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FUNDRAISING INFO

2nd Annual

CART RACES

Brush stroke grunge hand drawn white texture

Gather

Design

your team.

your cart.

Run

your race.

Featuring Cart Runners...

SEPTEMBER

2024 @ 11am

North Battleford Centennial Park Track & Field

All money raised by

Play Day Cart Races supports the operations of...

battlefords@safefamilies.ca

Safe Families Canada Battlefords

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CART RACES

What is a Play Day Cart Race?!

Watch last years Recap to find out

Introduction

Gather

Design

Stretch

your team.

your cart.

your legs.

Race Day

SEPTEMBER 2024

North Battleford Centennial Park Track & Field

11am Cart Parade & Races to follow

The North Stars will once again be racing our business sponsored carts! BUFC Soccer is also joining this year as Cart Runners!

RACE DAY DETAILS

SEPTEMBER

2024 @ 11am

North Battleford Centennial Park Track & Field

CART RACES

Event start time: 11am

Cart Parade and Races to follow

FREE for anyone to attend, cheer and watch

Voting and prizes for best designed cart

Up to 70 grocery carts on loan from

Discovery Co-op

Business sponsored carts

Team cart designs

Toddler Cart Races

Sponsored by Fortress Windows and Doors Ltd.

You’ve heard of a baby crawl...

but have you heard of a Toddler Cart Race?!

Toddler Grocery Carts + Toddlers (ages 9mo to 3 yrs) =

A must see!

(Toddler Cart Races will follow immediately

after the adult races)

Toddler Races Registration (Opens August 14th)

Limited Toddler Spots available.

(Free to register; but you must commit to attend if registered)

Play Day is a national fundraiser for all Safe Families Canada chapters.

Each chapter/city organizes their own unique individual event

to fundraise for their chapters annual operations.

Safe Families

Canada

Battlefords

"Surrounding families in crisis with caring, compassionate community."

All money raised by Play Day Cart Races 2024 will go directly towards the operations of Safe Families Canada Battlefords chapter!

your team.

your cart.

your legs.

What is Safe Families Canada?

Safe Families Canada is a movement fueled by compassion to keep children safe and families together. Through Host Families, Family Friends, and Family Coaches, we temporarily host children and provide a network of support to families in crisis while they get back on their feet.

Through partnering with local churches we connect isolated families going through crisis with community. Trained and vetted volunteers host vulnerable children in their home, provide friendship, mentorship and create an extended family-like support system. Their goal is to surround a family in crisis with love and care through practical and significant ways. We open our hearts, our arms, and our homes.

Currently there are 16 operating chapters throughout Canada. In Spring 2024, the Safe Families Canada Battlefords (SFCB) chapter was formed and became the first chapter in SK! At present, the Battlefords chapter is recruiting and training volunteers to do the work of supporting families. Once volunteers are trained, SFCB will be accepting referrals from the community.

Everything's better when we're together.

Introduction

Learn more about

Gather

Design

Stretch

CART RACES

TEAM REGISTRATION INFORMATION

CART DESIGNING & RUNNING GUIDELINES

Carts must be run empty (No riders allowed)

Carts will be available on Saturday, September 14 at Centennial Park Track & Field from 8:30am-10:45am for decorating

Any number of people can help design your cart but only one person can race it

Carts must be pushed forward (not pulled)

Carts will be run for approx. 60m

Cart decorations must NOT cause permanent damage to the cart

All carts must be returned to their original condition

Please remove decorations after event and return them to the place you picked them up

Cart design cannot impede the racers on either side

A cart will be provided (please do not bring your own)

No motorized enhancements to the carts allowed

Each Cart will be provided an 11 x 17” sign with a cart # and team name or business logo

Signs provided must be attached to the front of the cart (zip ties provided)

(We recommend having your design done so you just have to put it all together the morning of the race)

CART RACES

FUNDRAISING INFORMATION

STEP #1: Sign up your Team

Every cart entered by a group/team

is encouraged to fundraise

ANY amount to participate

(If you are not able to fundraise,

we still want you involved

and welcome you to

3 Options to Collect Donations:

1. Cash/Cheque

(Cheques made payable to: Safe Families Canada; memo: "Battleford Cart Races"

2. E-transfer

Sent to: accounting@safefamilies.ca

*Please provide name of person making donation, their address and contact email

for tax receipting AND include "Battleford Cart Races" in message box

3. Online credit card giving through Canada Helps

Set-up a Canada Helps online Play Day Cart Races account for your team.

After you sign up your team, an email will be sent to you with all the instructions

on how to set up an online account with Canada Helps

Print a

Team Donation Tracking Form

Create a Canada Helps Account

CART RACES

FUNDRAISING FAQs

Are donations tax deductible?

Yes, a tax receipt will be issued by Safe Families Canada

at the end of the year for donations of $20 or more.

Receipts go to the individual donor (not the team collecting the money)

What about a business who supports my team? Can they get a receipt?

This depends. A few extra details are needed to answer this question.

Please contact battlefords@safefamilies.ca or text 306-280-8906 if you have

a business who wants to donate to your team and needs a receipt!

If using Canada Helps accounts, please contact us before

directing any business to donate online.

Can I offer people an incentive to give? Such as a gift or entry into a draw?

No. Unfortunately CRA does not allow donations that will receive a tax receipt

to also receive an incentive. Please do not provide donors

any incentive with a $ value or chance to win something.

Do I need to use all three ways to raise money?

Nope. Pick whatever way you want to raise money!

When/where do I bring the money I've collected?

All money and donation tracking forms need to be brought to RACE DAY!

Print a

Team Donation Tracking Form

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RUNNING GUIDELINES cont.

Child must be able to walk unassisted while pushing the cart. (You can help them if they fall down, but the child must be able to continue to walk and push without any help)

We recommend two adults/youth present with each child; one to stay with child at starting line and one to be at the finish line. Child can still participate if only one adult is present

Adults at the end of the race will be provided a balloon on a stick to help entice their child to the end. You can bring other items to use as ‘encouragement’ for the child (ie. favorite stuffy, treat, etc.)

In order to ‘finish’ or ‘place’ in the race, child must have the cart with them when crossing the finish line (ie. if they leave the cart and race to their parents they will not be counted as finishing the race. Accompanying adult is welcome to redirect them back to their cart if they desire)