This document proposes a collaborative marathon event to raise awareness and funds for domestic violence prevention. It would involve organizations assigning leaders to form teams that collect pledges for miles completed through various activities over several months. Pledges would be split between the participating organization and the Branch County Coalition Against Domestic Violence. The goal is to educate more people on how domestic violence affects everyone in the community while supporting important causes and bringing organizations together for a proven successful event.

1. Quincy
SAFE = Society Advocating For Everyone
Branch County says:

2. WE SAY:
NO MORE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE!
NO MORE SEXUAL ASSAULT!
NO MORE CHILD ABUSE!
NO MORE BULLYING!
NO MORE BYSTANDING!
NO MORE!!!!
WHAT YOU SAY?

3. We will call it our steps of collaboration.
Together we can accomplish so much more!
Join us in taking the next
step!!!

4. The Branch County Coalition Against Domestic Violence
would like you to be a partner in the
To be held
In conjunction with the
BCCADV Walk-a-Mile Event

5. A Marathon you say?
Don’t we already have enough runs?
I can’t run 26.2 miles!
Some people are all ready to lace up their running shoes, but wait!

6. A family OR individual can do this.
It is about how many $$ are pledged which becomes the key
to getting the higher dollars for your charity of choice.
In the End – EVERYONE wins!
It could be any activity, volunteering, or reading – it becomes about
Building our community – working as a team!

7. “We would love to help but we have
to raise enough funds of our own”
 So you might be asking - That all sounds great - but how
does this affect me and my group?
So what if we showed you how to raise funds while
working on your own mission???
You do need to raise funds right?
But…..
1. Not enough volunteers
2. We can’t take the risk of losing dollars
3. There is not enough time to do everything
4. We have already asked for too much from the community.

8. Think of it as 26.2 miles of collaboration!
We want something that everyone
- no matter what their activity level can participate.
Not everyone likes to run or can do a marathon all at once.
But what if:
It is available in steps?
It isn’t all about running/walking?
It gives us a way to give back?
It connects us with each other?

9. Our Marathon has a Mile = What?
1 mile could be = 1 book that you have
read or read to someone (remember – March
is reading month!)
The premise:
1 mile could be = 1 mile of running or
walking1 mile could be = 1 hour of
volunteering
1 mile could be = whatever your
organization

10. Well let us show you
how……
OK - This all sounds wonderful but
really should we be doing
something with BCCADV? I mean
really …we are against domestic
violence but how does it really
affect us????

11. Did you know?
Men who as children witnessed their parents’
domestic violence were twice as likely to
abuse their own wives than sons of non-violent
parents
Now do you know how it affects you???
So you want to raise boys to be good
caring men ?
 Schools - Bronson, Coldwater, Quincy, Union City
 Boy Scouts
 4-H Clubs

12. Did you know?
Nearly 1 in 5 girls who have been in a
relationship said a boyfriend threatened
violence or self harm if presented with a
breakup
Now do you know how it affects you???
So you want to support girls in their
efforts to be strong confident women?
 Schools - Bronson, Coldwater, Quincy, Union City
 Girls on the Run
 Girl Scouts
 4-H Clubs

13. Did you know?
Cognitive and attitudinal problems. Children exposed to
domestic violence are more likely to experience difficulties in
school and score lower on assessments of verbal, motor, and
cognitive skills. Slower cognitive development, lack of conflict
resolution skills, limited problem solving skills, pro-violence
attitudes, and belief in rigid gender stereotypes and male
privilege are other issues identified in the research.
Now do you know how it affects you???
So you want to children to be able to
concentrate on their education?
 Schools: Bronson, Coldwater, Quincy, Union City
 Branch Intermediate School District
 Head Start
 G.S.R.P.
 Preschools…..

14. Did you know?
One in 3 women and one in 4 men have
experienced
physical violence by an intimate partner within
their lifetime.
Now do you know how it affects you???
So you want to educate parents about safety
& well being for their children?
 Child Abuse Prevention & Awareness Council
 Beginnings Care for Life
 M.S.U. Extension
 Great Start Collaborative

15. Did you know?
Victims of intimate partner violence lose a total
of 8 million days of paid work each year.
Between 21-60% of victims of intimate partner
violence lose their jobs due to reasons
stemming from abuse.
Now do you know how it affects you???
So you are a business or help business ?
 Chamber of Commerce
 Downtown Development Association
 Tourism Bureau

16. Did you know?
That the costs of intimate partner violence
exceed 5.8billion each year, 4.1 billion of which
is for direct medical and mental health care
services.
Now do you know how it affects you???
So you want to give health care to
people that are uninsured or
underinsured?
 Presbyterian Health Clinic
 Health Department
 Community Health Center Foundation

17. Did you know?
That 25-40% of all women who are abused are
battered during pregnancy?
That 12% of women with unwanted pregnancies and
8% of women with mistimed pregnancy report physical
abuse, while only 3% of women with planned
pregnancies reported being physically hurt by their
partners.
Now do you know how it affects you???
So you want to educate moms about
caring for themselves and their
unborn child?
 Beginnings Care for Life
 Great Start

18. Did you know?
That animal abuse is also an indicator that
there might be something going on in the
home? Of 50 shelters surveyed where women
and children have escaped from abusive
situations - 85% talked about pet abuse.
Now do you know how it affects you???
So you are an animal lover?
 Animal Aid of Branch County
 4-H Clubs
 Rescue Groups
 Refurbished Pets

19. Domestic violence is an epidemic affecting
individuals in every community, regardless of
age, economic status, sexual orientation,
gender, race, religion or nationality. Intimate
partner violence is often accompanied by
emotionally abusive and controlling behavior
which is only a fraction of a systemic pattern of
dominance and control.
So now that you know how it affects you –
 Do you know what it is?

