Update your Personal Page
Your Personal page is a web page that your family and friends can visit to read about your personal fundraising efforts and make a donation that supports your fundraising goal. To update and customize your personal page:

• Step 1: Click Personal Page from the options along the top of the page.
• Step 2: Add your personal story in the body area of the text editor. You can use your personal page to pay tribute in honor or in memory of someone you know that has been touched by breast cancer. Optional default text is also provided for you to use on your personal page.
• Step 3: Change the title of your Personal Page by entering a new title in the Title field.
• Step 4: Click Preview (near the bottom of the page). A separate browser window opens to display your Personal Page. Make changes if necessary.
• Step 5: When finished, click Save. The Personal Page content was successfully saved message will display. Tip: Save often so your work is there if you are logged out of the system! To add a personal photo, see Photo section below.

• Step 1: Click Email from the options along the top of the page
• Step 2: Click Import Contacts to access the online import tool
• Step 3: Select the Email Application you wish to import contacts from and click Next
• Step 4: Enter the appropriate login information and log into your email account selected
• Step 5: Follow the directions on the page and click Next. Click the Done button once complete. To manually add contacts to your Address Book, Click on the Email tab, then click Add a Contact from the navigation on the right side of the page. Click the appropriate fields to enter the name and email address of the person and click Save.

 Send emails to your friends, family and coworkers
You have the option to customize and send email messages already available to you, or you can create your own email messages.

• Step 1: Click Email from the options along the top of the page
• Step 2: Click Contacts from the navigation on the right side of the page. The list of contacts from your address book displays. Select those you wish to address in your email by checking the box next to their name. Once contacts are selected, click Compose Message.To email every contact in your address book, click Email All
• To email only contacts that you have not emailed yet, from the Showing drop-down list (below Compose Message,) then select you have never emailed, under Suggested Follow-Up Action
• To email only contacts that have not donated to you, from the Showing drop-down list, select have not donated on your behalf to this event, under Filter by Donor Status
• Step 3: To send an email you can either:
• Click on one of the sample email messages available on left side of the page and customize it with your personal story and signature name.
• Or enter your own email message directly into the blank email text space available.
• Step 4: To Preview your message, click Preview at the bottom of the page. To make changes to the message, click Edit.
• Step 5: click Send. Your message was successfully sent will display on the page.

Start a Blog

•  Step 1: Click Personal page from the options along the top of the page
• Step 2: Click Components from the options on the right side of the page
• Step 3: Here you have the ability to enable a person blog feature by selecting Enable Personal Blog. The Components section of your Personal Page also allows you to enable a fundraising status thermometer and a Fundraising Honor Roll. Select the components you wish to enable, and click Preview to view these features. Then click Save .

Add a Photo
To make your web page more dynamic, you can upload a photo or even a link to a video clip that visitors to your page can view. Note: A link to report objectionable page content is automatically displayed on each page. To add a Photo (or Image):

• Step 1: Click Personal Page from the options along the top of the page
• Step 2: Click Photos/Video from the options on the right side of the page
• Step 3: To Upload a new image, click Browse. After locating the file on your computer, click on the file and click Open. The name of the file will display in the File Name field.
• Step 4: Click Save/Upload. The successful update message and the image will display.
• Step 5: You have the option to add a Caption. Click Preview to preview the changes to your page.

Add a Video Clip

• Step 1: Click Personal Page from the options along the top of the page
• Step 2: Click Photos/Video from the options on the right side of the page
• Step 3: To insert a link to a YouTube Video, Click Video and manually enter the video link or copy and paste the path in the YouTube Video URL field and click Save.
• Step 4: Click Preview to preview the changes to your page. To change the video, close the preview page and repeat Step 3 with a new YouTube Video URL link.

Create a personalized web address (vanity URL)
To make your web page easier to find or remember, you can create a shortcut to the Web address URL on your page.

• Step 1: Click Personal Page from the options along the top of the page
• Step 2: In the Personal Page URL and Settings area, click Edit.
• Step 3: Enter text for the personalized Web address. You can use your name, team name or a nickname. To avoid any problems, do not leave any spaces in your customize URL name.
• Step 4: Click Save to save your changes. The successful update message and new personalized Web address should display. Note: You can copy the URL and paste it into an email.

Enter Offline Gifts

• Step 1: From the Participant Center Home Page, click Enter a new gift from the navigation area on the right side of the page.
• Step 2: Enter the Name, Email Address, Residential Address of the Donor, Gift Amount and Payment Type. Then select a Gift Category. This will most often be Pledge.
• Step 3: To Process this Transaction, Click Add. The Gift Entry page will close. Be sure to follow Race procedure on how to submit offline gifts to the Race office for credit towards your fundraising goal.

Team Captains: View Team Roster

After accessing your Participant Center Home page, click View team roster from the navigation on the right side of the page. To display more information, you can click Your Team Page from the top navigation area. Then click Display the Progress page of your Team. Here you can view details about the number of gifts and total amount raised by each of your teammates and download this list for print.

Team Captains: Email Message to all Team Members

• Step 1: Click Email from the navigation on the right side of the page.
• Step 2: From the Showing drop-down list, (below Compose Email), click have joined your team for this event. Next click the checkbox next to each contact that should receive this email (or, click ALL from the selection area in the upper right corner).
• Step 3: Click Compose Message, located above the Showing drop-down list. The contacts selected will display in the To field. Compose your own message, or click on one of the sample message located on the right side of the page. If you use a sample message, be sure to personalize it before sending.
• Step 4: Click Preview (from the bottom of the page). A message window opens to display your content as it will look to a recipient. To make changes, click Edit.
• Step 5: Click Send, The Your message was successfully sent message will display. Be sure to check your fundraising status so you know the impact you are having in our community!

How do I change my fundraising goal?
From the Home Page of your Participant Center, click the Change link located below the My Goal amount. Enter the new Goal amount and click Submit. 
 

How do I manually add contacts to my Address Book?
Click on the Email tab, then click Add a Contact from the navigation on the right side of the page. Click the appropriate fields to enter the name and email address of the person and click Save.