Relay for Life of Rapides Parish

RELAY FOR LIFE OF RAPIDES PARISH

April 28, 2017 | 6pm-11pm | Menard

TEAM CAPTAIN PACKET

Event Lead American Cancer Teams Lead Society Staff Lisa Clarke Kristin Franks Lisa Holt 318-308-3240 318-528-9993 318-447-7156 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

TEAM CAPTAIN PACKET

RELAY BASICS:

Simple Team Fundraising Strategy…………………………… Page 3 Successful Team Captain Checklist…………………………. Page 4 What to Expect at Relay……………………………………….. Page 6 Prepping for Event Day………………………………………… Page 7

REGISTRATION:

Join A Relay (how to get started)……………………………. Page 9 Your Relay Dashboard (Captain)……………………………. Page 10 Your Relay Dashboard (Team Members)…………………… Page 12 Relay Badges……………………………………………………. Page 14 Hope Club/Fundraising Club>>……………………………… Page 15

ACS MISSION INFORMATION:

What Your Dollar Does…………………………………………. Page 18 ACS Research……………………………………………………. Page 19

FUNDRAISING

Walking Pledge Form…………………………………………... Page 20 Sponsor Form……………………………………………………. Page 22 Luminaria Form………………………………………………….. Page 24 Cancer Fact Sign Form………………..………………………. Page 25 A-Z Fundraising Ideas………………………………………….. Page 26 Event Day Fundraising Ideas…………………………………. Page 29 How to Raise $150 or $500 in 10 Days………………………. Page 32 10 Easy Ways to Raise $100…………………………………… Page 33 HOPE Bingo………………………………………………………. Page 34

SIMPLE TEAM FUNDRAISING STRATEGY

Relay For Life of Rapides Parish Saturday, April 28, 2017 6pm-11pm Menard High School

We recommend first-year teams adopt this strategy as the easiest and most fulfilling way to reach your fundraising goal while learning about the magic of Relay For Life!

Teams should consist of 8-15 members. This plan is based on a 10- member team exceeding a $1,000 goal.

Dollars # Team Team Total Activity Number Per Members Raised $500 Each team member sell 5 5 $10 10 Luminaria Bags

Each team member raise $30 online n/a $30 10 $300

Each team member collects $50 in pledges n/a $50 10 $500

Event Day Food/Game Fundraiser $150 n/a $150 1 Total $1,450

relayforlife.org/rapidesla SUCCESSFUL TEAM CAPTAIN CHECKLIST

Relay For Life of Rapides Parish Saturday, April 28, 2017 6pm-11pm Menard High School

____ Register yourself at relayforlife.org/rapidesla and make sure your team members register as soon as possible.

Everyone knows someone who has had cancer. As a few friends, family members, or co-workers to register and join you to celebrate, remember, and fight back for their special loved ones.

____ Set your team goal and work out strategies to achieve it before April 28, 2017!

Work with your team members to set a goal for Individual Fundraising (how much each person will raise individually), Online Fundraising (how much each person will raise through the Relay website), and Team Fundraisers (events where the team works together to plan and execute a fundraiser) Also remember to plan for on-site fundraisers, such as food, games, and entertainment

____ Recruit a Team Co-Captain

Leading a Relay Team takes some time and effort. However, having a teammate who shares the leadership role with you not only saves you a few grey hairs, but also helps you to work out a transition plan for the future

relayforlife.org/rapidesla ____ Attend Team Captain Meetings, have someone from your team attend in your place, or get it from your Staff Partner

Team Captain Meetings are where A LOT of information is shared, but you can also get this information from your Staff Partner! It’s very important that you share the info you receive with your team, whether it is through text, phone, email, Facebook, or carrier pigeon!

____ Host at least one Team Meeting or Social

The most successful Relay Teams are those who hold each other accountable. Holding Team Meetings to energize your team as well as to follow up with them on their progress can be super beneficial to your success!

____ Follow Relay For Life of Rapides Parish on Facebook & read our emails!

We share lots of information about event updates, team fundraisers, deadlines, and the American Cancer Society via email & on our Facebook page. Help get the word out by sharing and liking our FB posts.

____ Recognition!

Saying Thank You is a great start! Whether it is to a donor, a team member or anyone. Be sure to recognize Team Members who are raising funds and spreading the word about the American Cancer Society

____ Share your story

Ask anyone how they got involved in Relay and they will probably tell you “I was asked.” The American Cancer Society is a grass-roots organization, which means it relies on volunteers like us to share our mission as well as share “Why we Relay!”

____ Have a Relay Day Plan

Think about who is getting the tent, what are you doing as an on-site fundraiser, do you need electricity and who is walking the track. The Logistics Lead and team will have updates at future Team Captain Meetings about set-up times and schedules

____ Keep it FUN!!

Lead by example and put the FUN back in FUNdraising!

relayforlife.org/rapidesla

WHAT TO EXPECT AT RELAY FOR LIFE

PREPARING FOR RELAY EVENT DAY

Relay For Life of Rapides Parish Saturday, April 28, 2017 6pm-11pm Menard High School

Preparing for Event Day

Register your team and all participants

Get together a set-up squad to help you set-up and a clean-up squad willing to stay later and help you break down your tent.

