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Branch Leader Guide

“Easy as Pie” Fundraising

It doesn’t get much easier than these fundraisers. If you shop online, you can help:
Don’t miss the opportunity to have a portion of the sale proceeds go to the CMTA.
EVERYONE in the CMT community should participate in these fundraising opportunities,
so please reiterate to your branch participants and network the importance of helping
with these programs.

• Sign up for I-give. It’s fast, simple and free. Go to www.igive.com/cmta. Every
time you shop through igive.com, the CMTA will receive a percentage of your
purchase.

• Use Amazon Smile. If you use Amazon, you should definitely sign up for
Amazon Smile. Amazon will donate 0.5 percent of your eligible purchases to the
CMTA. Simply go to https://smile.amazon.com/ and type in Charcot-Marie-Tooth
Association.

• Check for Employee Matching Donations. Does your company donate to non-
profits? Many employers offer an employee matching program. To find out if
your company does, visit www.doublethedonation.com/cmta.

• Use E-Scrip. Sign up with E-Scrip and you can shop online or dine out and earn
money for the CMTA. To sign up go to www.escrip.com. Then go to new sign
up and find the Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association. For city, put Chicago, then hit
search. When the CMTA comes up, choose us and start shopping!

• Get Kroger Community Rewards. Everyone needs groceries right? Did you
know that every time you shop at Kroger you can earn money for the CMTA? To
get started, sign into your Kroger account and select the CMTA as the
organization you would like to support. We currently have the Community
Rewards set up in Texas (# 94054), Tennessee (#68720) and Georgia (#
79222). We are working on setting up this profitable program in many other
states, too. For more information on participating locations and reward numbers,
please go to: www.cmtausa.org/leader-toolbox.

• Use GoodSearch and GoodShop. GoodShop works with more 5,000 stores,
donating a percentage of each purchase to the CMTA. Plus, every time you
search they will donate a penny to the CMTA. To sign up go to
www.goodsearch.com and choose the Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association as your
charity!

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