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Rider Information

Using the ACS Online Donation Website

Go to http://community.acsevents.org/pprac

If you used the system last ride, your username and password are still active, so Log In.
If not, you'll need to register (which you'll do after the next step).

You'll be asked to "Join or Form a Team"
You can create a team (a good tool for couples), or you can "participate as an individual"
(more info on teams below)

The "Participation Options" are preset, though you can always add an additional gift (there is no registration fee).

You'll need to fill out the Registration form (including an emergency contact person)

Agree to the Terms & Conditions, Complete Your Registration, read the nice note from Rosemarie, and then go to work on "My Participant Center"

You'll also get 2 emails from the ACS, one as a sample email you can send to others. The other is your username & info.

At this point, the site does a decent job of helping you set up your personal page, how to send mass-emails, and even more tools that you can (though don't need to) use.

When you have your donation page up and running, send Dave Pryor an email with it and we'll set up an easy link for you to tell people about.

Some other notes:

  • When working on your personal page, team page, or email drafts ... remember to save often. The site times out after 20 minutes, and if you don't "save" regularly, everything you've done will be gone. Or you can write them someplace other than on the website (like Word or Notepad) and then cut/paste it in.
  • The address book is a great way to organize things (it'll keep track of who's donated, if you sent a thank-you note, or if you need to send a reminder ... and in really good news, if you used this the last ride your address books and any emails you wrote are still there).
  • The email tool is great, as you can keep different versions (one for family, one for coworkers, etc.), send reminders, etc.

Teams

  • Many of the riders are couples riding together and it can make sense for them to set up a "team"
  • Unlike last year, the donations will still go to a specific person ... not the combined efforts of the team. However, the ACS can keep track of couples (so if I raise $1,999 and Selene raises $1, she still meets the fundraising goal).
  • It's may still worthwhile for each team member to also set up their own personal page.

 

 

  

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