If you are making food as your onsite fundraiser, we must know what it will be ahead of time—we try hard to limit duplicates so we are not competing with one another. Sign up for food sales at relayforlife.org/rapidesla

Decide how you want to decorate your tent to match the theme for the year. It’s not required to participate, but it’s a fun & there will be a prize for best decorated tent!

Make a team spirit stick! Have a stick that your teammates can hold when walking the track to represent your team. Plus, there’s a prize for best spirit stick, too!

Try to arrange to have at least 1 person walking the track at all times of event. Each team member can collect pledges for the amount of laps walked. See the pledge form in the Fundraising portion of this packet.

Make costumes/team t-shirts—again, not required but there will be awards!

Tell everyone you know to come out and support you at the event!

Give 5 flyers out to businesses you are a regular at to help us advertise!

Like us on Facebook and spread the word by sharing and liking our posts!

relayforlife.org/rapidesla PREPARING FOR RELAY EVENT DAY

Relay For Life of Rapides Parish Saturday, April 28, 2017 6pm-11pm Menard High School

What to Bring on Event Day

Pop up tent(s) for your campsite (area will be approx. 10 x 10 feet). Let us know if you need more space.

Folding chairs/tables

Extension cords

Generator (if necessary)

Supplies for onsite fundraiser.

Change for onsite sales (we suggest pricing everything at even $1 increments to minimize change)

Donations or luminaria bags to be turned in after bank night

Cash box or money bag

Extra clothing in preparation for various weather conditions (rain, heat, cold)

Tent decorations

Flashlight

Sunscreen & Bug spray

Something to weigh your tent down in case of wind

Scissors/tape/hammer/zip ties and other tools for random tasks

MONEY! relayforlife.org/rapidesla

------| Join a Relay |------

Step 1: Join This Relay Step 4: Complete Registration. Visit your local Relay web site and click Join This Relay button to begin registration. OR call 1-800-227-2345 for additional registration options.

Step 2: Society Account You must create or log into your Society Account to begin the registration process.  If you are a NEW participant, you will Create an Account.  If you are a RETURNING participant, you will log in.

Step 3: Choose How You Will Participate.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact your local staff partner or call the American Cancer Society at 1.800.227.2345.

------| Team Captain Dashboard |------

Invite your friends and family to join your team, email team members, or promote your Edit your team team using one name of our pre- written Make a personal messages, donation Facebook or towards your Twitter. team goal!

View/Edit Team Page

Add Photos & Video to Team Page

Update team fundraising goal

Update your team story and share why you Relay!

If you have any questions, please contact your local staff partner or call the American Cancer Society at 1.800.227.2345.

View and thank your team donors, and View and email download a your team donor list members, and download a team roster

See a complete

list of team fundraising badges, including the ones your team has already earned!

Access additional fundraising resources from directly within your dashboard!

If you have any questions, please contact your local staff partner or call the American Cancer Society at 1.800.227.2345.

------| Participant Dashboard |------

Ask your friends and family for donations, share your personal page, and invite friends to join you at Relay For Life using one of Make a personal our pre-written donation messages, towards your Facebook or goa! Twitter. View/Edit Personal Page

Add Photos & Video to Personal Page

Update personal fundraising goal

Update your personal story and share why you Relay!

If you have any questions, please contact your local staff partner or call the American Cancer Society at 1.800.227.2345.

View and thank your donors, and manage your email contacts

See all available fundraising, activity and status badges, including the ones you have already earned!

Access additional fundraising resources from directly within

your dashboard!

If you have any questions, please contact your local staff partner or call the American Cancer Society at 1.800.227.2345. FUNDRAISING BADGES DONOR BADGE

Awarded once you make a donation toward your fundraising goal

ACTIVITY BADGES

As a Relay For Life participant, we know you devote your time, passion, and energy to make Personalized Luminaria Received your event successful. We are so Page Purchaser Donations grateful for your efforts to help us save lives. One way that we STATUS BADGES recognize your efforts is through our Activity Badge program on RelayForLife.org.

Team Survivor Caregiver Captain

START TODAY! 1. Register at RelayForLife.org/ . 2. Make a donation to your fundraising goal. 3. Ask family and friends to support you with a donation. 4. Earn badges!

RelayForLife.org | 1.800.227.2345

Raise $100 and get the 2017 Relay For Life event T-shirt. As a Relay For Life participant, you are challenged to raise $100 or more for the American Cancer Society. By fulfilling your commitment to the cause, you will be recognized as a Hope Club member and receive the 2017 Relay For Life event T-shirt. Wear your shirt with pride at the event and throughout the year.