20. Intimate Partner Violence accounts
for 15% of all violent crime!
Domestic Violence can result in
physical injury, psychological
trauma, and in severe cases, even
death. The devastating
consequences of domestic
violence can cross generations and
last a lifetime.

21. This is not to be depressing – but this is
reality! We want more people to
understand the depth of this issue. Let’s
partner together and say:

22. The financial Plan –
The pledges….
• 50% goes to the charity/organization of choice
• 50% goes to BCCADV

23. WHERE DOES THE 50% GO THAT BCCADV RECEIVES?
We do not charge for any of our services that are available to the whole county.
278SAFE – services and activities
Did you know that BCCADV has taken on the resource
and referral calls for the county?
Prevention services
•Education in the schools
•Community Events
•Coaching Boys into Men
Operational Dollars:
• Emergency Shelter
• Transitional Housing
• Altrusa Teenshare
Additional programs under our umbrella:
•Bridges out of Poverty Classes
•Backpack Buddies
•GIRLZ CLUB
Plus a plethora of additional services!!!

24. The financial Plan –
The Sponsors….
*100% goes to BCCADV which will pay
overhead costs on the event
*So what if we don’t get enough
sponsors to pay overhead? That is the
risk that BCCADV is taking!
*What if there are more dollars than
overhead? These are the dollars we
would have gotten through Walk A Mile
Sponsors.

25. BENEFITS FOR THE
ORGANIZATIONS
 By participating, each organization gets:
 Organizational support
 Marketing development
 A fun community event with proven success
 Part of something bigger

26. Could benefit all the great causes in our community?
There are so many wonderful things happening in
our community
- why not all work together?
What if there was an event that:
Already had a proven track record of success?

27. The marathon starts with a commitment by a
“leader” to assemble a team to support his/her cause.
It could be:
• Animal Aid of Branch County
• The Branch County United Way
• The Branch County Community Foundation
• 4-H Clubs
• Booster Clubs
• Or any other community
organization!

28. The proposed process:
1.Select your recipient organization
2.Designate a leader of the group
3.Register your team with the Marathon chair for your designation
4.Hand out materials
5.Have your team solicit pledges
6.Have t-shirt information by deadline date
7.Collect info by deadline date
8.Turn into leader
9.Leader bring sign ups and picks up shirts and goes to photobooth
10.Be at the start line with your team by ____ on April 25, 2015.

29. Make sure you pick a good leader!
The leader will be in charge of the following:
1. Commitment/waiver forms for each individual participating
2. Handing out posters and yard signs
3. COMMUNICATION to team members and their supporters
4. Deadlines and explanations to team members
5. Someone who will ask questions!

30. PARTICIPANTS REACH OUT FOR
PLEDGES
 Pledges could be made in any possible way:
 Direct Cash Donation
 Pledge per activity
 Pledge for the day
 Matching pledge for the participant

31. Run/Walk Volunteer Reading Date Activity
3 1-17-15 Helped out at the Rotary Raffle
1 1-17-15 Polar bear dived for Charity
1 2-1-15 Sally read a book at story time at the
Library
4 2-12-15 We helped Volunteer for United Way – 2
of us with 2 hours each
1 2-28-15
1 3-1-15 Read a book to Mr. Jones class
2 3-10-15 Volunteer at the Food Pantry
3 3-12-15 Walked as a family at the track
1 2-1-15 Sally read a book at story time in the
Library
4 4-12-15 Ran to work up to running on 4-25
2 4-20-15 Practice! Practice! Practice!
3.1 4-25-15 Ran the Running Against DV 5K
.2 The Group Marathon Finish!
Total 13.3 Total 10 Total 3 Cumulative 26.3
You are a Branch County Marathon
Participant!!
Example:
Name: Sally Sample Charity: Fun Camp for Kids
Dates: from 1-1-15 – 4-25-15

32. BCCADV Responsibilities Your Agency Responsibilities
1. Organizes the event 1. Picks a leader
2. Develops Printed Materials 2. Gets Participants
3. Marketing 3. Gets pledges for participants
4. Gets sponsors for event 4. Hands out information
5. Buy the t-shirts 5. Show up at the final event!
6. Risk 6. Get 50% with no investment
other than time
7. Financial Accounting
How we envision it working:

33.  Administer all paperwork
 Create t-shirts for participants
 Have give-a-ways
 Snacks
 Provide a photographer
 Work with Media/Newspaper
 Create printed Materials – posters etc.
 Distribute materials throughout community
First & foremost – the Walk A Mile is a proven success –
and built into our budget – we can’t lose dollars but want
to share the message with more people as well as
providing the community an opportunity. So we would…
Why should we team with BCCADV and they receive sponsor dollars?

34. Branch County is Awesome
Let us be the example