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ESA Hearts St. Jude

Welcome to ESA Hearts St. Jude. This is a fun tradition allowing ESA collegiate chapters to enjoy some friendly rivalry in raising funds for the kids at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital ®. The campaign runs from April 1st through March 31st. We are thrilled to share the awesome new changes to the campaign this year! In addition to the great resources found below, we extended the campaign season and changed some of the rules so now more of your fundraising efforts qualify. Your chapter's fundraising page has been created, so it is your job to register under your chapter's page and encourage other members to as well. 


How to Participate:
          Step 1: Go to your teams fundraising page (this will be provided to you by ESAMC staff). Click "Join Team." Login using your previous credentials if you have fundraised through ESA Hearts before, or create an account. Make sure you are joining your collegiate chapter.

          Step 2: Encourage other chapter members to register for your team by creating their own 
                        ESA Hearts St. Jude teamraiser page underneathn the chapter page. 
         
          NOTE: To be eligible for individual prizes, collect donations on your individual teamraiser page.

          Step 3: Get creative on social media and host events to gather donations on your teamraiser page.

          Step 4: Report all donations on your individual or chapter teamraiser page.
                       Individual: Submit check donations using the mobile check deposit function on your dashboard or click Donate for all credit card donations. 
                       Chapter: Submit all credit card donations directly on your page. There is no mobile check deposit function on chapter pages. Send to the ESAMC office. 

*IMPORTANT NOTE: All checks must be made out to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and mailed to the following address:
ESA Attn: ESA Hearts St. Jude
2580 E Harmony Rd
Suite 301-11
Fort Collins, CO 80528

DO NOT HOLD DONATIONS! All donations must be submitted to your fundraising page or mailed to ESA HQ within one week of the event ending.

How do I register a chapter (team)? ↵
Your chapter teamraiser page has already been created. Be sure you are using the link provided to you by ESAMC for the current campaign year. Do not create a new chapter page.
How do I register an individual? ↵
Step One: Visit the link that was provided to you by ESAMC. Click "Join Team" and Login using your previous credentials if you have fundraised through ESA Hearts before, or create an account. Make sure you are joining your collegiate chapter.

Step Two: Customize your individual page URL to make it easy for donors to find. This should NOT change throughout the campaign so we suggest using your name.

Step Three: Share your link and start fundraising!
How do I record checks, venmo, and cash? ↵
For a donation raised by an INDIVIDUAL chapter member:
Step One: Deposit cash or venmo into your chapter account and imediately write a check for the full amount made out to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. 

Step Two: Visit fundraising.stjude.org - login - then select ESA Hearts Events

Step Three: Click "Mobile Check Deposit" and follow the prompts. This must be done from a phone or tablet. 

Step Four: Confirm the donation you entered shows in the donation list.
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For a donation raised by the CHAPTER:

*You must be a team Captin or Co-Captin to record checks for your team.

Step One: Deposit cash or venmo into your chapter account and imediately write a check for the full amount made out to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or use your chapter debit card to add the full donation to your team page. 

Step Two: Send your check to the following address:
ESA Attn: ESA Hearts St. Jude
2580 E Harmony Rd
Suite 301-11
Fort Collins, CO 80528

DO NOT HOLD DONATIONS! All donations must be submitted to your fundraising page or mailed to ESA HQ within one week of the event ending.

What prizes can I earn as a chapter or individual? ↵


                                                           
$4,000 Chapter fundraising level:
Send one chapter member all
expenses paid to St. Jude Collegiate     
 Leadership Seminar (CLS)
 
