You have helped me raise ($ dollar amount). With only a couple of weeks to go, I am hopeful that I will reach my goal of ($dollar amount). Any amount is most appreciated. You can donate to my fundraising page (provide URL link).

As a dedicated member of Blue Planet Network’s “Team Blue,” I have been training/working to successfully complete/launch my upcoming event. It will require discipline and commitment to meet the challenge. Every day that I train/prepare, I am reminded that my effort is nothing in comparison to the challenges so many people face just to survive each day. (add a water fact here).

Please help me reach my goal to raise ($ dollars) so I can help provide people with the first step out of poverty.
If you'd like to join “Team Blue” to support safe drinking water at your next community event, you can join the community team at http://blueplanetnetwork.org/teamblue.

Water is life. Pass it on.
Sincerely,
(Your name)

#3: Send a final email letter just after your event. Once you fill in the customized areas, delete the parentheses. * Include photos from the event and photos from our Resource Kit.

Dear Friends and Family,

I want to share with all of you the details of my recent achievement! As you know, I had set a goal to complete (your event) on (date). (Describe your training/efforts up to the date and some details about the event – weather, # of participants, etc. to set the tone).

Some of the highlights of this event include: (provide bullet points of some of the most memorable moments during the event).
• (highlight)
• (highlight)
• (highlight – add more if you’d like)
• (Include what you completed, timing, etc. )

As a member of “Team Blue” I was able to raise ($dollars) to help provide safe drinking water to communities around the world. I am so grateful to receive the support from my friends, family and community! The money raised from my event will go directly to changing the lives of people around the world. (add a water fact)

If you had decided to support my efforts by pledging a certain amount, please provide your check for the pledge amount. Checks should be made out to Blue Planet Network. Include my name in the memo/note section. You will receive a tax-deduction receipt.

You can still make a contribution to my effort! Make a tax-deductible donation to my fundraising page: (include your URL).

If you'd like to join “Team Blue” to support safe drinking water at your next community event, you can join the community team at at http://blueplanetnetwork.org/teamblue.

Until my next event, remember – Water is life. Pass it on.

Sincerely,
(your name)

ABOUT THE BLUE PLANET NETWORK

The Blue Planet Network is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization dedicated to unlocking the collective global capacity and creativity of individuals, philanthropies, businesses and expert water organizations to solve the global safe drinking water crisis.

Since 2004, the U.S.-based foundation has partnered with 63 non-governmental organizations worldwide to implement more than 200 sustainable water projects in 22 countries impacting hundreds of thousands of lives. The Network's inaugural awareness and fundraising event was the Blue Planet Run 2007, the first-ever around-the-world relay run.