Share the experience with friends!

On April 18th* invite friends, family members and colleagues to walk beside you in the 2010 MS Walk. Enjoy a fun and entertaining day. Walking together and making a difference in the lives of those living with MS will be a rewarding and meaningful experience.

Not sure how to engage your friends? Here are five tips:

• Use online communities like Facebook and Twitter to promote the MS Walk and ask friends to join you

• Include a message asking friends to join your team in your e-mail signature

• It's important to ASK, ASK, ASK! Ask your friends, family, neighbours and co-workers to recruit their family members and friends to join the team

• Build a pyramid. Ask each person who joins your team to recruit at least 3 other team members. If you start with only 3 team members, and they each recruit 3 more team members, and those people each recruit 3 new team members- you'll have 39 team members!

• Hold a kick-off lunch in the office as a fundraising and team building opportunity. Get other company departments or offices involved for a friendly competition

Every extra step in the MS Walk matters. Gather all of your friends and family to walk with you and share the fun, laughter and memories of the 2010 MS Walk!

* The MS Walk takes place in most communities on this day. Please click here to check the date of your community's MS Walk.

Walking as a Team has its benefits

Walking as a team has great rewards. Not only do you get to share the MS Walk experience with your friends and family, but you also have the opportunity to celebrate your achievements as a team! Walking as a team, you feel supported and encouraged, every step you take.

Being a Team Captain or a team member is a fun and rewarding experience, with many great perks. You will receive very special treatment, including Team Captain gifts, such as a new exclusive bandana, team photos, and the opportunity to win team prizes and awards, such as best team name, best dressed team and largest team. As a Team Captain, you will also get to establish team fundraising goals and plan fun-filled team fundraising events!

Learn more about how you can team up to end MS.

Reach Your Fundraising Goal with Social Media Tools!

The MS Walk is only 20 days away (in most Ontario communities), but there is still time for fundraising!

This week’s fundraising tip:

Use online communities such as Facebook and Twitter to promote the MS Walk and to raise pledges. Not only are these social networks great tools for spreading the word to friends and family about the MS Walk, but they are great fundraising tools as well. It can be as simple as changing your Facebook profile status, asking friends and family to pledge you in the MS Walk or including a link to your personal fundraising page online!

Footnotes 2 Online!

Read our MS Walk newsletter Footnotes 2 online to find out details about organizing and registering a team, fundraising prizes and more! While there, enjoy reading the inspiring story of Charlotte Crombeen, diagnosed with MS at age 15.

Click here to view Footnotes 2 online now!

Another Great Fundraising Tip!

The countdown is on, the MS Walk is only 27 days away!* This also means there is about three weeks left to fundraise so make sure you check our weekly fundraising tips, join our countdown, and share our excitement as we get closer and closer to walk day.

This week’s fundraising tip:
Get a local pub or restaurant to sponsor an event: Pick your favourite place and ask the owner to sponsor a raffle night with prizes where proceeds will go towards your MS Walk fundraising goal!

* The MS Walk takes place in most communities on this day. Please click here to check the date of your community's MS Walk.

Happy MS Walk Awareness Day!

Happy MS Walk Awareness Day! This is an exciting day as the 2010 MS Walk is only ONE month away*. We are counting down the days until Walk day and are so excited to see an excess of all of our friend’s new MS Walk profile pictures on Facebook! Remember to change your MS Walk profile picture today to an MS Walk image to help spread the word.

Remember to try out some of the other ways below to show your support and help us spread the word. Make a difference in the movement to end MS with these great tools:
• Download images and logos from our ‘Spread the Word’ page
• Share our new video ‘Every Step Matters’ with friends. One way to do this is to post a link to the video on your Facebook page
• Create a team and ask all of your friends and family members to join

Good luck fundraising and thank you for spreading the word to help end MS!

PS. Don't forget to check out event details on our MS Walk Facebook page and RSVP for the 2010 MS Walk to let your friends know that you are attending the MS Walk this year! To RSVP, click on links below:
April 18 MS Walk
May 2 MS Walk
May 30 MS Walk

* The MS Walk takes place in most communities on this day. Please click here to check the date of your community's MS Walk.

Coming Up This Thursday: 2010 MS Walk Awareness Day!

Which MS Walk image will be your newest profile picture on Facebook? We are just two days away from MS Walk Awareness Day, which marks ONE month to go before the 2010 MS Walk*. In support of this special day, change your profile picture on Facebook this Thursday to an MS Walk image from our ‘Spread the Word’ page to help spread the word on Facebook!

Other ways to spread the word include sharing our new video ‘Every Step Matters’ with your network, posting a link to our MS Walk registration page in your e-mail signature, changing your wallpaper or adding a web banner to your e-mails.

Thank you for your support. We look forward to seeing an abundance of MS Walk profile pictures on Facebook in the near future!

* The MS Walk takes place in most communities on this day. Please click here to check the date of your community's MS Walk.

Coming Up Next Week: 2010 MS Walk Awareness Day!

March 18: Change your Facebook Profile picture... MS Walk Style!

Get ready to ‘Spread the Word’ by changing your profile picture on Facebook on March 18! Next Thursday is ‘MS Walk Awareness Day’, marking ONE month to go* before the MS Society’s largest fundraising event. In support of this special day, next week, change your profile picture on Facebook to one of our MS Walk images. Help us spread awareness about the MS Walk on Facebook!

By using our interactive ‘Spread the Word’ page, you can download and use images and tools to change your profile. Other ways to get the word out include using these tools for e-mail signatures, wallpaper, web banners and much more. You can also share our new MS Walk video ‘Every Step Matters’ with family and friends.

* The MS Walk takes place in most communities on this day. Please click here to check the date of your community's MS Walk.

Read to end MS!

This week’s Fundraising Tip:

Chatelaine and the MS Society of Canada have partnered to bring you “Read to end MS.”

Subscribe today to your favourite Rogers publication, or choose one for a great gift idea, and 50% of the subscription price goes directly towards your fundraising for the MS Walk.

Not yet registered? Register for the 2010 MS Walk today and this can be a great start to your fundraising!

It's a great offer for a great cause, and a fabulous way to enhance your fundraising! Together we will end MS. Subscribe today!

Hurry! This offer will expire June 30th!

The MS Society Honours International Women's Day

March 8th marks International Women’s Day (IWD). Worldwide, this day celebrates the achievements of women throughout history and across nations. IWD honours mothers, sisters and daughters and we at the MS Society of Canada would like to take this opportunity to show our appreciation to women everywhere for your continued support and generosity. The first International Women’s Day started in 1911. Almost 100 years later we continue to recognize women and press for equality. Thank you to all the women who have volunteered their time, fundraised in support of a cure, and who have joined us in the fight to end MS.