FAQ
Registration Questions
We’ll play it straight with you: Pledge the Pink prices aren’t what they used to be.
We’ve grown, and so have our goals. And so have the economic hurdles of herding 1500ish people around over the course of 3 days.
We do offer early-bird discounts and incentives to sign up early, but when you consider the logistics, permits, and perks that go into a three-day race… our full price is a steal.
We do it by constantly cutting overhead, soliciting sponsors anywhere we can get ‘em, and relying on a kickass force of dedicated volunteers.
Could we do it cheaper? Maybe. But not if we want to give you the one-of-a-kind race experience, that you’ve come to know and love.
And not if we want to meet our fundraising goals. We’ve got tons of money to raise. And every penny of our proceeds goes to meeting that goal and fighting breast cancer.
- Three jaw-droppingly beautiful courses
- Five epic parties
- Three honkin’ big, colorful, and way-cool medals.
- The most insane Mardi Bra golf cart parade you’ve ever been a part of
- A swag bag filled with awesome booty
- 1500 new besties
- Free downloads to almost 10k professional photos (yes, free pix)
- Beachside boogying and trivia with our very own DJ Alan & the Coconut Heads
- Professionally crafted training schedules for newbies, intermediates, and race junkies alike
- An invitation to join us for karaoke & dance party, trivia night, drag queen bingo, and our Sunday evening farewell hoedown
- Three delicious lunches off the best food trucks
- A guaranteed selfie with a rather large flamingo
Sorry, registrations aren’t tax deductible. It’s an IRS ruling and out of our control. While we give all proceeds from the event to the cause—registrations count as “payments,” not contributions.
Because your registration buys your participation in the event, it’s classified as a purchase, not a gift.
However, individual donations (made independently from your registration) are 100% tax deductible. See our Donation Page for more information.
Children 12 and under can sign up for a flat fee of just $100 using coupon code PTPKIDS
We’ve watched dozens of kids grow up in our races every year. Seriously empowering stuff.
And they love going back to school dripping in our medals!
Having survivors at our races is important to us, and we would absolutely love to give everyone discounts.
But the end of the day: our priority is the cause. And every penny of the proceeds goes there.
So we feel the best way to honor those who have been so personally affected by breast cancer, is to contribute everything we can towards putting an end to this disease. And we’ve made the (difficult) choice to cut discounts, with this in mind.
Absolutely! There are three quick steps to register for the Best Darn Weekend of Your Life:
- Enter your Billing Details
- Enter your Registrant Details
- Select to pay all at once or click the Payment Plan option
That’s it, you’re all set!
Course Info
You’ll need to be at the start line for instructions and announcements at least 15 minutes before START every morning.
Most people finish our 10 mile courses in 3 hours but you’ve got up to 4 hours to complete it, so enjoy!
The after-parties usually crank up 2 hours after the START and go for about 4 hours total.
Yup! We have water and snack stations along the routes. All our course amenities will be shown in detail on our course maps, which will be released this spring. Our cool volunteers will have water, Gatorade, trail mix, fruit, frozen treats, salty snacks, Bandaids, sunscreen, and lots of high fives!
We love to boogy, except when it’s the potty dance! We’ll have plenty o’ potties for yall this year- we’re literally doubling up on the portajohn order!
Yes, we love friends and family! In fact, we probably have a few things they can do for us while you’re out beatin’ feet. See if they might be interested in volunteering for an hour or two.
As long as they have cute babies in them! We love showing the kids how cool Pledge the Pink is, and how even cooler it is to exercise and help people!
Please note that we’ll likely be on the beach Sunday morning, so you’ll definitely want to have a legit “racing stroller” with fat wheels. Our beaches are hard-packed sands, but even one mile with a stroller is a long way!
For safety reasons, we do ask that strollers start at the back of the pack.
We wish, but our insurance policy does not provide coverage if there’s a dog “participating” in the walk/runs themselves. Fido is more than welcome to watch from the sidewalks but they CANNOT be on the courses with our registrants.
We get wet.
