Highmark VIRTUAL Walk for a Healthy Community

Changes for the 2020 Highmark Walk for a Healthy Community: • A virtual walk is a real walk, but it’s on your terms! Anytime between May 9 – June 30, you choose how and when you walk (treadmill, park or trail, or around the neighborhood) – it’s your choice! You also pick the time of when you start and stop! • This year to keep up the momentum of individual fundraising, Highmark has lowered the minimum amount raised to receive a t-shirt to $15 before June 30, 2020. (previous amount $30) T-shirts will be distributed to KFCP in July and we will get them to you. • Once you register on the KFCP's Highmark Walk page, you can use the tools provided to you to track your progress http://hcf.convio.net/Walk-for-KFCP Highmark will continue to offer (1) raffle ticket for every $50 YOU raise. Raffle chances are tracked online within the individual walker milestone tracker on the Luminate online system. All donations will be credited to your individual walker account by KFCP by June 30, 2020 LOCATION: Your Choice Nature Trail, Neighborhood Park, City Blocks, or Country Lanes. Time: May 9th through June 30th 2020 Let us know where you go! ********************* Happy Friday Walk Organizational Leaders: Attached below is our 18th our weekly update & reminders for the 2020 Highmark Walk for a Healthy Community. Updates & Reminders: MAJOR UPDATE After hearing from many of our organizations as we begin to come out of COVID-19 restrictions; we have made the decision to extend this year’s campaign deadline to JULY 15TH, 2020. This means that all donation pages and websites will be open for online donations & event managers can enter offline donations until this point. I. REMINDERS OF THE VIRTUAL WALK Please remember out of an abundance of caution, we have moved all 2020 Walks to an online only fundraiser and virtual walk for this year’s campaign. This modification ensures that our participating organizations are still able to fundraise, via our online platform; while not putting participants at risk of further spread of the COVID-19 virus in a mass gathering situation. Please remind your participants & donors that we will not be gathering at the respective location sites this year for the walk! Please communicate to your participants as well. This year’s Highmark virtual walk is a real walk, but it’s on your terms! Anytime between today and the end of the campaign on June 30, you choose how and when you walk (treadmill, park or trail, or around the neighborhood) – it’s your choice! You also pick the time of when you start and stop! Please share your photos and videos of participants walking to the Highmark Walk Facebook page & use the tag #Highmarkwalk This year to keep up the momentum of individual fundraising, we have lowered the minimum amount raised to receive a t-shirt to $15 before July 15, 2020. (previously $30). T-shirts will be distributed to organizational leaders in late July. We will continue to offer (1) raffle ticket for every $50 raised. Raffle chances are tracked online within the individual walker milestone tracker on the Luminate online system. All donations much be credited to the individual walker account by the walk organization by July 15, 2020. Prizes will be distributed in late July. II. Fundraising Update: as of 06-05-2020 @ 9:00 am Location Total Raised Weekly Increase Goal Percentage to Goal Erie $ 20,052.56 $ 5,360.50 $150,000 13.37% Harrisburg $ 177,936.70 $ 7,204.33 $380,000 46.83% Laurel Highlands $ 19,362.50 $ 1,140.00 $50,000 38.73% Lehigh Valley $ 124,657.02 $ 25,201.80 $280,000 44.52% NEPA $ 5,982.00 $ 1,133.00 $50,000 11.96% Pittsburgh $ 194,850.44 $ 13,207.00 $490,000 39.77% Wilmington $ 116,405.15 $ 17,003.15 $200,000 58.20% Total $ 659,246.37 $ 70,249.78 $1,600,000 41.20% III. Current Challenges: Current Challenge - Push to the Finish i. Challenge Time frame: June 1 – June 30 ii. Prize: $50 gift card – Winner’s Choice from a selected list of retailers iii. How to Win: Make or receive an NEW online donation of any amount between June 1 – June 30. iv. Bonus: 1 chance for every new online donation of any amount v. Winners: 7 overall winners will be selected. 