Sample Letters/Emails
The first letter
Round two: Follow-up
Final push: End of season
Post-event and thank you
Letters for alumni
Sample donation forms
If you use these, remember to customize! Change "DATE" and "NAME" to today and you. Change the sport and event references depending on your sport and event, and add personal touches wherever possible. In Microsoft Word, the parts of each document which you'll need to change are highlighted in yellow. To un-highlight your text after you've changed it, select the text and click the Highlight button on the Formatting toolbar.
All samples are in Microsoft Word format, with some exceptions in Adobe Acrobat format (PDF). Depending on your software, you may need to download the Microsoft Word Viewer or Adobe Acrobat Reader to view these files.
The first letter
While some of these letters have sport names in the description, don't let that stop you from checking them out! Every letter listed is different and worth a look, and you can use bits and pieces from all of them to form your own letter.
- Guess what? (What is TNT?)
- Cancer in this economy
- My First Triathlon
- All-purpose first letter
- All-purpose cycle
- All-purpose run
- Happy New Year!
- Personal connection
- Couples letter
- A challenging new adventure
- Personal story: When my dad was diagnosed
- Personal connection with call to join the National Marrow Donor Program
- Personal connection flier (with photos)
- Iron Couple
- Co-workers' letter to the office
- Selling miles!
- Flyer (Non-editable PDF)
- Tri-fold brochure
- Business card
- Generic marathon
- Personal connection, emphasis on triathlon
Round two: Follow-up
Final push: End of season
Post-event and thank you
- Recap and thanks
- Anecdotes, summary and final call for donations
- Acknowledgement and official summary (Non-editable PDF)
- To be continued
Letters for alumni
- Annual ski-to-cure-cancer
- It's that time of year again...
- New Year's Resolution
- Happy Halloween!
- I don't do hills!
- Challenging economic times
- At it again, with honoree update
- Mock newsletter
- Back in the saddle
- Continued insanity
- Professional letter for your colleagues
- Am I crazy or what?
- I am totally crazy... um dedicated!
- My fifth marathon
- Yet again...
Sample donation forms
Also see sample donation forms included in most of the letters listed above.
- Yes, I want to help raise money for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society!
- Jane and John's sponsorship form
- Donation form
