Acsrelay.org Update - Ideas and Info for March 2005

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Folks,

Hope your Relay season is coming together well! Here's the latest
installation of ideas for Relay... Remember to always check with your
event committee and staff before applying an idea to make sure that
there are not local/state considerations that you must take into
account (for example - sales tax rules in your state):

* TOP DOWNLOADS ON ACSRELAY.ORG - Do you wonder what files other Relay
leaders are downloading, looking at, and using the most? Visit:

http://www.acsrelay.org/downloads.php

* BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT RELAY FOR LIFE - Attached is a link to the
National Relay For Life Speaking Points, which provides a nice overview
about Relay, and some good facts:

http://www.acsrelay.org/Manual/04-Speaking_Points.doc

Ask your staff person for the latest Relay For Life Speaking Points...
An updated version should be available soon or already!

* TEAM CAPTAIN COMMUNICATION - At this point, you are probably doing a
lot of talking to your team captains

Here is a great sample letter to send to your team captains and remind
them of key upcoming dates...


http://www.acsrelay.org/Darn_Good_Ideas/10-Sample_Letter_To_Team_Captains-Key_Dates.doc

And you are having bank nights or starting to schedule/plan them.
Check out:

http://www.acsrelay.org/Darn_Good_Ideas/10-Bank_Night_DGIs.doc

for some ideas to make your bank nights better

* MARKETING YOUR EVENT - Here are some sample flyers, etc. as examples
for marketing your event, as well as templates for a newsletter you can
reapply!

http://www.acsrelay.org/manualandDGIs.php#Part_14

* SURVIVORSHIP AND LUMINARIA - Planning your survivorship activities
and your luminaria ceremony should be in full swing by now... Visit the
following links for survivorship ideas, luminaria scripts, song
suggestions, and more!

http://www.acsrelay.org/manualandDGIs.php#Part_12

http://www.acsrelay.org/manualandDGIs.php#Part_19

* ENTERTAINMENT, ON-SITE ACTIVITIES & CEREMONIES - You are probably
contacting your possible entertainment (or already have them lined up).
Your teams are getting themselves together and might be looking for
team theme ideas, etc. You are starting to plan your ceremonies...
You can visit the following link for ideas for all of the above!:

http://www.acsrelay.org/manualandDGIs.php#Part_19


Other things to keep in mind:

* TALKING ABOUT YOUR IDEAS AND ASKING YOUR QUESTIONS AT
HTTP://WWW.RELAYAMERICA.COM
- Relayamerica.com recently crossed 200 posts, and is a great place to
look at ideas shared by your fellow volunteers, ask your own questions
and share your ideas. This is a great on-line discussion site where
many great ideas have come from... Check it out!

* TALK TO US! - Please email moor...@aol.com with any specific ideas,
questions, or comments. If you have an idea you successfully reapplied
from acsrelay.org or relayamerica.com, we'd love to know!

If you have any feedback on this update, please let us know too.

There Is No Finish Line Until We Find A Cure!

Ramesh Moorthy
volunteer and webmaster, http://www.acsrelay.org
moor...@aol.com

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This 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 by volunteers in the South Atlantic Division. 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 moor...@aol.com.