July and August acsrelay.org Update

[Relay ForLife]

Hope everyone is well and that your Relay was a success! There are
four topics this month:

1. Have we done everything we can to wrap up our event properly, and
what can we do to improve for next year?
2. Some thoughts about Relaying year around
3. Some great new resources on-line for Relay For Life
4. Share your best, most successful ideas!
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1. Have we done everything we can to wrap up my event properly, and
what can we do to improve next year?

Wrapping up is important... It's a way to reward volunteers, talk
about what worked and didn't, etc. So if you haven't had one, have
one... Check out an agenda for a wrap-up:
* http://www.acsrelay.org/Darn_Good_Ideas/21-Wrap_Up_Meeting_Agenda.doc

Here is a form on which to collect event feedback:
* http://www.acsrelay.org/Manual/05-Feedback_Forms.doc

Here is an example of feedback collected for an event using the feedback form:
* http://www.acsrelay.org/Darn_Good_Ideas/05-Feedback_Forms_Summary-Example-Howard_County.doc

It is also good for the chairs and/or committee to do a critique of
how it went and what to do differently next year. Check out for an
example critique:
* http://www.acsrelay.org/Darn_Good_Ideas/05-Relay_Event_Critique_Form_Example.doc


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2. Some Thoughts about Relaying Year Around

Many Relay For Life events keep the activities going year around...
Check out the following list for ideas that you could do between now
and your event kickoff for 2006:
* http://www.acsrelay.org/Darn_Good_Ideas/10-Fundraising_From_A_To_Z.doc


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3. Some great new resources on-line for Relay For Life

There are some more great resources on the web now for Relay, thanks
to some great volunteers and ACS staff. Some new additions:
* http://www.flickr.com/relay_for_life - a site where you can post
pictures of your Relay
* http://relayblogger.typepad.com/relayblogger/ - Here, you can
blog about Relay (talk about your thoughts)
* http://www.cancer.org/docroot/GI/content/GI_1_8_Second_Life_Relay.asp
- Second Relay For Life - information about a site where a virtual
Relay takes place!

Of course, there are also still the great resources that have been out
there for a while:
* http://www.relayamerica.com - Relayamerica.com for discussions and questions,
* http://www.cancer.org - the ACS Relay For Life discussion board.
* http://www.acsrelay.org - 'Nuff said :)

Check out the following list for a full list of on-line resources and
descriptions:
* http://www.acsrelay.org/onlineresources.php


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4. Share your most succesful ideas!

Please email rflvol...@gmail.com with your most successful ideas or
post them at http://www.relayamerica.com under the "The Front Room"
under the posted topic: "Share Your Best Ideas from 2005"

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There Is No Finish Line Until We Find A Cure!

Ramesh Moorthy
ACS volunteer and webmaster, http://www.acsrelay.org
rflvol...@gmail.com
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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...
-and-
- Darn Good Ideas from around the country! Includes fundraising
letters, pages of fundraising ideas, flyers, and ideas for every
committee!

· http://www.acsrelay.org/Forms/
- Forms in Word you can download and modify for your event and email to people!
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http://www.acsrelay.org is not the official ACS website and is not
maintained directly by ACS. The ideas and information shared on
http://www.acsrelay.org are the ideas of volunteers for other
volunteers and are the not necessarily endorsed by the American Cancer
Society and are based on basic ideas developed in the South Atlantic
Division of the ACS. As such, please always check with your event
planners and staff for your local and divisional policies before
reapplying an idea. Please direct any questions to
rflvol...@gmail.com