The Stroll for Liver is the Canadian Liver Foundation’s annual national walk event, typically hosted in various communities across Canada. Participants join teams and raise critical funds for research, care and support for the 1 in 4 that may be affected by liver disease in Canada.
In 2021, this event will take place via a virtual event where participants can “stroll” however they like walking, running, cycling and more all count!
In previous years, our Stroll events would happen in-person at locations across Canada. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are hosting this event virtually.
Participants can fundraise online between June 1, 2021 and the Stroll day August 29, 2021 for their teams.
Leading up to the Stroll, we will share stories and host virtual activities to engage our Stroll community and bring us together online. On August 29, 2021, we will deliver an opening ceremony via Facebook Live, and our Stroll participants are invited to spend the day doing an activity of their choice with their families. In 2020, participants did everything from hiking to cycling on the day of the Stroll to show their participation.
The 2021 Stroll for Liver will take place on August 29, 2021.
Registration for the Stroll opens June 1, 2021.
Visit www.liver.ca/stroll-for-liver to register for the event or contact your local region for offline assistance.
There is a $10.00 registration fee for adults and a $5.00 registration fee for children. Registration fees go directly to supporting administrative costs for the event.
Follow these steps to login to your Participant Centre:
You can join a team from your participant centre:
Things to consider:
Follow these steps to update your goal in your Participant Centre:
You have to be a Team Captain to change your team goal.
Follow these steps to update your goal in your Participant Centre:
Contacts from your Gmail or Yahoo account can be uploaded to your Participant Centre, for all other email providers, see “How can I import my contacts by CSV file?”.
STEP 1: Login to your Participant Centre
STEP 2: On your Participant Centre home page and click the “Email” tab to access the Email functionality.
STEP 3: Click “Contacts” in the links on the right-side of the screen.
STEP 4: Click “Import Contacts”.
STEP 5: Choose the button next to either Gmail or Yahoo and click “Next”.
STEP 6: Login to your Yahoo or Gmail email account to link to the Participant Centre. Yahoo or Google may request for you to authorize access. Click “Allow access” so that you confirm permission for your Participant Centre to access your email contacts.
STEP 7: Select Contacts to Import. You can opt to import ALL of your contacts from your email address book. Click the check box next to the email addresses of the contacts you want to import into your Participant Centre. Then, click the “Next” button.
STEP 8: Confirm and complete a final review of the contacts that will be imported. Review your imported email addresses. If you have any duplicates to resolve, be sure to review:
You have the option to import your email contacts by CSV file.
What is a CSV File?
A CSV, or comma-separated values, is a type of file that allows you to enter data in a table-structured format or spreadsheet. You will need a program like Microsoft Excel or Windows Notepad to create the file to upload in your Participant Centre.
If you have a lot of email contacts that you’d like to migrate into your Participant Centre, creating a CSV file for upload may be easier and save you time instead of manually entering each email contact.
STEP 1: Prepare your CSV file.
To send out a personalized email via the Participant Centre:
After logging in, click on the “Send an Email” tab on the left-hand menu of your Participant Centre. You can either choose the template we have created for you or customize your own. Then, you can enter email addresses of the people you want to reach out to in the box provided or click on View/Add Contacts to import from an existing email contact list. If you choose to customize the email, make sure you click “save” before sending it out that way it will be there for you next time you choose to send an email.
After logging in, select “Thank your Donors” tab on the left-hand panel and then click on “Unthanked Donors”. To send out a thank you email, select recipients, edit the text of your thank you email and select preview & send.
You can send an email to your whole team through your Participant Centre. Click on “Team”, and then select “Email Team” from the left-hand menu.
Login to your Participant Centre, scroll down to the “Fundraising” section and then select the “Add” button on the left-hand menu, and you can record offline donations from an individual or from an organization. For organizations: input the organization's full name in the “First Name” box and a period (.) in the “Last Name” box. Once these donations are recorded, they will appear on your thermometer. You will still be required to hand these donations in, along with a completed pledge form to ensure your donations are properly tax receipted. (Request a pledge form from the location coordinator.)
Please mail in cash and cheque donations with your pledge form to your regional office address:
When you make a donation online, a tax receipt is automatically issued via email. Please be sure to check your junk or promotions folder if you don’t receive the receipt right away. If you donated via cash or a cheque to a Stroll participant, please allow 6-8 weeks after the date of the event for the donation to be receipted.
If you haven’t received a tax receipt, submit a request to Judy Thompson (jthompson@liver.ca)