Team
Captain
Packet
Contents
• Commitment form
• Track Sign Form
• Luminary Form
• Fundraising Ideas
1) Commitment Form
a. In student organization box in SAC office
2) Track Sign
a. See attached
3) Luminary Form
a. See attached
4) Fundraising
a. See Attached
The Relay Chair will register your team online and
send you an email with your password and
username
Please attach a roster of walkers/fundraisers and
their shirt sizes to your commitment form for t-shirts.
*****Each team member must raise $50 to get a
tshirt (this is an ACS requirement) *********
University of South Carolina Aiken’s Relay for Life
Luminary Request Form
If you would like to make a donation for a luminary “In Memory” or “In Honor” of someone you know, you are more than welcome to do so. Please list the names below and enclose your donation. Please make checks payable to the American Cancer Society. Thanks so much for your help!!!!!
White $10 Gold $25 Pet $3 “In Memory” __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ “In Honor” __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________
YES! I want to help in the fight against Cancer!!! YES! I want to support Relay for Life!!!
YES! I want to be a Business Sponsor!!! Name as it should appear on sign ___________________________ Contact Name _________________________________________ Address _____________________________________________ Email ________________________________________
Phone __________________Fax __________________
Name of team/participant contact:__________________________
$100 Donation - Number of Signs _____ Date Received ______ Total amount Donated $___________
Due in SAC office by April 2nd, 2010
Please make checks payable to your American Cancer Society.
Each sign will have the Relay for Life Logo, “Proud Supporter” and “Your business name”. Signs are 1.5’ x 2’ in size and will be placed around the Relay track during the event.
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Receipt – Date________
RELAY FOR LIFE Sponsor Track Sign
Donation of $ _________ for ____ signs,
to be placed around the Relay Track on April 26th, 2010 at the USC Aiken event and at the 2010 Aiken city event.
Team/Participant contact is: Name_______________________________________ Phone Number ___________
We THANK YOU for your support… “it’s about the community taking up the fight”
Prior to Relay for Life • Have students/employees collect quarters in small 35 mm film canisters • Ransom game – Relay for Life logo on pink flamingos, pink commode with flowers in it, or Santa’s reindeers painted pink or purple (Relay “Bucks”) – place in someone’s yard – pay to get out of yard or send to someone else’s yard – raised $500 in less than 2 hours by attorneys sending to each other • Have a “TOP‐LESS” car wash – wash the bottoms of the cars for free – charge $5‐10 to wash the “top” • Sell Relay for Life dog tags • Dress down days • Silent auction – restaurant coupons, gift certificates • Restaurants – donate 25% of profits from one night each month to ACS when teachers/staff serve the customers (students) • Penny wars – challenge teams to collect the most pennies • Pay to “pie the teacher/principal/doctor/preacher/mayor/businessman” • Hold a “Relay Pride Week” at school or work – like a spirit week – decorate halls ‐ pay to wear themed outfits – wacky tacky day, patriotic day, school spirit, dress for success, tropical, 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, etc. • Camp out for cancer – someone camps out in an obvious place until he/she raises $1,000 • Sell ACS Moons & Stars • Set a goal of every student/employee purchasing 2 luminary bags at $5 each • Chalking sidewalks around campuses to promote the event • Committee member/team captain can mentor new team captains, etc. during their first year • If teams or team members raise a specific amount by a specific date, give prizes • Relay for Life merchandise catalog – teams can compete for specific merchandise that local ACS office can order • Prizes for teams that turn in registration fee and team participants (with waiver forms) on the second night • Give small package of nuts with a note attached “thanks for keeping us from going nuts” • Ice breakers 1. musical chairs (participants go on a quick scavenger hunt and return when music stops)
3. pass the Lifesaver on a toothpick • Letter writing parties – bring the letterhead and letters with blanks – everyone brings 10 names and addresses – fill in blanks on letters – address envelopes – mail all letters that same day – one group mailed out 350 letters on the same day – the local ACS office has form letters to use • Distribute red hearts to your team members at a planning meeting – ask who has been touched by cancer: sibling, parent, grandparent, friend – for each one, tear off a small piece of the heart – “cancer strips away your heart, piece by piece” Onsite @ Relay for Life • Torches available for $100 donation in honor or memory of someone – stays lit for the entire event – torches donated by local merchant • Frozen t‐shirt contest – each team selects one person to try to get the shirt on the quickest – goal: less than 10 minutes • Set a goal of placing quarters side by side around the inside of the track during the actual event • Look Bad, Feel Worse – guy or girl makes up another guy and have beauty contest • Pet parade – dress pets according to a specific theme ‐ $25 entry fee – prize is donated by veterinarian’s office – grooming, shots, etc. • Baby stroller parade – decorate strollers and babies (and parents?) – prizes donated by local photographers or stores with baby supplies • Blow out/away cancer – give participants a tiny bottle of bubbles – everyone blows bubbles during a lap – VERY effective if it’s done on the sidelines as survivors pass during the first lap • Educate – TEACH at the event – have an education display about cancer control (prevention, treatment, research) – play games • Sell kisses for $1 (adult or child) • Cheetos throw – cover someone’s face in Cool Whip – winner has the most Cheetos stuck to the face • “Karaoke or Not?” Give donations to have someone sing karaoke style or have people pay NOT to sing • Step show at 8:00 p.m. • Theme songs during the event – every team sings its song at 3:00 a.m.
• Local television broadcast (Channel 6 news in Thomson, GA) • Paper wedding dress, gladiator, toga, or superhero (use bathroom tissue) • Relay with cup of water on top of head, pour into another person’s cup • Instead of incentive prizes for games and activities, award teams “spirit points” • Compete for best campsite, best team spirit, etc. • Alligator wrestling with kiddie pool and green Jell‐O blindfold contestant, object is to find the plug and deflate the alligator in the quickest time) • Dum‐dum suckers – don’t be a dum‐dum – support the Relay for Life • Fear Factor with gummy worms, mashed bananas and strawberries • Dance party at midnight – even grandmothers can dance the Macarena • Relay fun pins, hats, bandanas, necklaces/bracelets • Competitions between adults/children, faculty/students, men/women, boys/girls, etc. – hula hoop, Twister, whistling • Battle of the mascots – have local mascots for companies and schools compete for “Favorite Mascot” • Go see other teams – support their onsite fundraisers – bring lots of change and one‐dollar bills • Jail & Bail –have law enforcement officers arrest local dignitaries – set up a “chain gang” – raise “bail” by collecting donation as they walk around the track • Have a “bell ring” where every team has to send someone to check in as they pass the bell on that lap • Frisbee golf tournament using cheap laundry baskets • Banana eating contest – with participants wearing panty hose over their head • Have a pie lap – participants eat a slice of pie while they are walking that lap • Hot dog cooking contest – prize for “best hot dog” • Walking Bingo – participants play Bingo while walking the track • American Idol becomes “Relay Idol” – singers, cheerleaders, etc. • Have a Battle of the Bands/Drums or talent contest before the event – with the 4 best bands/acts performing at the event • Prizes can be massages, facials, manicures, pedicures, haircuts, paid day off of work, etc. • Potato golf – put a potato in one leg of panty hose and play golf • Trash can basketball • Dunking booth • Food – snow cones, Dip’n dots ice cream
