Let's Break It Down
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PERSONALIZE YOUR PARTICIPANT PAGE
Whether you're participating as an individual, or starting or joining a team, personalization can increase your funds raised exponentially. Follow the steps in this guide to personalize your fundraising page and tell your story.
If you are starting or managing a team, be sure to personalize your team page too!
RECRUIT OTHERS
If you've started a team, invite friends, family, co-workers, neighbors, and others to join your team—or to start their own! Send an email or tag friends on social to challenge them to join your team. Then share the individual or team registration instructions below.
JOIN SOCIAL CHALLENGES
Follow Team IMPACT on social @goteamimpact to stay up to date on social challenges and other content. Re-share on your channels to challenge friends to participate or make a donation.
PRINTABLE RESOURCES
Download and print the All In 5K poster around your community or campus to encourage others to register or to join your team!
Download and print the poster below, then write in your motivation for participating in the All In 5K! Hold your sign and take a picture to add to your fundraising page, email to your network, or share on social. Hearing your personal story is a great way to connect others to Team IMPACT's mission.
If you're running your 5K Anywhere, download the document below for your official bib. There you will find instructions on customizing and printing your bib.
For those participating at a Hub location, physical bibs will be provided on event day.
Now that you have some of the basics, you are ready to start fundraising and sharing why you chose to support Team IMPACT in the 5K. We’ll help get you started by introducing you to some of our current matches: Emma, Levi and Payton.
Ten-year-old Emma has found a home of unexpected belonging with the girls of the University of Wisconsin women’s basketball team. And the feeling is mutual.
Shortly after birth, Emma was diagnosed with a very rare genetic disorder—one of only 32 people in the world with her specific condition. Her disorder causes multiple silent seizures each day and often makes emotional connection and concentration difficult.
In the fall of last year, a light in the dark came when Emma was matched with the University of Wisconsin women’s basketball team. As she first began her Team IMPACT journey, her primary goals for engaging with the program were clear—empowerment and socialization—forging meaningful relationships, making friends, and experiencing joy and happiness in her life.
The Taylor family’s encounter with CF began when Levi’s newborn screening test showed positive results for an enzyme associated with the disease. With no family history and a seemingly healthy baby, the news came as a shock. Confirming the diagnosis through a sweat test at just three weeks old, the family faced an uncertain future.
Levi’s journey with Team IMPACT began when he was matched with Belmont Baseball, signing with the team on National Signing Day in November 2022. His mom, Erin stated that “After almost three years of missing out on activities due to COVID, it has been incredible to see him form relationships with his teammates and not only feel like a normal kid again, but feel special. Being part of the team has made him feel not only like a regular kid again but also special. Levi takes immense pride in being a member of the team and ‘shares at every opportunity with anyone who will listen.’ Participating in events such as throwing out the first pitch on his birthday, serving as the bat boy, and engaging in off-field interactions with his teammates has brought immeasurable joy to Levi’s life.”
When now nine-year-old Payton started noticing scabs on her body in 2021, she and her parents knew something wasn’t right and went to see a doctor. Shortly thereafter, within weeks of her baby sister’s birth, Payton was diagnosed with Juvenile Dermatomyositis (JDM). JDM is an autoimmune illness where the body reacts abnormally, causing butterfly rashes, joint pain, and inflammation. Payton and her family live in Evansville, IN, and are longtime Indiana University (IU) fans. Her mom, Bobbie, went to Indiana and was a student manager for the Women’s Basketball program, making her daughter’s match with the team in October 2021 even more special. Since being matched, Payton has enjoyed getting to know her teammates and going to games and practices with her family. The program has had a tremendous effect on how Payton manages her diagnosis and her emotional well-being. “Payton’s involvement with the team has really grown her confidence as she feels so much more confident being around new people and crowds,” Bobbie said. “One area where this has helped tremendously is with regard to her ability to speak with doctors and nurses about how she feels, side effects, etc. Previously it was even a struggle for her to make eye contact with adults.”
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