1. Great ideas from the 2005 Relay season that volunteers have shared!
2. Some ideas for starting off your Relay season right!
3. Having a successful event kickoff!
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1. Great Ideas from the 2005 Relay season! - YOU GOTTA CHECK THESE OUT!
Thanks to volunteers who shared their ideas all throughout the 2005
Relay season... We have selected out a few that you might
particularly interesting/re-applicable to your event! see them at:
http://www.acsrelay.org/successstories.php
If you have others to share, please email
rflvol...@gmail.com... We'll add a few to the "Success
Stories" page, and add all of them to http://www.acsrelay.org so you can find them and use them!
2. Some ideas for starting off your Relay season right!
a. Year-Around Fundraising - Many Relay For Life events keep the fundraising activities going year around...
Check out the following list for ideas that you could do between now
and your event kickoff for 2006, if you haven't already had it!:
http://www.acsrelay.org/Darn_Good_Ideas/10-Fundraising_From_A_To_Z.doc
b. Overall Event Timeline - Here is an overall event timeline on what needs to happen when:
http://www.acsrelay.org/Manual/06-Overall_Event_Timeline.doc
Ramesh Moorthy
webmaster, http://www.acsrelay.org
American Cancer Society and Relay For Life Volunteer, Baltimore, MD
"There Is No FInish Line Until We Find A Cure"
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RELAY FOR LIFE RESOURCES THAT CAN BE FOUND AT ACSRELAY.ORG:
· http://www.acsrelay.org/start.php
- An overview of acsrelay.org, and what you can find on the site.
· http://www.acsrelay.org/downloads.php
- If you are not sure what you want, take a look at Top Downloads...
You'll find out what others have been downloading and might see
something you need!
· http://www.acsrelay.org/search.php
- A great search engine that searches the whole website, including MS
Word, Excel, and PowerPoint attachments, for any "word" you are
looking for (search for "fundraising", "car wash", etc.). This
includes all Darn Good Ideas, Best Practices, etc.)! If you don't
find what you want, please e-mail and let us know!
· http://www.acsrelay.org/manualandDGIs.php
- The Chairman's Checklist Manual that was developed by the
Mid-Atlantic Relay For Life Task Force, and provides a great list of
things every committee and sub-committee should do...
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- Darn Good Ideas from around the country! Includes fundraising
letters, pages of fundraising ideas, flyers, and ideas for every
committee!