By raising $100, your efforts could help provide: a breast cancer patient 10 rides to and a cancer patient and their caregiver with one-on-one peer support from treatment one night of free lodging at an from a breast cancer survivor. for a cancer patient. American Cancer Society Hope Lodge® community when having to travel away from home for treatment.

RelayForLife.org | 1.800.227.2345

©2015 American Cancer Society, Inc. No. 070949 Rev. 8/16 2017 NATIONWIDE INDIVIDUAL FUNDRAISING CLUB Thank you for participating in a Relay For Life event in your community. Your commitment to raising funds on behalf of the American Cancer Society is truly appreciated. Thanks to your hard work in asking your friends, family, coworkers, and community for donations, we are helping save lives from cancer.

The Nationwide Individual Fundraising Club was developed to motivate and reward volunteers for fundraising excellence. You can review the list of levels and items below and work toward your favorite prize.

Good luck and happy fundraising!

BECOME A MEMBER GRAND CLUB ALL-STAR OF THE HOPE CLUB!

Every dollar raised makes an impact. With the Relay For Life Hope Club, participants who make a serious commitment and raise $100 or more will receive the 2017 event GRAND CLUB $1,000 ALL STAR $2,500 T-shirt to wear as badge of honor. Taza quarter-zip 100% micro-polyester Flint lightweight, HOPE CLUB $100 moisture wicking, antimicrobial finish water resistant jacket $100 $100 $100 could help provide a could help provide could offer a cancer patient and their caregiver breast cancer patient with 10 rides to and one night of free lodging at an American Cancer Society one-on-one peer support from treatment Hope Lodge® community when having to travel away from from a breast cancer survivor. for a cancer patient. home for treatment.

Bronze Level Silver Level Gold Level $250 - $349 $350 - $499 $500 - $749

MOBILE CHARGER KIT - POWER BANK, 16 OZ. STAINLESS STEELE TUMBLER OR POUCH AND USB CABLE INCLUDED OR CREWNECK SWEATSHIRT OR KOOZIE 12-PACK KOOLER PREMIUM LONG SLEEVE T OR EVEREST BACKPACK 3/4 SLEEVE RAGLAN T-SHIRT

Please visit RelayForLife.org/fundraisingrewards for additional fundraising ideas! Fundraising Club prizes are subject to change due to manufacturer availability. Redemption website will reflect current product choices should they change. 2017 NATIONWIDE INDIVIDUAL FUNDRAISING CLUB

Platinum Level Jade Level Sapphire Level $750 - $999 $1,000 - $1,499 $1,500 - $2,499

FRENCH TERRY DOLMAN SLEEVE WATER RESISTANT BLUETOOTH SPEAKER OR PACK-N-GO PULLOVER OR SWEATSHIRT OR FLIP FLAP INSULATED COOLER BAG VELVAFUR THROW DELUXE UTILITY TOTE

HOW TO REDEEM YOUR INCENTIVE PRIZE

THANK YOU FOR YOUR FUNDRAISING EFFORTS! Approximately two to three weeks after your Relay For Life event you will receive an email with the following in the subject line: Your 2017 Relay For Life Fundraising Club certificate is here! If you have changed your email address or do not receive a certificate, please contact your Society staff partner or event lead after four weeks.

Emerald Level Ruby Level Purple Level $2,500 - $4,999 $5,000 - $9,999 $10,000+

BAG AND TOWEL SET OR JBL SYNCHROS E40BT BLUETOOTH GOPRO HERO SESSION WITH MOUNT AND SAMSONITE ROLLING DUFFEL HEADPHONES OR SWIVEL CHAIR SD CARD OR SAMSUNG 40” LED TV

The American Cancer Society Relay For Life movement is the world’s largest fundraising event to end cancer, uniting communities across the globe to fight back against the disease. With every dollar raised, you are helping the American Cancer Society be there for those affected by every cancer in every community, including those who are currently dealing with a cancer diagnosis, those who may face a diagnosis in the future, and those who may avoid a diagnosis altogether because of education and risk reduction. LODGING NAVIGATION SUPPORT

$500 could help provide a $150 could help connect a $100 could help provide a cancer patient and their trained patient navigator to breast cancer patient with caregiver with five nights of a cancer patient so they can one-on-one peer support free lodging at an American understand their diagnosis from a trained volunteer Cancer Society Hope Lodge® and get the help they need. breast cancer survivor. community when their best hope for effective treatment is away from home. RIDES RESEARCH INFORMATION

$50 could help provide five $35 could help support three $25 could help provide rides to and from treatment years of follow-up for one free 24-hour information for a cancer patient. participant enrolled in our and support via phone, Cancer Prevention Study-3, email, and online chats a research study that will for one person. help us better understand what causes cancer so that we can ultimately help prevent it.

relayforlife.org | 1.800.227.2345 ©2015 American Cancer Society, Inc. No. 030979 Rev. 06/15 American Cancer Society Research Program 10 RECENT CANCER INSIGHTS Every day, American Cancer Society researchers and grantees are working to find cancer cures – and better ways to treat and prevent the disease. Below are highlights from 10 recent cancer research projects conducted or funded by the Society.