 
What is ALSAC? ↵
  • ALSAC stands for American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities.
  • ALSAC was founded by Danny Thomas in 1957 to be the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
  • ALSAC’s sole mission is to raise the funds and awareness necessary to operate and maintain the hospital.
  • ALSAC is responsible for raising 75% of the funds necessary to operate St. Jude.
  • ALSAC is responsible for St. Jude’s major fundraising campaigns – Dream Homes, Radiothons, St. Jude Walk/Run to End Childhood Cancer, galas, golf tournaments, etc.
  • There are ALSAC regional offices across the United States in place to help local programs.
  • Your local ALSAC rep can help you with all sorts of St. Jude related publicity and presentations. Contact Mackeigan at mackeiganw@epsilonsigmaalpha.org to find the contact person in your region.
  • Click here to download the quick facts.
What is St. Jude YOU? ↵
ESA's partnership with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital ↵
  • The ESA and St. Jude partnership began in 1972 after St. Jude founder Danny Thomas was introduced to ESA by Indiana member Judy Lester.
  • ESA members immediately fell in love with Danny Thomas and the mission of St. Jude. ESA’s first commitment was to raise $1 million.
  • Danny Thomas loved ESA and attended nearly every ESA national convention until his death in 1991.
  • ESA members pride themselves on being at the ground level of many of St. Jude’s major fundraising events, including Walk/Runs, Dream Homes, and radiothons.
  • The collegiate fundraising program, ESA Hearts St. Jude, was introduced in 2011 as a way to further engage collegiate ESA members with the St. Jude mission.
  • ESA has donated more than $275 million in cash and pledges since the partnership began in 1972.
  • Click here to download the quick facts about ESA's history with ST. Jude.
Other important details about ESA Hearts St. Jude ↵
  •  All of your fundraising efforts throughout the year will be included in this campaign. That includes your kickball tournaments, spaghetti dinners, restaurant percentage give back nights, rallies, etc.
 
  • ALSAC/St. Jude can only count donations that YOU REPORTED through your teamraiser page. For instructions for checks and cash, please see "How do I record checks and cash?" above.
 
  • Your chapter's total for the current campaign year will include all donations RECEIVED by March 31st. If you have a LATE spring semester St. Jude event planned that will result in donations being received after March 31st then those donations will be added to your totals for NEXT YEAR.
 
  • ALSAC/St. Jude sponsored events (Up ‘Til Dawn, St. Jude Walk/Run to End Childhood Cancer, Radiothons, and other events created by ALSAC/St. Jude) will NOT BE INCLUDED in your total for the ESA Hearts St. Jude campaign. Those events have their own separate prizes and awards that are tracked separately.
 
  • Donations collected on 3rd party sites (GoFundMe, etc.) will NOT BE INCLUDED in your total for the ESA Hearts St. Jude campaign. You must use www.stjude.org/esahearts pages for all donations in order for the donations to be counted in your total for the ESA Hearts St. Jude campaign.
 
  • You can change the verbiage on your chapter page multiple times so it always matches your current event. By using the same page all year, the total will continue to accumulate and accurately reflect your annual fundraising.
 
  • If you have accidentally sent any checks to St. Jude without first recording them on your ESA Hearts St. Jude teamraiser page please contact Deena Steele as soon as possible at ESA HQ 970.223.2824 deenas@epsilonsigmaalpha.org
Ways to make it fun. ↵
  • Create a contest within your chapter for top fundraiser.
  • Create a raffle for all members who set up their page by a specific date.
Fundraising Tips ↵
  • Share your fundraising link on social media.
 
  • Host a fun event on campus. Examples below:
    • Let’s “TACO” ‘Bout St. Jude - taco party
    • Volleyball or kickball tournament
    • Secret Crush - Crush soda bought by a secret admirer and delivered by ESA
 
  • Host a safe and fun virtual event. Examples below:
    • Trivia Night - individuals or teams can face off in fun trivia 
    • Game Night
    • No Contact Drop-off Gifts - candy bars, flowers, candy canes, etc.  bought for friends and family delivered by ESA 
 
  • Share your reason for fundraising for St. Jude with your friends and family during the holidays.
Feburary live event Click here to download . As events change to an online format, remember: Your February live event has to be something that gathers members of the community but it does not need to be in person. 
St. Jude Children’s Research
Hospital ®
Presentation Click here to download . Use this presentation to bring your event to life and share interesting information about the hospital with your guest.
Social Media Kit Click here to download . Don't forget to check out St. Jude Children's Research Hospital on YouTube for heart warming videos that are sure to take your event over the top!
Checklist Calendar of Events Click here to download . This calendar is just a guide to get you started and help you keep track of some of the smaller details in this program.