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Western United Way Campaign 2023
Western University and United Way Elgin Middlesex, together let's build our community and make lasting change in people's lives. United.
StairClimb
Step up and boogie down for your community!
Thursday, Nov. 2, at Budweiser Gardens in London
8:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
TD StairClimb for United Way is a fun and lively fundraising event that helps United Way Elgin Middlesex support our neighbours in need.
StairClimbers will walk or wheel inside while moving and grooving to a disco beat at London’s largest team-building event for fun and for good.
Bring on the big hair, white polyester suit and neon leggings – register today, and let’s get United!
How to get involved
- Sign up as an individual or join/create a team of colleagues, classmates and friends.
- CAPTAIN NOTE: When creating a team, please use the following naming convention: Western – [creative department/faculty team name].
- Registration fee is $25/person. NEW THIS YEAR: The Minimum Goal Challenge. If you fundraise a minimum of $25 for StairClimb, your registration fee will be waived and your credit card will not be charged. (Of course, we encourage you to raise even more than $25!)
- Start collecting pledges and recruiting team members, through our secure online portal. Donors can pledge to individuals and/or to teams. Become recognized as one of our top individual or team fundraisers.
- Move and groove on down to Budweiser Gardens [Gate 1] at your chosen time slot on Nov. 2. Purple disco-themed attire is strongly encouraged!
- CAPTAIN NOTES: Western has a dedicated climb time at 12:30 PM. We welcome you to join us at that time so that we can warm up and take photos together as one big #purpleandproud team! Please email sjoao@unitedwayem.ca to confirm that your team will join this climb time.
- We have organized a bus, courtesy of Voyago (leaving at 12:10 PM and returning at 1:30 PM). Please email sjoao@unitedwayem.ca to reserve your/your team’s spot on the bus.
- If your team needs a different climb time, captains should email sc@unitedwayem.ca to request an alternative slot.
- At Bud Gardens... pick up your TD StairClimb swag (this year we are rocking funky sunglasses!) from our helpful volunteers and warm up with fun-and-fitness experts from FitClub Bootcamps.
- Step up the 480 stairs of the arena bowl, or walk/wheel around the rink level.
- Showcase your team at the photo booth and on social media by following @unitedwayemca and tagging #TDBankStairClimb