1. Tiny tech could be the future of cancer 5. Cancer death rates down: The rate of death monitoring: Nanoscale technology is infiltrating from cancer in the United States continues to decline everything from computers to cars to clothing. among both men and women, among all major racial Such tiny tech – 80,000 to 100,000 times smaller and ethnic groups, and for the most common types than a single strand of human hair – may also of cancer. Society researchers estimate that 1.5 million become the basis for a next-generation cancer cancer deaths have been averted since the early 1990s detection and monitoring system. Society grantee due to effective early detection, cancer treatment, and Daniel Roxbury, PhD, a research fellow at the cancer prevention efforts. Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, is developing a device just one nanometer in diameter 6. Vitamin D-based cancer drugs in the works: that can be inserted under the skin. His hope is Early research suggests that vitamin D, a compound the that one day the device may be able to signal the human body makes naturally when exposed to the sun onset, progression, or spread of cancer, and alert and essential to healthy bones, has the potential to be doctors so they can take action more quickly. used as a starting point in the creation of new drugs to treat skin cancer. Society grantee and University of 2. Investigating immunotherapy’s promise: Connecticut chemist and researcher Kyle Hadden, PhD, The cancer research world is dedicating increasing is trying to create chemical compounds based on vitamin energy to a rapidly evolving type of treatment that D that could help treat basal cell cancer. has the potential to be more effective – and in some cases less toxic – than many of today’s 7. Lung cancer Dream Team formed: More than 35 existing options. Using the body’s own natural of the top lung cancer researchers in the United States, system for fighting disease, immunotherapy may dubbed the lung cancer Dream Team, are coming also offer a lifeline for patients with certain types together to work on one of the most difficult-to-treat of cancer who have exhausted other treatment lung cancers – those that have a mutation in a gene options. Immunotherapy is “providing options for called KRAS. The Dream Team is being funded by a $20 people out of options,” says Catherine Diefenbach, million grant from the American Cancer Society and MD, an oncologist at the NYU Langone Medical Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C). Center. With the help of a Society research grant, she is studying a new immunotherapy treatment for patients with relapsed Hodgkin lymphoma. 8. Working to increase colon cancer screening rates: Jennifer Weiss, MD, a researcher and physician at 3. New lung cancer mutations found: The the University of Wisconsin, is in the process of conducting identification of four new types of genetic research, funded by the Society, to help health systems mutations in the most common form of lung nationwide increase their colorectal cancer screening cancer could open the door for targeted treatment rates – and help save more lives. options for many more patients. This discovery – made in part by Society-funded researcher 9. Putting cancer data in the hands of decision Alice Berger, PhD, of the Dana-Farber Cancer makers: The American Cancer Society, the Institute – adds to the existing scope of known International Agency for Research on Cancer, and the lung cancer mutations. Union for International Cancer Control collaborated on The Cancer Atlas, Second Edition, and a new interactive 4. Getting breast cancer cells to stop website – cancer.org/canceratlas – to allow global multiplying: Society-funded researcher Xiaoting leaders to better understand the cancer landscape and Zhang, PhD, is investigating ways to lull breast cancer take action to reduce the burden worldwide. cells into a permanent sleep, known as senescence, which could potentially stop a tumor in its tracks. 10. Fighting back against the tobacco epidemic: The American Cancer Society and the World Lung Foundation launched The Tobacco Atlas, Fifth Edition, and its companion website tobaccoatlas.org, which graphically details the scale of the tobacco epidemic; the progress being made in tobacco control; and opportunities to increase tobacco control globally.

Name: Number of Laps Completed:

Dear Potential Sponsor,

I am participating in the American Cancer Society Relay For Life. All proceeds will help fund life-saving cancer research, patient service programs and education about prevention and early detection in our community. You can sponsor me for an amount per lap and can name a maximum amount that you are willing to contribute. After the event, I will return to tell you how many laps I walked and collect your contribution. Then, you can donate online at relayforlife.org/rapidesla or make checks payable to American Cancer Society. All contributions are tax-deductible.

I plan to walk at least _____ laps for American Cancer Society.

Thank you!

Amount Business Pledge per Lap Maximum Collected from Matching Pledge Name of Sponsor (Example: $1.00) Pledge Sponsor Amount 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Participants:

To reach our goal, we hope that each participant finds 10 sponsors. Please bring this form the Relay For Life event.

2017 American Cancer Society Relay For Life Thursday, April 28

Rules

1. Team members may start collecting pledges as soon as they receive the pledge sheets. Download/print pledge sheets at relayforlife.org/rapidesla Reminder: Pledge sheets need to be turned in on event day, Thursday, April 28.

