1. Pledge-raising Pointers
Countryside Association for People with Disabilities
Host a potluck and give the option of bringing a dish or pledging $10 to your walk. Chances
are many people will do both!
Host a movie night at your house and start the evening by showing The People of
Countryside promotional video. Nothing motivates people to give more than seeing the
faces of Countryside!
Is your birthday coming up? Ask your friends to contribute
to your fundraising goal instead of sending gifts!
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Do — Make it personal! Are you walking
in honor of a family member or
friend? When people know what
motivates you, chances are it will
motivate them to participate!
Do — Remember: It’s all about
empowerment! When someone contributes, they are empowering someone with a
disability to make their own choices, live more independently, and pursue the life
they want to lead.
Do — Ask others to walk, too! Ask your spouse, children, siblings, and your parents to
walk as a team and collect pledges as a group!
Don’t — Be afraid to ask! The most common reason people give for not participating in
a charity event is that they were not asked! It is easier than ever to ask people to
get involved. Send a link to your pledge page using Facebook, send an email out to
your buddies; you can get the message out to hundreds in an instant!
Don’t — Scoff at small gifts. Be it $1 or $100, every pledge creates meaningful change.
And maybe those smaller pledgers will increase their support next year!
Do’s & Don’ts
Mini-Events
Thank You! It takes courage to walk a 5K, to ask for pledges, and to get involved. Be
proud! You are changing lives with every step you take on the walk, with every person you talk to
about Countryside Association, and with every pledge dollar you collect!
Send emails to your family, friends, neighbors, and colleagues with the story of a person with
disabilities who motivated you to get involved—include the link to your fundraising page!
Post pledge updates and links on Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn.
Adjust your email signature so that it announces the cause
you’re walking for. Include a link to your fundraising page!
Consider starting a team with your co-workers and extend your
reach by asking business customers, clients, and contractors.
Contact us for posters you can post in your office!
Check to see if your employer has a matching gift program. Especially if you involve your
co-workers, you can double—or triple—your
support to Countryside!
Outreach
Ideas

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Subcontract Companies
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park
Assembled Products, Buffalo Grove
Boundless Network, Austin, TX
Cardinal Health, McGaw Park
CETCO, Hoffman Estates
Chicago Metallic, Lake Zurich
Cole Parmer, Vernon Hills
Distinctive Foods, LLC, Wheeling
G.P.I. Anatomicals, Lake Bluff
ITW Fastex, Des Plaines
Kay Home Products, Antioch
Palatine Chamber of Commerce, Palatine
Quill Corporation, Lincolnshire
Rust-Oleum Corporation, Vernon Hills
Sloan Valve, Franklin Park
Sunnyside Corporation, Wheeling
Tamarack Products Inc., Wauconda
USA BlueBook, Waukegan
Individual Job Placements
Buffalo Grove Park District, Buffalo Grove
The Children’s Place, Carpentersville
Chuck E. Cheese, Streamwood
Eskape Entertainment Center, Buffalo Grove
Home Depot, Mount Prospect
Jarosch Bakery, Elk Grove Village
Meijer, Arlington Heights
Patrick Hyundai, Schaumburg
Perk Café, Glenview
Salvation Army, Arlington Heights
Target, Schaumburg
 Develop work opportunities & job training to reduce unemploy-
ment; nearly everyone we support falls below the poverty line
 Support to help individuals and families maintain community
independence & stay in less restrictive, less costly residences
 Provide planned and emergency in-home respite services to families that support children and
adults when parents must leave the home
 Offer healthy, individualized activities each day to persons with severe disabilities and seniors in
our community centers to combat social isolation
1954 — Year Countryside
originated in Palatine, IL
360 — Adults who receive
paid work and skills training
opportunities every week
10,000 — Number of military latches assembled daily
210 — Adults we transport each day in our adapted vehicles
$500,000 — Projected earned income of our people this
fiscal year. We are a significant provider of subcontract labor!
625 — Square miles that form Countryside’s service area
29 — Persons in community jobs earning minimum-wage
 Complete building expansion and renovation at Countryside Center in
Palatine to increase opportunities for future participants
 Obtain national accreditation for new School-to-Work Transition Program
as well as Services to Older Adults Programs
 Expand Community Employment Services opportunities for current
participants and community members with disabilities who desire jobs
 Continue efforts to make a variety of production work consistently
available to all Work and Training Center participants
Our Purpose
By The Numbers
2011 Goals
Fast Facts 2011
Countryside Association for People with Disabilities
Our mission is to advocate on behalf of persons with disabilities and their families and to
support them in their efforts to live and work successfully in their chosen community.