Marathon with a Difference

MARATHON WITH A DIFFERENCE IS…

A school “fun-draising” event where kids will run “a km a day for 42 days.

• They’ll be running EVERY DAY

• Sharing positive social media messages

• Creating social impact

• Being grateful for here and now

• Celebrating the highs

• Bouncing back from the lows

• Exploring fundraising technology

• Developing personal confidence

• Engaging with families

• Creating healthy competition

THE CONCEPT

“A Km a Day for 42 Days”

Children can start where they like. Just one lap of an oval is 400 metres.

104 X 400 metre laps = 42.2km… a full marathon.

Over the school term, messaging will include information about children’s injury and the impact on families, staying safe, gratitude. Incorporated into our messaging are the concepts of gratitude, social justice, healthy living, perseverance, resilience and goal setting.

So many lessons!

THE MECHANICSKids, parents & teachers can register for Marathon with a Difference online with a FREE Everyday Hero fundraising account for fundraising and fun leaderboard competition. This will set up a personalised web page.

Each child will set up a FREE Map My Run App with their parent / teacher and manually log their distance after each run – it’ll be integrated to their fundraising web page.

Real time progress will be displayed on a map of the Gold Coast Marathon Course (Commonwealth Games Course for 2018 - TBC).

We encourage families to proudly promote their achievements on social media via Facebook, Instagram and engage in some friendly ‘Fun’-draising competition to raise the most dollars.

Our goal is have every school in Australia run a Marathon with a Difference for one school term of the year… and we need your help to spread the word.

If every child raised just $50, a single, small sized school of 400 students could raise $20,000 and make an incredible DIFFERENCE.

Just 5 schools could fund 2 full time positions for an ENTIRE HOSPITAL.

SCHOOL vs SCHOOL

Invite your school and take on other schools in a fun, “healthy” competition.

GETTING KIDS OFF SCREENS & ON THEIR FEET, TO HELP OTHER KIDS GET BACK ON THEIR FEET.

*Marketing message to resonate with parents

MEETING PARENTAL NEEDS

Every parent has similar desires for their children…

“I want my kids to be happy and healthy” “I’d like my children to be good people” “It’s important that they’re safe”

Marathon with a Difference encompasses these important desires by 1) encouraging kids to get active, 2) showing kids how great it feels to give back to others and 3) developing valuable awareness about injury prevention

A GLOBAL VISION: REDUCING THE INCIDENCE AND IMPACT OF CRITICAL INJURY FOR CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES

It all starts here

DAY OF DIFFERENCE’s SUPPORT MECHANISM’s

We’ll provide messaging for each school so together we can

1. Encourage family involvement 2. Reward kids for the levels of achievement 3. Make a real difference. 4. Consistently support each child’s effort

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SOCIAL PROJECT TRACKING TOOL

MapMyRUN is a free desktop and mobile app that integrates with the Marathon with a Difference online maps and leaderboards for fun and easy tracking of progress.

LIVE ONLINE MARATHON MAP

*not actual Marathon Map

LIVE ONLINE LEADERBOARDS

*not actual Marathon Map

LIVE LEADERBOARD BY TEAMS / SCHOOLS

*not actual Marathon Map

LIVE FUNDRAISING BY INDIVIDUAL

*not actual Marathon Map

COMMUNICATIONS COMPONENTSHealthy Living ▸ List of activities

and fun things to do as prepared by GC City Council’s Active & Healthy Living.

Goal Setting ▸ Simple planning

exercises so kids can learn the value of setting & achieving goals.

Maths Teasers ▸ Relevant maths

quizzes for kids to make real life calculations that tie back to fitness and achieving goals.

Gratitude Exercises ▸ Worksheets

designed to help children appreciate the joy of what they “do have” and “can do”.

Recognition ▸ School

newsletter template for updates

▸ Certificate of Completion

▸ Leaderboard Tally

Injury Awareness ▸ Short videos

and written stories for teachers to share with children about impact on children and families with Kids Safe.

CHILDREN CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE

“Hi, I’m running a marathon to raise funds for critically

injured children. Will you please

sponsor me $1 for every kilometre

#marathonwithadifference

SOPHIE’S VIDEO MESSAGE

Sophie Delezio will be sending personalised thank you and encouragement messages to participating schools.

ARE YOU READY TO JOIN US?ANY QUESTIONS?

You can find us at…

Scott Groves Day of Difference Ambassador Creator Marathon with a Difference [email protected] 0412 953 079

Julie Englefield Day of Difference, Head of Fundraising [email protected] 0426 296 050