Amazing Tacoma! FAQs
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WHAT is the AMAZING TACOMA! Challenge Race?
Collaboration between Toy Rescue Mission and the community we serve.
If successful, it will become our SIGNATURE fundraising event lending much-needed support to Toy Rescue Mission.
A means of increasing community awareness of our organization
A means of increasing our volunteer workforce
A means of promoting our Downtown merchants and businesses
A fun and exciting means of generating increased community appreciation of our beautiful city and some of the components that contribute to making it so AMAZING!
2. WHEN is it? July or August 2009, but VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED NOW to form Team Tacoma Planning Committee. Actual Race will begin at 9am and finish at 4pm.
3. WHERE is it? Race will take place throughout Downtown Tacoma. There will be a Staging Area where the Race will begin and end, and where there will be a Street Fair for the public. The Staging Area for this is at THEATER ON THE SQUARE on Broadway, between 9th and 11th streets.
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HOW can I participate?
Become a ONE-DAY VOLUNTEER on the day of the Race.
Become a SPONSORING BUSINESS PARTNER providing funding to help host the Race or providing prizes for winning participants, and thereby gaining advertising for your business!
Become a PARTICIPATING BUSINESS (destination) that teams will visit during the course of the Race.
Become an INDIVIDUAL SPONSOR contributing either a monetary donation or a prize for event participants.
Become a PARTICIPANT TEAM MEMBER, taking part in the actual Race!
Become a VIDEOGRAPHER recording the day’s events!
5. As a RACE PARTICIPANT what will I be doing? AMAZING TACOMA! will take PARTICIPATING TEAMS (2 people each) into many well-known (and some lesser-known) areas of the Downtown Business District as they participate in various “challenges.”
6. As a Race Participant, how do I collect the money for my Entry Fee? The total entry fee is $250 per person. Each participant will be given sponsorship forms and a letter that they can take to friends, co-workers, church members, businesses, etc. to solicit their support.
7. How many Teams and Participants are allowed in the Race? There will be 50 Teams and 2 Participants on each Team, for a total of 100 participants.
8. How old do I have to be to participate in the Race? Race Participants MUST be at least 18 years old. There is no upper age limit, but you MUST be in good physical condition. This IS a race, although not in the usual sense. Participants must know they have the stamina to finish the race and its challenges; otherwise, if they drop out during the Race, their team will be disqualified.
9. What do VOLUNTEERS do? Volunteers are needed BEFORE the Race to:
Help Team Tacoma (the Planning Committee) collect donated prizes from local businesses.
Help pass out brochures at local Farmers Markets and other events (local fairs, etc)
Help create Toy Rescue Mission’s AMAZING TACOMA! Buttons
Help pick up equipment for the day of the Race (tables, chairs, walkie talkies, balloons, etc.)
Help put up posters and flyers in public businesses, stores, colleges, bus stations, etc.
Assist with phone calling (for volunteers, for sponsors, etc.)
On the day of the Race: help set up tables and displays, chairs, refreshments for Race Participants, assemble tent canopies over tables, distribute balloons, signs, etc.
Help with clean-up when Race is over.
10. As a SPONSORING BUSINESS or INDIVIDUAL SPONSOR, are my donations tax-deductible? Yes, all donations, whether cash, prizes, food (for Race Participants and Race Volunteers), or services, are tax-deductible. Toy Rescue Mission is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization.
11. As a SPONSORING BUSINESS, will I get recognition for my contributions? Yes, all businesses providing contributions will be recognized in our advertising for the Race.
12. Will there be activities for the public to do while the Race is going on? Yes, in the Staging Area we will be hosting a Street Fair, with many different types of vendors’ booths, business mascots, clowns, stage entertainment and more throughout the day! The Street Fair is free to all attendees.
13. How will the public track the progress of the Race Teams? A DJ will keep track of Team’s progress using walkie talkies. Observers will be allowed to follow the Teams (on foot), if they wish, but may not in any way hinder or impede their progress or assist them in any way.
14. If I want to be a Race Participant, how do I register? Fill out the entry form, enclose your payment, and mail to:
ALL ENTRY FEES AND REGISTRATION FORMS MUST BE RECEIVED IN OUR OFFICE NO LATER THAN____________________! Any late registration participants (if accompanied with an entry fee) will be assigned to an Alternate List. If they do not actually get to participate in the Race, their entry fee will be refunded after the day of the event.
15. What are the prizes Racers will be competing for? CHECK BACK HERE periodically before the Race to see the AMAZING PRIZES we will be offering!! We will be updating this website link as time draws closer to the event.
16. Who is sponsoring the AMAZING TACOMA! Challenge Race?
(We will be posting a list of sponsors as we get them.)