Frequently Asked Questions
If you have any additional questions, please contact Alyson Ackerman at aackerman@wellroot.org or 404-327-5877.
On Saturday, April 30th, teams all across Georgia will walk or run in their local community, all to help children and families at Wellroot. You can contact your team leader for a meeting time and location or start your own team by following 5 Easy Steps to Plan Your 5K/1K.
Last year, 32 teams and 268 walkers/runners from across North Georgia celebrated Wellroot’s 150th-anniversary of serving families and children in Georgia during Wellroot’s Founder’s Day 5K and Mustard Seed 1K! Supporters raised over $47,000 for the children and families. Watch our race highlight video below!
- When you registered, you should have received an email from Wellroot (noreply@mobilecause.com), titled Your Fundraising Page is Ready.
- Open that email, and at the bottom, click Edit my page
- Here you can edit your photo, goal, message to supporters and team name (if applicable).
- Visit www.wellroot5k.org
- Select “Register/Join a Team”, select either the 5K or children’s 1K to sign-up, and complete the form
- To be able to create your group, you must click “Confirm and Sign Me Up!”
- Select “Join or Create Team”
- Select “Create a Team”
- Now the fun part! You can personalize your team’s page.
- Choose a name for your team – it can be purely descriptive, inspiring, or funny
- You can add a profile photo to reflect your team, and include other photos in the carousel of images
- Set a goal for your team
- Edit the personalized message for your supporters so they know why you are helping children and families at Wellroot.
- If you want to go back and edit your page, look for the edit button at the bottom.
- You can share this link with others by using the top purple bar for a personalized text code, posting templates for Facebook and Twitter, and email templates with links. Just click on the button in the purple bar.
- You can join a team by clicking on a personalized link or text code sent from your Team Captain, or click “Team Leaderboard” and find your group under “Teams” and click “View” and “Join This Team”
- Complete the registration form and select the 5K or children’s 1K
- To be able to join your group, you must click “Confirm and Sign Me Up!”
- Now you are part of the team and can also personalize your own page and help fundraise to help reach your group’s goal.
- You can share this link with others by using the top purple bar for a personalized text code, posting templates for Facebook and Twitter, and email templates with links. Just click on the button in the purple bar.
- Visit www.wellroot5k.org
- Click “Become a Fundraiser”
- Complete the form
- If you are starting a fundraiser as an individual, click “Personalize my Page” and make it your own:
- You can add a profile photo, and include other photos in the carousel of images
- Set your goal
- Edit the personalized message for your supporters so they know why you are helping children and families at Wellroot
- If you want to go back and edit your page, look for the edit button at the bottom.
- If you would like to fundraise for a group that you are a part of, click “Join or Create Team” and scroll to find your group and click “Join” and then “View”
- You can share this link with others by using the top purple bar for a personalized text code, posting templates for FaceBook and Twitter, and email templates with links. Just click on the button in the purple bar.
- When you registered, you should have received an email from Wellroot (noreply@mobilecause.com), titled Your Fundraising Page is Ready.
- Open that email, and at the bottom, click Join or Create a Team
- Then select the team you want to be a part of or create your own team page.