Go to www.grizzlychallenge.org and click "Register as a Parent/Guardian". On the dashboard, you can add all Lake Youngs students in your family as individuals. After registering each student, you can set goals, provide updates, log minutes and check in on your pledges. Students that are signed up will be given a personalized "sponsor link" to send to their sponsors that can be sent in email or on social media. Note: Sponsors will not be able to sign-up without your private, personalized link.
Call your family, go visit your neighbors or email some friends and ask if they are interested in a chance to support both you, while you build new healthy habits, and your school through pledged donations! Don't forget to send them your personalized “sponsor link”- they can't sign-up without it!
Start logging your minutes online at the start of the two week challenge. You can read, exercise or do both! All minutes get logged online where you can also post updates on your progress for your sponsors. Plan ahead and set aside time every day to read, go for a walk, run, do a work-out video, dance or practice a sport! Once you start logging minutes you will be on your way to earn our Grizzly Challenge prizes to help you celebrate each milestone! Visit our prize page to learn more.
At the end of the two week challenge period (May 17th) make sure to get your last minutes logged and reach out to your sponsors when you're done to share your accomplishments and remind them to log-in and pay for their pledges! We will also be sending out an email to anyone who signed-up to be a sponsor with a reminder to complete their payment process!
If you do not already have a personalized link from the student(s) you're supporting, ask them for it! You cannot sign up to participate as a sponsor without it! Once you follow their link, sign-up as prompted.
Set your pledge! The students are setting reading and exercise goals and you get to set how much money you're willing to pledge per minute completed. For example, if a student reads for 30 minutes a day and exercises 20 minutes a day, a 5 cent pledge would end up equaling $2.50 a day, $35 after two weeks.
Check in and encourage your student(s) on your account! They can provide updates online where you can comment on their updates and let them know you're excited for their progress!
Don't forget to honor your pledge! Students should be reaching out at the end of the challenge to let you know their final totals! Once the competition has ended (May 17th) is the last day for students to log minutes) you can fulfill donations on our website! We also accept cash or check, but encourage everyone to use the online format if they are able.
Yes! Parents can add offline sponsors through the parent dashboard.