2. Pledges may be made by anyone. However, participants may not ask for pledges from any of the staff members of American Cancer Society. Please ask everyone who pledges if their company has a matching gift fund policy.

3. Each sponsor making a pledge should write their own name, pledge per lap, and maximum pledge. Team members may collect the pledge in advance but must keep pledges until all are collected.

4. Team Captains should maintain a schedule of times for team members to walk on the track.

5. On Relay event day, each team will have team members taking turns walking or running around the track. Each team should have at least one team member on the track at all times. Each lap is ¼ mile long. Participant will be issued a “lap tag,” which will be punched each time the person reaches the starting point, thereby keeping track of the number of laps completed.

6. Each team should decorate a “spirit stick.” The team member who is scheduled to be on the track should carry the spirit stick. Only the team member carrying the spirit stick will receive credit for laps completed.

7. Upon completion of the walk-a-thon, team members will hand in their lap tags. A volunteer will record each team member’s lap total on their pledge sheet and return it. Team members may then collect outstanding pledges. Please return final pledge sheets with the money to American Cancer Society by Monday, May 8, 2017.

8. Participants are encouraged to wear hats and sunscreen if it’s sunny or bring rain gear if it’s rainy.

We look forward to all our participants having a great time! For questions or concerns, or to volunteer, call or text Jeffrey Montegut at 985-788-2582. 2017 SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Recognition Presenting Platinum Gold Silver Bronze Signature $10,000 $7,500 $5,000 $2,500 $1,000 $500 Logo/Name on event Name YES YES YES YES participant shirt Only

Logo/Name on event survivor Name YES YES YES YES shirts Only Logo on all printed materials, website, and event Facebook YES YES YES YES YES page. Recognition on co-branded track signs displayed at Relay YES YES YES YES YES YES event Opportunity to connect with the community at the Relay event, YES YES YES kick-off, meetings, and other includes includes includes YES YES YES gatherings, including speaking speaking speaking participation on the event opportunities opportunities opportunities leadership team Promotional space at Relay For Life to provide giveaways YES YES YES YES YES Opportunity to display company provided banners 3 2 2 1 1

Right to promote sponsorship in company materials YES YES YES YES YES YES

Verbal recognition at Relay For Life Opening Ceremony and YES YES YES YES YES YES throughout event Opportunity to have a Relay For Life kick-off at your company YES YES YES office to engage employees in the fight against cancer Relay For Life recognition gift YES YES YES YES YES YES

Naming rights to the stage YES

2017 RELAY FOR LIFE OF RAPIDES PARISH SPONSOR AGREEMENT

Company/Sponsor Recognition Name: ______

Contact Name: ______Phone: ______

Email: ______

Address: ______

City, State, Zip: ______

Select Sponsorship Level:

Presenting/$10,000 Platinum/$7,500 Gold/$5,000

Silver/$2,500 Bronze/$1,000 Signature/$500

In-Kind: Enter Description & Value: ______

Payment Information:

Check (mail payment with this form to: American Cancer Society Attn: Kristin Franks 1604 W. Pinhook Rd. #203 Lafayette, LA 70508

Paying via credit card (go to relayforlife.org and choose “Donate” OR complete below:

Name on Card:______

Card Number: ______

CVV (on back of card): ______Expiration Date: ______

Signature: ______Date: ______

RELAY FOR LIFE OF RAPIDES PARISH

Luminaria Order Form When the sun goes down Relay For Life, hope shines the brightest. During the Luminaria Ceremony, hundreds of luminaria light the track or path to celebrate the lives of those who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost, and fight back against a disease that has taken too much. This ceremony of light symbolizes the hope and perseverance with which we all continue to fight.

You can give to the American Cancer Society and keep the flame of hope lit by dedicating a luminaria in memory of someone lost or in honor of someone still fighting or who has beaten the disease.

The suggested luminaria bag donation amount is $10 and a Torch is $50. Please send your tax-deductible donation, payable to the American Cancer Society, and the bottom portion of this form to:

American Cancer Society RFL of Rapides Parish 1604 W. Pinhook Rd. #203 Lafayette, LA 70508

Your Name: ______Email: ______

In Memory Honor In Memory Honor of ______of ______# of Bags ______Torches: ______# of Bags ______Torches: ______Message______Message______

Total Amount Enclosed: $______($10 per bag, $50 per torch)

Credit donation to: Participant ______Team ______relayforlife.org/rapidesla

2017 RELAY FOR LIFE OF RAPIDES PARISH CANCER FACT SIGN

Name (as it should appear on the Cancer Fact Sign:

______

Contact Name: ______Phone: ______

Email: ______

Address: ______

City, State, Zip: ______

Donation Credit to:

Team: ______Participant: ______

Payment Information:

Check (mail payment with this form to: American Cancer Society Attn: Kristin Franks 1604 W. Pinhook Rd. #203 Lafayette, LA 70508

Paying via credit card (go to relayforlife.org and choose “Donate” OR complete below:

Name on Card:______

Card Number: ______

CVV (on back of card): ______Expiration Date: ______

Signature: ______Date: ______

relayforlife.org/rapidesla Relay For Life A to Z Pre-Event Fundraising Ideas

Ask: The easiest way to raise money is to ask your friends, classmates, teachers and anyone you know to make a donation to the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life event. Explain your commitment of 24 hours and why you are involved – maybe because of a loved one battling cancer.

