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Western United Way Campaign 2024
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, 2023 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