April/May 2006 acsrelay.org newsletter
Relay ForLife
Let's focus this month on the day of the event and a few other great ideas that are out there!
1. Day of Event Ideas
On-site activities - it's overwhelming sometimes to think about how to keep your particpants a captive audience - but make it simple - have a DJ who goes all night (if allowed) with theme hours all night, show movies on a wall in a corner for kids of all ages, have coffee and tea and hot cocoa, have prizes for being on the track at wee hours, etc... Here are some more ideas:
http://www.acsrelay.org/Darn_Good_Ideas/19-On-Site_Activities_&_Keep_Tms_All_Nite_DGIs.doc
- On site activities and ways to keep your teams around all night!!!!
Things to bring to your event - a list for your committee:
http://www.acsrelay.org/Darn_Good_Ideas/13-Team_Day_Of_Checklist_DGI.doc
- A list of things each team should bring the day of Relay - customize for your event!
http://www.acsrelay.org/Darn_Good_Ideas/19-Food_DGIs.doc
- Ideas for food at your event!
http://www.acsrelay.org/Darn_Good_Ideas/19-Music_Suggestions_For_All_Ceremonies.doc
- Music suggestions for your ceremonies/event
2. Great idea of the month - The quest for 1,000,000 Survivor names/signatures!
A wonderful idea comes to us from Kathy Morgan at the Lancaster Relay For Life... Read more below:
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ONE DAY,
ONE NIGHT, ONE MILLION!
I need your help. Are you a cancer survivor? Do you know a cancer
survivor or someone who lost their battle with this dreaded disease?
My name is Kathy Morgan and I am Co-Chair of the Lancaster Relay For
Life in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Our Relay will be held on
June 9th and 10th, 2006 at Lancaster Catholic
High School's
Rossmere Stadium.
Our goal is not only to raise One Million Dollars for the American
Cancer Society but we are also trying to honor One Million Cancer
Survivors
and/or those that have passed due to this disease by placing their
signatures
or names on our Wall on Honor at our event.
In order to accomplish this we need your help. Would you please forward our signature form on to everyone that you know that has been touched by cancer so that they can be part of our event. The students of Lancaster Catholic are creating the Wall of Honor and signatures will be arranged by state and country.
To create an honor of this magnitude we need people like you to help get the word out to the nation and the world. Unfortunately cancer touches so many of our lives and the lives of those around us. This will be a tribute to the courageous battle that those diagnosed with cancer have waged against this disease.
As a seven and one half year breast cancer survivor, I applaud anything that you can do to help us achieve our ONE MILLION SIGNATURE GOAL.
Sincerely,
Kathy Morgan, Event Co-Chair
Lancaster Relay For Life
Email: kathy...@earthlink.net
Phone: 717-653-2407
"If we did everything we were truly capable of, we would literally astound ourselves" – Thomas Edison
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------If you have questions or comments on this idea, please e-mail rflvol...@gmail.com
3. "Sister" Relay For Life Event Program
Thanks for all those who have been interested in having a Sister Relay - As Relay For Life expands, there is a great opportunity to build relationship with other events around the nation or even the World! Already, several events have developed "sister" event relationships (just like there are cities around the world that are "sister" cities)... For example, Pittsboro, PA and Glascow, Scotland are sister events! And we hear about more every day. If you would like to be a sister event, e-mail rflvol...@gmail.com and we can match you up... Please specify if there is a particular location you'd prefer (if you are willing to be "sisters" with another U.S. event, or would prefer international events)... There are more and more international events every year, so we'll do our best. Many events already e-mail and express interest! See the following document for ideas on things you could do with a "sister" event:http://www.acsrelay.org/Darn_Good_Ideas/08-Sister_Relay_Partnerships.doc
4. Is There An Idea From acsrelay.org That Has Worked Well For You? WE WOULD LOVE TO KNOW!!!!
Many of you have shared great ideas with us that others have reapplied... If you have used an idea from acsrelay.org and it was successful, please tell us! We love to know what has worked well. If something didn't work well, please tell us too. Constructive feedback is always welcome :) E-mail rflvol...@gmail.com.
5. Other Reminders
- If you have any feedback on this monthly update, please let us know. Please send comments and suggestions to rflvol...@gmail.com.
- 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 (sales tax rules in your state, particular things about your event or community that would make the idea inappropriate, etc.).
- Feel free to forward this on to others and have them e-mail rflvol...@gmail.com to be added to the distribution!
- Remember that if you are ever searching for an idea or information,
please go to the search engine at http://www.acsrelay.org/ in
order to find what you need:
http://www.acsrelay.org/search.php
Or, you can email rflvol...@gmail.com and we'll look into it!
And finally - THANK YOU! - Without you, the volunteers, there is no Relay!!!!!
There Is No Finish Line Until We Find A Cure!
Ramesh Moorthy
webmaster, http://www.acsrelay.org
Blogging About Relay at http://acsrelay.blogspot.com
Talking About Relay at http://www.relayamerica.com
American Cancer Society and Relay For Life Volunteer, Baltimore, MD
"There Is No Finish Line Until We Find A Cure"