Auctions: Many teams are putting together live or silent auctions. Teams can make a whole event out of it – work with an auctioneer who will donate his/her time and hold a live auction. Collectibles are hot!

Bake Sales: Hold a bake sale on campus or at a busy place near your campus. Or have a No-Bake sale where coworkers pay so they don’t have to bake goodies.

Balloon Day: Organize to sell a Relay balloon with a message attached for $2 each at school. The students take orders in advance and then deliver the balloon messages at a later date.

Bank For a Year: Get everyone on your team to put in $2 each week beginning the week after this year’s RELAY. In 50 weeks each team member will have his or her $100. Or try this – 50 cents every day, in 50 weeks you will have collected, from yourself, $175 – add just two more friends giving you 50 cents each per day and you will now have a total of $525 in 50 weeks. See how easy it is.

Bounce-a-thon: Elementary to high school students can take a collection envelope home to collect pledges for bouncing a basketball for half an hour. Each class in the school takes turns gathering in the school’s front hall or gymnasium throughout the day to bounce their basketballs.

Bowl-a-thon: Hold a bowl-a-thon, where they get pledges per pin they knock down.

Bowling Chance: $1 gives you the chance to throw 2 balls (toy bowling set). If you strike your name is entered into a drawing 2 times. If you throw a spare with your second ball your name is entered into the drawing once. Team is to solicit a nice prize for the drawing. This one could be held on site as well.

Breakfast With: Put together a breakfast with Santa or the Easter bunny. Work with a local restaurant or your team can do it themselves at a hall or club. Have someone in costume and sell tickets and also have pictures taken. You could also use this as breakfast with the principal, school president or other high profile person.

Brown Bag Lunch Day: Everyone brings in their own lunch and donates the money they would have spent to the Relay For Life fund.

Can and Bottle Drive: Set up at a central location and collect cans and bottles from pedestrians. Return for deposit to nearest redemption center.

Car Washes: This is another good idea for students, especially in the spring when everyone wants the mud off of their cars. Don’t forget to have a tip jar at the end to collect extra donations.

Change: Have a spot where people can drop their change in jars or collection boxes at your business or school

Dances for a Cure: Students can hold a dance at a local club or hall that many students frequent. Get a band or DJ to donate their services. Attendees donate money to your Relay as their entrance fee.

Day of Cleaning Raffle: Team members donate a suggested five hours to spring/fall house clean your home, apartment, or dorm with tickets selling for $5 each. Decorating Service: No time to decorate and in need of some assistance with holiday decorating? Have a team put on a fundraiser to decorate trees, put up lights, and decorate the neighbor’s houses for a fee. Putting up lights is a job many people would like someone else to do.

Die Cut Cards/Fundraiser Icons: The cupcake paper cut outs) can be sold at businesses, companies, or anywhere people frequent.

Donut Days: Get donuts donated from a bakery every Friday, and sell them at school or work.

Dress Down Days: Does your school or business require you to wear uniforms? Work with your administration to fundraise for a dress down day if they make a certain donation.

Dress as a Woman: Raise money to have a certain man dress up as a woman for the day, or have someone pay to vote for the individual they would like to see dress as a woman. The two individuals with the most votes would spend the entire workday dressed as a woman.

Email: Email your friends and associates for donations.

Envelope at Restaurant table: Go to a restaurant and ask if your team can place a Relay For Life envelope at every table during a designated time period, stating “Please support our Relay For Life team and the American Cancer Society.” Be sure to put “Having cancer is hard, getting help shouldn’t be. Call 1-800-ACS-2345 or visit www.cancer.org for assistance.” on the envelopes as well

Fashion show: Hold a fashion show somewhere. Offer refreshments and your team members can be the models.

Fast Food Restaurants: Ask your local restaurants if they will have RELAY day. Either a percentage of the day’s earnings or from a certain item on the menu will go towards your team. Your team should be on hand to ask for donations from the patrons as well as be able to talk about the event. For instance you could hold a Fry Day Friday - on a Friday prior to your Relay, a dime from every order of fries sold goes to your team total.

Game Night: Have a game night and everyone comes to your house to play board games, charades etc. Charge an “entrance” fee.

Garage Sales: Work individually or as a team to set up garage sales- clean out your attic and raise money for the American Cancer Society at the same time!

Go Door to Door: Go door to door and ask for donations.

Hat (or Cap Day): For a specified amount, the students can wear a baseball cap to school for the day.

