FAQ

Strides for Action is an LGBTQIA+ community event, coordinated and lead by Fenway Health, and created from the historical AIDS Walk and Run. There are several ways to participate, and various methods drive the dollars raised to various LGBTQIA+ wellness causes and non-profits. All funds are gathered by Fenway Health and dispersed to various organizations based on prearranged agreements. You can learn more about the causes and organizations who receive funds from Strides for Action here.

Fenway Health and AIDS Action provide care for all aspects of LGBTQIA+ wellness. Visit us at Fenway Health for more information.

Search for the Participant or Team you want to support by typing their name in the upper right hand corner search box. Click Donate on their page! Thank you!

Click on the Donate Button on our home page. Thank you!

Please make all checks out to Fenway Health.

Donations should be mailed, along with a gift form to Fenway Health, Attn: Development, PO Box 847826. Boston, MA 02284-7826 . Please list the walker/team in the memo line of the check. 

AIDS Action is the public health division of Fenway Health. Fenway Health’s tax ID number is 04-2510564.

Yes. Engaging Networks, the company that Strides for Action uses to store our Walk data, has made every effort to protect your information. They use industry-standard SSL encryption techniques to make sure that your credit card information, passwords, and personal information travel securely over the Internet. They have also installed an encryption engine on our database server so that your data is securely stored.

Credit card numbers are not stored in our database. During the donation process, we send your credit card number to an online processing terminal using a secure connection.

No, there is no minimum fundraising goal in order to participate in Strides for Action and we appreciate everyone's effort. However, if you are ready, willing and able to try and raise money for LGBTQIA+ wellness we are committed to helping you raise the maximum amount of money for your valuable time.

The average walker who raises money brings in about $500 and the average rider for Harbor to the Bay brings in over $1,000. If you’ve never participated before we recommend setting a goal at or above those two levels and use all the advice on the page or even attend a fund raising best practices event to learn from other successful participants how to achieve your goal!

Absolutely! The email templates available on your Participant or Team Page should help you ask for donations. You can also get great ideas for how to fundraise from our Fundraising Toolkit! We’re happy to connect with you personally as well. Contact us

Log into your Participant Page. Click the pencil icon next to your fundraising goal. Enter your new goal. Click update!

Donations will show below your fundraising goal on your Participant Page. You can export donations and thank donors by clicking Manage Page on the left hand side and then clicking Donations.

Yes! Please Contact us and we will move the gift.

Go to your dashboard and click the donations tab. If the donation is not showing up, Contact us.

Sure! If you need to reset your password, go to the LOGIN page and click “Forgot Username or Password” to reset your password for this year.

If you have signed up in the last two years, you will be able to use your old username but will need to reset your password. Go to the LOGIN page and click “Forgot Username or Password” to reset your password for this year. 

• Your profile photo will be remembered.
• Any contacts you saved will be remembered.
• You will need to update the text on your page again.

If any of your personal information has changed, please update that once you’re logged in. On the lefthand side of the page under your profile picture, click “Edit Profile.”

Yes, registration closes three days prior to the Walk.

You can also always click Forgot Username or Password when logging in. If you know your password but want to update it, log in and hover over your profile imageon the right hand side of the top banner. Click Profile. Enter your current and new password in the form on the right hand side and click Update password. You can change your contact information, including the email you use to log in using the form on the left hand side.

Sign up as a walker and join us virtually!

Please Contact us and we can help you change your registration answers if necessary.

When registering, enter the name/s of the family members joining you who will not be fundraising. This allows them to show up on your page and lets us know they will be attending, but we will not contact them about fundraising and they will not have their own fundraising page.

Simply click Register and fill out the sign up form. When you see the question “How Would You Like to Fundraise?” click “Create a Team.” You will be able to enter a goal for your team and to customize your team page in addition to setting your personal goal and customizing your personal page – all of which can be changed at a later date as needed.

Simply click Register and fill out the sign up form. When you see the question “How Would You Like to Fundraise?” click “Join into a Team” and enter the name of your team. When you set your goal and customize your personal fundraising page, the dollars you earn there will be rolled into the team total!

A group of people who decide to raise funds together for Strides for Action! A team can be any size, from 2 people to 200 people! Teams can represent schools, community, religious, social or fraternal organizations, businesses, families or friends.

Yes! It can be helpful to have more than one captain to help you recruit more team members and keep everyone motivated to reach your goal.

Yes! Please Contact us and we can move them to your team.

Log in and click on your Team Page. The roster of team mates is listed towards the bottom of the page.  

Strides for Action will take place on Sunday, October 1, 2023 at Carson Beach in South Boston! Registration opens at 8:00 AM, and the Walk starts at 10:00 AM. The Strides for Action will take place rain or shine!

You can see the full schedule here.

The Strides for Action is 5k or 3.1 miles and should take approximately 1 hour to complete. There are refreshments located at checkpoints along the route.

Friends and family! Any donations you have to turn in, comfortable walking shoes, sunscreen, a water bottle, water, snacks, and a raincoat or extra layer, weather permitting. You are also welcome to bring wheelchairs, strollers, and dogs on a leash. Please do not bring bicycles or skateboards.

Please do! We will have water and treats available.

Your Participant Page is your central location for fundraising and tracking your progress. When you log in, you can view donations made to you, enter offline donations, email friends, supporters, and donors directly from your page, and share about the Walk on social media directly from your page. Sending people to your Participant Page is the easiest way to get donations! Personalize your page with your own photos and message.

A Team Page is the central fundraising location for a team. Only the Team Captain can edit this page. Gifts to the team can be made on this page. However, gifts going to individual team members still need to be made to their Participant Page. From the Team Page, the Team Captain can email all team members, see donation information, track fundraising progress, email donors and supporters, and share items from the Team Page on social media.

Sign in to your account. On your personal page, hover your mouse over the camera icon in the left corner and click Change Picture. Click add Image. Upload the photo of your choice. Click Insert Image. You’re done!

Only the team captain has the ability to change the team name or team division.

From your Participant Page, click Donations and then the pencil icon next to the Send Thank You button. Enter the correct name and click Save.

To add an offline donation, go to your dashboard and click donations. From there, click enter chash/checks and complete the form. The gift will show up on your fundraising scroll and thermometer.

Yes. No one else can view this even when your page is public.

Towards the bottom of each email message there is a link, labeled “Unsubscribe/Change Email”. Click on this link and follow the instructions given in order to unsubscribe.

Accounts can only be deleted by an administrator. Contact us and we will process that for you.