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	Download Forms:
	To download a BIG Sweep Organization Participation Agreement Click Here
	To download a BIG Sweep Individual Registration/Pledge Form Click Here
	To download a BIG Sweep Team Registration form Click Here
	Trash and Recycling Information Click Here
	To download a BIG Sweep Training Guide Click Here
	To download BIG Sweep Donor Receipts Click Here
	To download a Contribution Remittance Form Click Here

RESOURCES FOR TEAM LEADERS - 2009

If you are interested in the BIG Sweep, get started here!

Thank you for your interest in Volunteer Frederick’s BIG Sweep! Individuals, families and representatives of nonprofit organizations - including civic groups, churches, youth groups and schools – can participate in the BIG Sweep. This page will help you get started – here you can:

Register your nonprofit organization.
Register yourself and each individual on your BIG Sweep team
Check the training workshop schedule or download a training guide and learn more about fundraising, recycling, safety, choosing a site to clean up and building a team
Set up a fundraising website for your team or yourself
Get help marketing your team's efforts, AND,
Learn more about supplies and the kick-off breakfast at Martin's of Walkersville

Step One: Register your Nonprofit Organization

Registering your organization, club, or group is easy: download the form below (we can also fax or email you a copy) and fill it out. Once we’ve received your Participation Agreement, your organization will be registered and you can begin fundraising. When we disburse your funds, the money will be sent to the address and person you have listed on this form. (Individuals and families skip to Step Two.)

To download a 2009 Organiztion Participation Agreement.
Click Here.

Step Two: Register as an Individual BIG Sweep Participant

If your nonprofit organization is participating as a team - or you're an individual who has chosen to support a particular nonprofit - you must fill out an individual registration form. (If you are participating as an individual, check that the nonprofit you wish to support is a participating nonprofit.) You can either register using our online form (below), or download a copy of the BIG Sweep Individual Registration Form here.

If you are leading a BIG Sweep team, you can direct your team members to our website where they can register themselves, OR you can download the forms and hand them out to the group. Your team members should return their registration forms to you. Once you’ve registered, you’ll receive regular updates and reminders. Download a BIG Sweep Team Registration Form here to keep track your team members.

Online Registration

Name
Group
Address
City
State
Zip
Phone
Email
Age
T-Shirt Size

I would like to participate by cleaning up (Select at least one)	a site within the Frederick county Watershed a road near the following county or city road - beginning point - end point

Nonprofit to receive your collected contributions

In consideration of your acceptance of my application, I, for myself, my executors, administrators and assignors, do hereby release Volunteer Frederick, The BIG Sweep and its sponsors and coordinators, or their successors, from all claims of damages, demands, actions, and causes of action whatsoever, in any manner arising or growing out of my participation in these events. I further attest that I am physically qualified to participate in these events, and understand that the weather and ground conditions may be hazardous. I give my permission to Volunteer Frederick to use, without limitation or obligation, photographs, film footage or tape recordings which may include my image or voice for purposes of promoting Volunteer Frederick or the BIG Sweep.

Step Three: Attend a training session to learn more about building a team, fundraising, and what will happen on the BIG day!

We will provide several BIG Sweep informational meetings in the weeks leading up to the BIG Sweep. They are all the same - you only need to attend one! We'll give an overview of the BIG Sweep, discuss strategies for putting a team together, provide fundraising tips and give you guidelines for planning a safe clean up day on April 25! Daytime and evening trainings will be held at Volunteer Frederick: 31 W. Patrick St. Suite L-2, Frederick.

2009 Training Workshop Dates
Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009
Tuesday, Jan. 20th
Monday, Feb. 9th
Wednesday, Feb. 18th
Tuesday, Feb. 24th
all at 6:30 p.m.

Monday, Jan. 12, 2009
Friday, Jan. 23th
both at 12 noon
Contact Eve Shafi at eves@volunteerfrederick.org or 301-663-5214 ext. 7# to register or for more information.

To download a training guide, Click Here.

Step Four: Get Ready to Clean up your site

All team members are welcome to attend the kick-off breakfast at Martin's of Walkersville at the Walkersville Firehall on Saturday, April 25 from 7:30 - 9:00 a.m.

You can pick up your supplies at the Walkersville Firehall on either Friday, April 24, from 5:00 and 7:00 p.m. OR Saturday, April 25, during the kick-off breakfast from 7:30 - 9:00 a.m.

Directions to Martin's: Take Rt. 15 to Rt 26 E towards Libertytown • Turn left onto Rt 194 N / Woodsboro Pike • Continue Straight on Rt 194 for 1.5 miles • Turn left onto Frederick Street (just after Walkersville High School) • Martin's (79 W. Frederick Street) will be on the left, immediately after you turn onto Frederick Street.

MORE RESOURCES:

Marketing Materials:

To Download a BIG Sweep Flyer
Click Here.

Contact us if you'd like to create a customized BIG Sweep poster for your team. eves@volunteerfrederick.org or 301-663-5214 ext. 4 #

Training Materials:

Recycling information coming soon!

For a copy of the 2009 training guide
Click Here.

Fundraising:

You can set up a fundraising website for your BIG Sweep team.

Setup a Personalized Fundraising Page Online!

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