Haunted House: For Halloween, organize a haunted house and charge admission. You can also sell refreshments and snacks.

Hot Dog For Cancer: Ask a principal at an elementary school to agree that if ALL the teachers would raise $100 each he would dress up like a hot dog and let the students squirt ketchup, mustard, and relish on him.

Ice Cream Socials: Plan one at work or school, asking for a donation to attend.

Jail & Bail: For a donation individuals can be “arrested.” For an additional donation they can post their own bail, or they have a bounty placed on their head, are arrested and are not set free until the entire bounty is raised. This activity can also be done onsite. Letter Writing: A great way to ask for donations without asking in person. Send letters out to your friends and family explaining what you’re doing and why, and asking for a specific amount (more than you want) seems to work best or leave it up to them. Write them your personal goal and ask for their help. Some people are writing letters on behalf of their pets or babies. Add a little humor to the letter as well.

Matching Gifts: Ask your company to match what you raise. Some companies have a matching gift policy, check to see if your does. If they don’t, ask them to match anyway.

Movie night: Invite your friends over for a night at the movies. You provide the popcorn and soda and charge admission. Or have a movie week during lunch hour at school. Charge admission and invite professors to eat their lunch while they watch.

Nonalcoholic cocktail party: have a nonalcoholic cocktail party at the RELAY and ask for donations. Or have a moving one, where each team has different appetizers and drinks available so people go tent to tent. Be sure to have your donation cans next to the refreshments. You could also do this as a team and move from house to house, dorm to dorm, on different weekend nights.

Pancake Breakfasts: Hold a pancake breakfast and invite everyone to attend. Ask local grocery stores to donate the items you will need: pancake mix, syrup, orange juice, plates, forks, etc.

Parking Space Auction: Auction off the best parking spot in the office or school.

Percentage of Sales: Ask a store to designate a percentage of one day’s sales or proceeds and let the public know so they will buy more.

Program Ad Sales: Some Relays are giving partial credit to teams who sell ads for the program. You would have to check with your Relay committee to see if this is an option.

Raffles: There are so many different types of raffles you could have to be creative.

Sell employee Services: i.e. get the best gourmet chef on your team to agree to go to someone’s home and prepare a meal (for a fee of course). Get your principal or president to commit to wash an employee’s or professor’s car, or several if willing.

Shave your head: Have someone agree to have their hair shaved (or dyed a crazy color) once a certain amount of money has been raised.

Sports Tournaments: Teams organize bowling, hockey, basketball, soccer, and other sports tournaments.

Student/Faculty Basketball Game: Set up a benefit basketball game between students and faculty, or put together an alumni game.

Super Bowl party: Have a super bowl party and ask everyone for donations when they get there. The same can be done for the NCAA Championship basketball game, Indy 500, Masters final round etc. Great idea for the team member with a big screen TV!

Vending machines: Coordinate with your vendor on campus to add .05 cents to the cost of a snack or soda prior to Relay, with the extra nickel going to your team total.

Yard Sales: Work together as a team, or have one individually and donate the proceeds to Relay. Ask a bakery or grocery store to donate donuts and juice to give to people that visit your yard sale.

Zoot Suit Party: Swing music is in! Hold a swing dance party and give awards for the best zoot suit there. ON-SITE FUNDRAISING IDEAS

Your team should aim to reach your goal prior to the event. You’re encouraged to do on-site fundraising at Relay For Life, but it shouldn’t take the place of pre-event efforts.

Ideas: Balloon Pop: Team members collect prizes as well as donate their own goods or services as prizes. Before filling each balloon, put a note inside with the name of a prize. People receive a balloon for a suggested donation, then pop it to find out what they win.

Balloon animals

Bubble station: Have lots of ways to make bubbles and sell a “pass” to the whole area. Also sell individual bubble packages.

Board Games: Have an assortment of board games available and charge a donation to play or rent them out during the Relay…this is especially popular during the night!

Bust Cancer: a team can get a cardboard silhouette of a woman and secure balloons where her breasts would be. For $1, participants can pop the balloons however they see fit and then read a fact about Breast Cancer that comes out of the balloons.

Caricatures: Offer caricatures at your campsite for a suggested donation; It’s sure to be a hit!

Cakewalk: Schedule the cakewalk at the peak time of Relay when several hundred people will be in attendance. Suggest a donation to participate. Place numbered squares around the center of the track or on the stage, and have people follow the numbers. When the music stops, so do the people (like musical chairs). A number is drawn and the person on that space will win a cake! (If you choose this, we can make it a center-stage activity)

Chair Massages

Dunk tanks, bounce houses & climbing walls

Face Painting: Set up a booth at Relay and offer face painting for a suggested donation. Fortune telling/Tarot reading

Fun hair station! Do hair-wraps, purple spray paint, hair tinsel/feathers, etc

Game Central: Have an entrance fee of $5 to play unlimited games some ideas:

• Cornhole • Bowling • Beanbag toss • Horseshoes or washers • Guitar Hero or Rock Band Challenge

Glow Gear: When the sun goes down, sell stuff that glows in the dark. People love it!

