We are a year-round grassroots effort to end cancer. We believe that when we work together, we go further, and when we push ourselves – individually and as a community – we will achieve even the most difficult challenges. Together with community members and businesses, we aim to support and witness first-hand cancer breakthroughs at the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center.
The Ride will take place on Saturday, October 23. We're also planning some festivities in the week leading up to the Ride to celebrate the impact of our community. We'll have more details on the pre-Ride celebration as the public health situation evolves and we determine the safest way for our community to kick off the Ride.
Yes, there is a minimum fundraising commitment for each route as follows:
Fundraising should be exciting. You are making a real difference through your commitment. We believe in three basic fundraising principles:
Remember to direct friends and family to your Rider Profile to view your story and donate to your Ride. We will be publishing a full fundraising toolkit that will be made available to Riders, Virtual Riders, and volunteers in the spring.
The fundraising deadline for BellRinger 21 is 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, December 22, 2021.
The registration fee for Riders is $100.
Each Rider pays a non-refundable registration fee that does not count towards their minimum fundraising commitment. The appropriate amount is charged to the Rider’s card upon registration. This card information must remain on file in case the fundraising minimum is not met by the fundraising deadline. After the fundraising deadline, the card will be charged for the remainder of the commitment, if any. Virtual Riders are not charged a registration fee but will be asked to keep a card on file in case their fundraising minimum is not met by the fundraising deadline.
You can cancel your participation as a Rider or Virtual Rider in BellRinger up to 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, September 22, 2021. If you're worried about meeting your minimum fundraising commitment, remember that all Riders and Virtual Riders have until 11:59 PM on December 22, 2021 to reach their minimum fundraising commitments. Please contact the BellRinger team if you'd like to withdraw your registration in Bellringer 21.
A Team consists of five or more Riders, Virtual Riders, or volunteers. Creating a Team allows friends, family, neighbors, or coworkers to participate in BellRinger together. Teams train and fundraise together leading up to BellRinger Weekend. In addition to the individual Rider Profile pages, a separate Team Profile page allows you to highlight your Team roster and share why your Team is riding.
A Pack is a group of BellRinger Teams formed by a large organization or community group. A Pack allows an organization that would otherwise have an extremely large Team to organize itself into smaller Teams within their Pack. Packs operate similarly to Teams to encourage Riders to work together on fundraising, train together, and enjoy BellRinger Weekend with peers. If your group is interested in starting a Pack, please contact BellRinger, and we can help you set one up.
You'll be prompted to start a Team during your Ride or Virtual Ride registration process. Or if you'd like to start a Team after you've registered, log into your Rider Dashboard and select the "Create a Team" option. When you create a Team, you become the Team Captain or leader of that Team. You can always assign a new Captain for your Team by contacting BellRinger.
The fund sharing period for BellRinger 21 will occur between December 26, 2021 and January 7, 2022. During this time, there are two ways to share funds.
Each Team will set their fund sharing guidelines; for ideas, check out the How to Build a Team toolkit in the Resources section of your Rider dashboard. While we support fund sharing, we ask that you use fund sharing to supplement, not drive, your individual fundraising efforts. Keep in mind that dollars shared ultimately affect the total dollars raised for life-saving cancer research. All requests to share funds must be emailed to Ride@BellRinger.org by your Team Captain by January 14, 2022.
Definitely, you are able to use BellRinger’s logos and other design elements for your personal fundraising efforts. You can access these logos on our asset kit located in your Rider Dashboard in the Resources section. Please send any final designs that use BellRinger’s assets to Mara Kilgore at mara@bellringer.org for approval before publication and production.
Give us a call: 202.525.6401
BellRinger
P.O. Box 34112
Washington, D.C., 20043
Or send us a message, and we’ll do our best to answer any questions you may have.
