Living Water

DC Marathon and Half Marathon

March 20, 2010 | Washington, DC | Details Coming Soon!

Questions?
Contact Living Water International’s Event Coordinator
Cheryl Thornton (281-207-7856 | cheryl@water.cc)

St. Louis Marathon and Half Marathon

April 10-11, 2010 | St. Louis, Missouri | Create a Fundraising Page!

Questions?
Contact Living Water International’s Event Coordinator
Cheryl Thornton (281-207-7856 | cheryl@water.cc)

Houston Marathon, Half Marathon, & 5K Fun Run

January 30, 2011 | George R. Brown Convention Center | Houston, Texas

For the first time ever, Living Water International was an official charity of the Chevron Houston Marathon and Aramco Half Marathon. Team Living Water made a great showing at the Houston Marathon, raising more than $60,000 for clean water. Interested in running with Team Living Water in the Chevron Houston Marathon in 2011? Contact Living Water International’s Event Coordinator, Cheryl Thornton (281-207-7856 | cheryl@water.cc) .

Fundraising

Whatever your event, we want to make it as easy as possible for you to raise funds while you train for your event. Here are some tools to help, but feel free to be creative about how you raise awareness and funds for the communities you are helping!

Create your personal fundraising webpage
For “Team Events” listed above, please click on your event name to create a fundraising page. If your event isn’t listed, click here to create your page, so you can start emailing your friends. It’s an easy way to ask people to join you in your effort. Don’t be afraid to email often! Many people intend to give, and just need a reminder.

Collect donations by check, and update your fundraising webpage
You can collect checks made out to Living Water International, mail them in, and then update the offline donation total on your fundraising webpage. Please note that we are unable to update your page when someone donates by check on your behalf. You must collect the checks, make note of the total, and then update your webpage. Here’s how:

1. Go to “Your Account” at the top of www.firstgiving.com/lwi
2. Log in with your email address and password
3. Click on the “Your Fundraising Pages” tab
4. Click the Update link under “raised offline to date”
5. Scroll to the bottom and enter the total amount raised offline
6. Click “Save and continue”

Swag

In the coming weeks, we will be unveiling new Team Living Water apparel, including cotton tees, official race day running shirts, and water bottles. Watch this space for more details! Questions? Contact Living Water International’s Event Coordinator, Cheryl Thornton (281-207-7856 | cheryl@water.cc)