Hollywood Snapshot! Get a cardboard cut-out of a famous person and have your picture taken for a suggested donation.

Hole-in-one try: Set up a portable putting green for a donation let people try and putt the ball in; Put everyone’s name in the hat that makes it and draw for a prize.

Items in a Jar: Collect and count a number of like items before the event (change, gumballs, pasta, etc) and put them in a large jar. At Relay, people can guess how many are in the jar for a suggested donation. Award a prize to the winner.

Jail & Bail: For a suggested donation, participants can have someone "arrested" and put in a cardboard or PVC jail. For an additional suggested donation, the person who is arrested can post bail or ask someone to help them out.

Lap Counter Necklace: Each Relayer who buys in gets a bit of string. With each lap, participants who bought string can grab a bead from a bucket, making a long, beaded string that could be worn as a necklace by the end of Relay. (specific campsite placement)

Manicures

Makeovers

Mexican Cantina: Decorate your campsite in theme, margaritas, chips, and guacamole. Request a suggested donation to join the fiesta.

Photo booth: go antique or vintage with props, clothing, and backgrounds. Or choose another fun theme and make a great background to support it!

Puppy Time: Ask your local shelter to bring puppies and allow participants to play with them for 5-10 minutes for a set amount.

Purple Toilet: Teams pay to get a purple toilet placed on another team’s campsite! That team then has to pay to get it removed!

Quilt Raffle: If you know a quilter, ask them to make a quilt and then hold a silent auction or raffle to win it; This is often a big hit…especially with Relay-themed quilts!

Raffles: Conduct a raffle. Donated raffle items can include small appliances, gift certificates, gift baskets, etc. Please contact your Relay staff partner prior to the event if you are a planning a raffle. Your staff partner will provide appropriate guidelines for handling the activity.

Song Dedication: Dedicate a song and ask for a $5 donation to have it played for the person they are walking for at Relay.

Take polaroids: it’s now a nostalgic novelty!

Used books: collect books to sell and set up a bookstore

Video/DVD Sale: Sell off your old movies

Sell specific items: some successful examples:

• Blankets • Cookbook • Magnets • Blinky buttons • Earrings • Old Relay items • Bracelets • Goldfish or beta • Photos with local • Cancer ribbons fish celebs or themed • Candles • Nail files characters • Christmas • Jewelry • Plants/flowers • Lanyards • Picture frames • Craft items • Lap beads • Rain gear • Relay clothes massage, • T-shirts • Rocking chairs • Personal services • Sports ticket raffle • Yard sale • Temporary tattoos

Food and drink sales– DON’T FORGET: make a tip jar & keep everything at $1 increments for easy change! RELAY FOR LIFE OF RAPIDES PARISH

How to Raise $100 in 10 Days Day Action Total 1 Put in your own $10 donation. $10 2 Ask your significant other for $10. $20 3 Place a canister at your place of employment. $30 4 Ask a coworker for $10. $40 5 Ask a friend for $10. $50 6 Ask a relative for $10. $60 7 Ask a neighbor for $10. $70 8 Ask another coworker for $10. $80 9 Ask a supervisor for $10. $90 10 Ask another neighbor for $10. $100

How to Raise $500 in 10 Days Day Action Total 1 Put in your own $25 donation. $25 2 Ask your doctor and dentist to donate $50 each. $125 3 Ask four family members to donate $25 each. $225 4 Ask three friends to donate $25 each. $300 5 Ask your supervisor to donate $25. $325 6 Ask two local merchants to donate $25 each. $375 7 Ask three neighbors to donate $15 each. $420 8 Ask two coworkers to donate $10 each. $440 9 Ask three people from church to donate $10 each. $470 10 Ask three parents to donate $10 each. $500

TEN EASY WAYS TO RAISE $100

1. Sell 10 Luminaria Bags. 2. Post a link to your Relay web page on Facebook, asking everyone to help you reach your $100 goal. 3. Send a letter to family & friends explaining what Relay For Life is and ask for a donation. Always ask for more than you expect (Example: If you want $25, ask for $50). Be sure to include a return-by date. For best results, include a return envelope with your address already printed on it…with a stamp! 4. Send a letter (or email) from your pet to family or friends. You might also want to send this to your veterinarian. 5. Walk through your neighborhood. Knock on your neighbors’ doors (or send your kids). 6. Arrange for a dress-down day at school or work. 7. Arrange for a baseball cap day at school or work. 8. Hold an auction or raffle for a parking space at work (or for a day off). 9. Loose change. Have a jar on your desk or at home that you can fill with change…and encourage co-workers or family members to drop their change in the jar, too. 10. Sell a ‘cancer fact sign’ to the store you shop at the most…and you know the people that work there.