Pancreatic cancer doesn’t stop or slow down — and neither do we. Patients and their families need us now more than ever.
PurpleStride is the number one way we raise money to fight pancreatic cancer and through your donation, PanCAN can make progress toward its mission to improve lives for patients and change the future of the disease.
Use these resources and tips to fundraise in the fight against pancreatic cancer. Every dollar makes a difference.
Kick off your fundraising efforts with proven best practices for successful fundraising:
Use this toolkit for detailed information on fundraising tips and tricks.
If you are a PurpleStride Team Captain, download this toolkit for tips to build and engage your team.
Check out these four easy tips to reach your fundraising goal.
Download, print and write who you’re striding for or why you’re striding. Take a picture with your honor bib and post on social media.
Download, print and write who you’re grateful for or why you’re grateful. Take a picture with your survivor honor bib and post on social media.
After you sign up for PurpleStride, you will have access to these tools in your participant center, “My Strider Central.”
Connect your "My Strider Central" fundraising page to your Facebook account for fast and easy fundraising. Once connected to Facebook, invite friends, share updates, track progress and collect donations. Watch the video below to find out how or learn more here.
Share your PurpleStride pride! Let your friends and family know you're participating in PurpleStride to support #pancreaticcancer patients by updating your profile picture with any of our frames.
Take these easy steps and wear your support for PanCAN like a virtual badge of honor:
Download and post social graphics to raise awareness about PurpleStride and show your friends how their donation makes a difference.
People across the country are joining PanCAN to raise awareness and funds to fight pancreatic cancer at PurpleStride events. Check out creative ways they're doing it in this video, and then share it with your friends on social media.
Use any (or all!) of these sample posts on your social media channels to let your friends know how their donation makes a big impact. Follow and tag @pancan and use the hashtag #PurpleStride. Don't forget to add photos!
Participants who send fundraising emails raise twice as much as those who don't. You can send emails easily from your participant center, "My Strider Central." Just log in and use one of the email templates to ask for support and recruit team members.
You can also copy and paste from the sample emails below into your own email. Make it personal by sharing for whom or why you're participating in PurpleStride.
Subject: Your support matters now more than ever
Dear [Name],
As a proud supporter of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN), I'm participating in PurpleStride [Event Name] to honor [insert name and/or motivation].
PurpleStride is a year-round national movement that funds life-changing programs and services for pancreatic cancer patients and their families, and it is the number one way PanCAN raises funds to fight this disease.
The need is as urgent as ever to continue the fight for my [loved one's name] and pancreatic cancer patients everywhere. This disease does not stop or slow down. And neither do we!
Even during these uncertain times, I'm continuing to take action and support PanCAN's important work to accelerate progress and improve outcomes for pancreatic cancer patients.
Please visit my personal page today at [insert link to fundraising page] to learn more about why this cause matters to me, and to make a donation. Your support, especially at a time like this, is so deeply appreciated.
Best wishes,
[Your Name]
Subject: Join me in the fight against pancreatic cancer!
[Dear Name],
I recently sent you an email telling you about my involvement with PanCAN’s PurpleStride, the walk to end pancreatic cancer. Will you make a donation toward my PurpleStride fundraising goal? I’m working to change the pancreatic cancer statistics.
Pancreatic cancer is the world’s toughest cancer. It’s the third leading cause of cancer-related death in the U.S., killing more people each year than breast cancer.
PurpleStride is a year round national movement that funds life-changing programs and services for pancreatic cancer patients and their families, and it is the number one way PanCAN raises funds to fight this disease.
Every dollar makes a difference, and pancreatic cancer patients need us now more than ever before.
[Insert your personal page link]
Thank you!
[Your Name]
Subject: There's Room on My PurpleStride Team for You
[Dear Name],
I started a team for PanCAN’s PurpleStride, and I would love for you to be part of it. You can sign up and participate from wherever you are.
PurpleStride is a year-round national movement that funds life-changing programs and services for pancreatic cancer patients and their families, and it is the number one way PanCAN raises funds to fight this disease.
Our PurpleStride participation makes all the difference, and every dollar counts as we work together to improve pancreatic cancer patients’ lives.
Thank you for your support, by either joining my team or making a donation toward my fundraising goal.
Thank you!
[Your Name]
Subject Line: Thanks for being on [Team Name]
Hi [New Team Member],
Thank you for joining my PurpleStride team! I'm asking everyone on my team to set a minimum fundraising goal of $200 to help pancreatic cancer patients and their families. That might sound like a lot, but I've got some tips and tricks to help you get there!
Please invite others to join our team, too!
Thank you!
[Your Name]
Subject Line: Challenge: Accepted
Hi [Team Name],
I cannot thank you all enough for your purple passion! We are only [number of days] days away from PanCAN's PurpleStride, which means it's time to start planning your purple sparkle spirit outfit for event day.
[Team Name] Update: [number of participants] and $[amount raised]! We are still [percentage away from goal] away from our goal of $[goal amount], so we can't stop now! Try out some of the sample text messages and Facebook posts available on the PurpleStride app to make fundraising quick and easy!
Today's Challenge: Send out an email to at least 5 people inviting them to participate in PurpleStride. The first person to forward me all their sent email and emails will win a $5 gift card to [Smoothie/Coffee Shop]!
Best of luck!
Your captain,
[Your Name]
Subject: Your support matters
Dear [Name],
Thank you for joining me in the fight against pancreatic cancer.
Your support means so much to me and the thousands of families affected by this disease each year. Thanks to your donation, PanCAN will keep changing patients’ lives with free, personalized resources and services to help them navigate next steps.
We can’t do this without you. The pancreatic cancer community needs you. You are an inspiration in our fight to improve outcomes for patients and their families.
Thank you,
[Your Name]
Subject: Thank You for Supporting Me
Dear [Name],
Thank you for supporting my participation in PanCAN's PurpleStride with your donation.
Because of your gift, pancreatic cancer patients can continue to receive free, life-changing one-on-one support and resources and also know that research progress will continue.
If you're interested in joining me as a PurpleStride participant, please let me know!
Thank you again for your donation! If you'd like to learn more about how PanCAN changes patients' lives, visit www.pancan.org.
Thank you,
[Your Name]
There are lots of ways to raise funds for the fight against pancreatic cancer. Here are a few of our favorite ones — they are tried and true and other PurpleStride fundraisers have had success reaching their goals using them! The sky is the limit though — you may want to get even more creative. Have fun and let us know what you did!
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