Seriously, a little rain won’t stop us but Pledge the Pink does have the right to delay, cancel, or suspend the race due to inclement weather or other potential safety risks (like lightning)
Fundraising
Of course! Just click here to set up your fundraising page and we’ll shower you with fundraising prizes and loads of praise.
Nope, not at all! But a lot of our registrants like to do it. Some raise tens of thousands, and some raise a few hundred. And some just want an easy way to make a small donation on their own.
Yup! Donors will get a tax receipt via email if they made a donation online.
For those donors sending a check, we can email a tax receipt to them if they write their email address on the offline donation form.
Start by creating a fundraising page here to collect online donations. If you are a registrant or have participated in previous years, you can use your Dashboard login.
You can also collect money the old fashioned way (i.e. in person). Checks can be made out to Pledge the Pink Foundation and you can mail those to PO Box 3195 Bluffton, SC 29910 along with an offline donation form. Yay!
You can create or join a team at the same time as creating your fundraising page.
If you want to create or join a team after creating your page, click here.
If you want to edit your team or move to another team, please email fundraising@pledgethepink.com
Once your page is set up, you can paste your page’s URL link in a social media post and ask your friends to support you. Or you can send them a personal email and include your page link in the request.
Tell them why Pledge the Pink and the fight against breast cancer is important to you. People want to know your story
Pledge the Pink Foundation. This is our 501c3 entity (so donations are tax exempt).
Don’t forget to have them fill out an offline donation form and mail everything to PO Box 3195 Bluffton, SC 29910
It’s simple! Here are the steps:
- Click the “Donate” button on your fundraising page
- Under “Payment Method” select “Offline Donation”
- Enter the donor’s information. Be sure to include their email address so we can send them a tax receipt.
- Make the check payable to Pledge the Pink Foundation and add the name of the fundraising page or the full name of the fundraising participant on the memo line
- Please mail your check and Offline Donation Form to:
Pledge the Pink Foundation
PO Box 3195
Bluffton, SC 29910
Once we have received the check, we will verify the donation on our website and notify the donor (with a tax receipt) as well as the fundraising participant.
For every $100 you raise, we will add a (plastic) pink flamingo to our beautiful Flocks of Love display. Your bird(s) will proudly wear your name and personalized message, and heroically stand in our sea of pink flamingos in October.
It is a jaw dropping, and an intensely poignant display of honor and gratitude, knowing that each bird was adopted in dedication of a loved one.
A lot of people bring little birdie costumes to decorate and dress up their flamingos (it is hysterical)!
If you wish, you can take your flamingos home with you to give them to your donors as a thank you gift, or put them in your yard so you can see what a difference you’ve made.
Yes! We will be giving credit for funds raised on Facebook. To get credit you MUST set up a fundraising page and add the total amount raised as an offline donation. You then must provide us with screenshot confirmation of your total amount raised. No Exceptions. Learn more here.
Yes! However, to give you credit for matching donations, your employer MUST include your name on either the check or the letter that accompanies the check. No exceptions.
Yes, they will! Let’s say your personal page has a fundraising goal of $500 (thanks, by the way) and your Aunt Sue makes a $50 donation on your page. You’ll see that donation reflected on your page and on your team’s page and you’ll both be $50 closer to your goal. Don’t forget Fundraising Teams and Race Teams are separate so be sure to set up both!
Your donors are asked if they want to help cover the fees and processing charges for their donation. If they select “yes”, an additional 2.5% + 30c will be added to their total and will be used to pay the fees we are charged to process credit cards.
If you raise at least $5,000 to your personal fundraising account, we will donate 75% of your funds to the charity of your choice. You can choose up to two charities and tell us how to divide your donation between them. The remaining 25% will be donated to Pledge the Pink Foundation.
If your personal fundraising page does not meet the 5k but you are part of a team that meets this minimum threshold, your team captain may nominate the charities and distribution levels (so you may want to talk to your captains in advance to find out what he/she is fundraising for). Seventy-five percent of the team’s total fundraising efforts will go to the one or two charities of your captain’s choosing. The remaining 25% will be donated to Pledge the Pink Foundation.
Complete your Choose Your Charity election form here.