FAQ

The SAFE Travelers Community Fundraiser is a peer-to-peer fundraising campaign benefiting Bike/Walk Central Florida's SAFE Travelers Youth Program. The campaign helps support efforts to bring more youth safety education into schools and communities across Central Florida. 

SAFE stands for Smart, Active, Fun, and Empowered. The SAFE Travelers Youth Program helps young people develop the knowledge, skills, and confidence to walk, bike, and roll safely for transportation and recreation. 
 
Through engaging, age-appropriate education, the program prepares youth to navigate streets, trails, and their communities while encouraging healthy, active lifestyles and lifelong mobility skills. 

Your donation will support Bike/Walk Central Florida (BWCF), a nonprofit organization working to creating safer, more connected communities through education, advocacy, and community engagement. Funds raised through this campaign help support youth safety education and the SAFE Travelers Youth Program.

Yes. You can choose to support an individual participant's fundraising page or make a gift to the campaign as a whole. 

Yes. Bike/Walk Central Florida is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, and donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.

Be sure to record Bike/Walk Central Florida’s EIN for your end-of-year tax documentation: 46-1958502

FL Registration #CH41596 A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DIVISION OF CONSUMER SERVICES BY CALLING TOLL-FREE (800-435-7352) WITHIN THE STATE. REGISTRATION DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL, OR RECOMMENDATION BY THE STATE. View BWCF's Refund Policy.
 

A donor can mail a check made out to Bike Walk Central Florida.

The check should be mailed to:
Bike/Walk Central Florida
100 E Pine St. Suite 110-74
Orlando, FL 32801

Please make sure that in the memo it says who the donations should be credited to if donating to a rider's fundraising campaign.

Yes. Donors who give online will receive an email receipt automatically. Donors who mail a check will receive a receipt once their donation has been processed. 

If you check this checkbox, you will be charged the amount indicated next to the checkbox. This amount will also be visible to the non-profit. However, on the fundraising page, your intended initial donation amount will be displayed.

Any donation made online should post immediately. If an online donation does not post within 5 minutes, please contact us.

When you make a donation online, you can designate what you want to appear as your recognition name on the participant's Honor Roll. This may be your name, or it could be something such as "From the whole Smith family" or "In memory of Aunt Susan."

Anyone can create a fundraiser in support of the SAFE Travelers Youth Program. 
 
Getting started is easy. Simply click here to create your fundraising page and start making a difference for young travelers in our community. 

Funds raised through the SAFE Travelers Community Fundraiser support Bike/Walk Central Florida's SAFE Travelers Youth Program. Donations help expand opportunities for youth safety education in schools and communities, giving young people the knowledge, skills, and confidence to walk, bike, and roll safely for transportation and recreation.

As the program grows, funds may be used to support educational materials, community outreach, safety resources, and other initiatives that help create the next generation of Smart, Active, Fun, and Empowered travelers.

It is not a good idea to send a cash donation in the mail. You may drop off the cash at Bike/Walk's office, 100 E Pine St. Suite 110-74, Orlando, FL 32801. Please leave a note as to whom the donation should be counted towards. 

You can't enter a check online. What you can do is enter a check as a pledge. This can be done in the fundraising section of your headquarters page. The status of the check will be pending until the check is received by Bike/Walk Central Florida. 

A Tax ID number identifies Bike/Walk Central Florida as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Many donors will request this number to validate their donation as tax-deductible. The Bike/Walk Central Florida Tax ID number is 46-1958502. 

Login with your email and password to visit your dashboard. Select "Report" and you will find a list of all of your donors (if applicable). 

As your donors make a contribution, they have the option of whether or not they want to appear in the Honor Roll. 

To easily send thank-you emails to donors, follow these steps: 
1. Login to your fundraiser dashboard. 
2. Click "Reports" in the Menu 
3. Locate the donor/donation you'd like to thank, and click "Send Email" (If the donor didn't submit their email address, this option is unavailable.) 
4. Type the message in the pop-up window, and click "Send Email" 

You are receiving these emails because we would like to keep you updated on your fundraising efforts. If you wish to stop receiving these updates, please login to your dashboard and edit your account preferences. 

A personal fundraising URL is a shortened link to your team or personal page that you can send to friends and family. You can edit your personal URL in your dashboard. 

When a donor makes a donation online, s/he can enter text to appear on the fundraising honor roll. This may be the donor's name, or it could be something like "From the whole Smith family" or "In memory of Aunt Susan."