1 winner will be selected per walk location. The winners will be announced via the Walk Facebook page. TOP 10 Category Rankings: Current Ranks – Location – Organization Name – Total – Last Week Rank Total Dollars Raised (Online & Offline): 1 Wilmington Friendship House, Inc. $ 55,723.00 1 2 Harrisburg Paxton Ministries $ 39,569.00 2 3 Lehigh Valley LifePath Foundation $ 27,243.52 4 4 Lehigh Valley Easterseals Eastern Pennsylvania $ 21,647.51 3 5 Wilmington Read Aloud Delaware $ 16,547.00 5 6 Lehigh Valley Family Connection of Easton $ 14,662.00 7 7 Harrisburg Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center/Penn State College of Medicine $ 14,088.00 6 8 Lehigh Valley Center for Humanistic Change $ 10,534.25 NR 9 Wilmington Family Promise of Northern New Castle County $ 10,443.15 NR 10 Harrisburg Caitlin's Smiles $ 10,357.14 8 Total Online Dollars: 1 Wilmington Friendship House, Inc. $ 23,072.00 1 2 Harrisburg Paxton Ministries $ 15,769.00 2 3 Wilmington Read Aloud Delaware $ 13,877.00 3 4 Lehigh Valley Easterseals Eastern Pennsylvania $ 12,702.51 4 5 Harrisburg Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center/Penn State College of Medicine $ 11,294.00 5 6 Pittsburgh Sarah Heinz House $ 9,900.00 7 7 Lehigh Valley Family Connection of Easton $ 9,307.00 6 8 Harrisburg Susquehanna Service Dogs $ 8,516.45 NR 9 Lehigh Valley LifePath Foundation $ 7,810.00 NR 10 Pittsburgh Jeremiah's Place $ 7,784.00 8 Online Gifts Received: 1 Wilmington Friendship House, Inc. 323 1 2 Harrisburg Paxton Ministries 219 2 3 Lehigh Valley Family Connection of Easton 217 3 4 Harrisburg Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center/Penn State College of Medicine 161 4 5 Lehigh Valley Easterseals Eastern Pennsylvania 159 5 6 Harrisburg Susquehanna Service Dogs 149 6 7 Pittsburgh Jeremiah's Place 128 7 8 Pittsburgh Autism Connection of PA 103 8 9 Harrisburg Hospice of Central PA (HCP) 100 9 10 Pittsburgh Global Links 96 10 Teams Recruited: 1 Lehigh Valley Center for Humanistic Change 40 1 2 Wilmington Friendship House, Inc. 22 2 3 Wilmington Delaware Charter Schools Network (DCSN) 20 3 4 Harrisburg Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center/Penn State College of Medicine 18 5 5 Lehigh Valley Easterseals Eastern Pennsylvania 18 6 6 Lehigh Valley LifePath Foundation 18 4 7 Lehigh Valley Family Connection of Easton 16 7 8 Harrisburg Paxton Ministries 15 8 9 Harrisburg West Shore Foundation 15 9 10 Lehigh Valley Lehigh Valley Children's Centers 14 10 11 Wilmington St. Michael's School and Nursery Inc. 14 NR Walkers Recruited: 1 Wilmington Friendship House, Inc. 414 1 2 Harrisburg Paxton Ministries 177 2 3 Lehigh Valley Family Connection of Easton 122 3 4 Pittsburgh Global Links 111 4 5 Pittsburgh Angels' Place, Inc. 96 5 6 Pittsburgh Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children 95 6 7 Pittsburgh Presbyterian SeniorCare Network 93 7 8 Erie Presbyterian SeniorCare Network 88 8 9 Harrisburg Susquehanna Service Dogs 85 NR 10 Harrisburg Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center/Penn State College of Medicine 84 9 Self-Donors (Individuals who donated to their respective accounts) 1 Wilmington Friendship House, Inc. 251 1 2 Lehigh Valley Family Connection of Easton 102 2 3 Pittsburgh Vintage, Inc. 80 3 4 Pittsburgh Global Links 64 4 5 Wilmington Family Promise of Northern New Castle County 58 NR 6 Harrisburg Paxton Ministries 56 5 7 Harrisburg Susquehanna Service Dogs 52 7 8 Pittsburgh Mt. Ararat Community Activity Center 50 6 9 Wilmington Meals on Wheels Delaware 44 10 10 Pittsburgh CLASS (Community Living And Support Services) 43 NR Emails Sent (Emails sent via the participant center by walkers) 1 Laurel Highlands Camp Harmony 2805 1 2 Pittsburgh Mt. Ararat Community Activity Center 1506 2 3 Erie Make-A-Wish 1022 3 4 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Women Work 543 4 5 Harrisburg CONTACT Helpline 497 5 6 Wilmington Read Aloud Delaware 486 6 7 Harrisburg Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center/Penn State College of Medicine 446 7 8 Harrisburg Caitlin's Smiles 422 8 9 Harrisburg St. Barnabas Center for Ministry 397 9 10 Wilmington Fraim Center for Active Adults 388 10 virtual signature Brandon Berns Sr. Community Affairs Analyst Highmark Walk for a Healthy Community Director Highmark Health 120 Fifth Avenue Place | Suite 1433 Pittsburgh, PA 15222 Office: (412) 544-8559 | Cell: (570) 573-3857 Email: Brandon.berns@highmarkhealth.org Internal Mail Code: FAPHM – 143A