{"id":616,"date":"2019-10-01T00:21:30","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T00:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pledgethepink.com\/blog\/?p=616"},"modified":"2024-10-25T10:45:12","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T10:45:12","slug":"coming-solo-youll-never-be-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pledgethepink.com\/blog\/coming-solo-youll-never-be-alone\/","title":{"rendered":"Coming Solo? You\u2019ll Never Be Alone!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So none of your posse will do this with you. And you don\u2019t care.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re doing it anyway. Alone.<\/p>\n<p>You might feel a little uncertain and nervous, maybe even a little scared.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I\u2019d be scared if I were you, too! Because you\u2019re about to get besieged by 1500 flockers petitioning to adopt you!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now, to be fair, there are always a handful of people that choose to Pledge the Pink alone. It\u2019s a poignant and emotional weekend, and very personal. So if you are coming by yourself and you kind of want to be left alone to reflect, that\u2019s totally cool. We won\u2019t bother you.<\/p>\n<p>But if you want to karaoke with new friends, carpool from the airport, share accommodations, walk with people doing your pace, or simply want to be smothered in loving tail feathers all weekend long, you\u2019ve come to the right place.<\/p>\n<p>So let\u2019s start by asking the most important question.<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"bold-text\">What does being on a team really mean?<\/h1>\n<p>The simple answer is: whatever you want it to mean!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Just because you\u2019re on a team doesn\u2019t mean that y&#8217;all have to walk\/run together. Everyone goes at their own pace.<\/li>\n<li>You also don\u2019t have to fundraise together. If they are fundraising but you don\u2019t want to, that\u2019s fine too. On the other hand, if you plan on fundraising, you might actually benefit from being on a team. Because if your team raises 5k, yall will get to \u201cChoose Your Charity\u201d and 75% of your fundraising goes to the beneficiary of your choosing.<\/li>\n<li>If you\u2019re on a team of 5 or more, your packet and swag bag will be placed in a team box at the packet pickup party on Thursday night. You\u2019ll coordinate with your captain on where to meet to get your stuff. If you\u2019re on a small team or a singleton, you\u2019ll pick up your own stuff at a different table. \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 class=\"bold-text\">You\u2019ve got two options:<\/h1>\n<ol>\n<li>Put yourself up for adoption in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/pledgethepink\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook chat club<\/a> and have the teams \u201cfight\u201d for you. Some might be a team of 2 that are looking for someone to fill an extra bedroom. Some will want you because you\u2019re from a nearby town and yall can train together. And some might want you because they are competing in a recruiting contest that we might have going on. And they want to win!<\/li>\n<li>If you can\u2019t find a good fit on the auction block, you can always join our official team of singletons: the Solo Strutters. Originally created by FlockStar Judy Cherry for the Avon 39 walks, Judy has now brought her team of soloists to Pledge the Pink. Its sole purpose is to be a team for those that are participating alone but want the team experience. Her team grew to over 1000 people in the Avon days and we are proud that she\u2019s agreed to pass the torch and allow PTP registrants to join her band of singletons. Many of them have been friends for years, but new FlockStars are joining their team every week so it is a nice mix.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h1 class=\"bold-text\">So the moral of this story is two-fold<\/h1>\n<p>One, don\u2019t let the fact that none of your slacker friends will do this with you keep YOU from joining us. You\u2019ll have the Best Darn Weekend of Your Life no matter what.<\/p>\n<p>And two, if you want to join a team, there\u2019s no shortage of groups looking for new BFFs. Take your time and sniff out all your options. And know that Solo Strutters will always be there if you don\u2019t gel with the other crazy flockers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So none of your posse will do this with you. And you don\u2019t care. You\u2019re doing it anyway. Alone. You might feel a little uncertain and nervous, maybe even a little scared. I\u2019d be scared if I were you, too! Because you\u2019re about to get besieged by 1500 flockers petitioning to adopt you! Now, to &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/pledgethepink.com\/blog\/coming-solo-youll-never-be-alone\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Coming Solo? 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