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the webmaster: This page will be updated on a regular basis. Want To Advertise Your Fundraiser? Just call or email Ron Lynch Of the "Relay For Life" Media Committee. Just provide the following and we will get it in The Olympian and/or on Mixx 96 KXXO FM. Who: For maximum exposure, 2 weeks notice please. Ron Lynch: phone (360) 352-7651, email: ron.lynch@cbolympia.com
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a Fundraiser and Start today!!!! Don't
limit your team's fund-raising efforts…
these ideas are good not only during the Relay For Life season,
but throughout the year!!! Ask
everyone you meet. Even if you have sent out letters, be sure to carry a
sponsor/donation form with you so that when you talk to people about the Relay
For Life, you can ask them to donate right then. Take those sheets with you to
meetings. When you carry a sponsor or donation form with you, indicate your
contribution at the top. Make sure the top few donations on the form are more
significant. Other people are apt to follow suit. Don't
prejudge whether people will give. Let them say no or ignore your letter rather
than not ask. Get
on the phone and call all of your friends for a donation. Put
in your own donation. Hold a Friday bake sale at work so employees will have treats for the weekend. Ask for donations from local bakeries and team members and wrap them attractively, so that they can be given as gifts. Encourage breakfast items such as rolls and breads, as well as sweets such as bars and cookies. Or go to the opposite extreme with a no-bake sale where co-workers pay so they don't have to bake goodies. Host
an ice cream social and have the proceeds go to the American Cancer Society. Get
your team together for a local town car wash - works great for high school
teams. Pump
gas for a cure. Ask a local gas station to support your team by allowing you to
pump gas at their self-serve pumps. Collect
tips from customers. Wear your Relay For Life
tee-shirt and place large signs at the pumps and on the road side. Fast
food restaurant teams can collect donations for washing windshields as cars pass
through the drive-through. Learn
to make great chili. .
. and barbecue. . .and steaks. - Prepare and sell barbecue lunches. Have
the employees in your business make a pot of their favorite chili for a Chili
Cook-off. Local dignitaries will judge the chili and then the contents of all the
pots can be sold by the bowlful for lunch to benefit your team.
Send
invitations to the owners/managers of local businesses inviting them to a
Phantom Dinner Party. The invitation states what food will not be served, and
that for a $25 donation, they do not have to dress up and leave the comfort of
their homes. The invitation encourages the "attendee" to dress in
their favorite pajamas, make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, and watch
sappy, old movies on TV, all while helping the American Cancer Society. Restaurants
can raise money, too. Ask a local restaurant or cafe to donate, a portion of the
proceeds for a day. It could be for a certain menu item, like the daily special
or desserts. Waiters/Waitresses Raise Dollars. Ask a waiter or waitress you know to donate their tips for the day. All
kinds of food sales are always a hit! Hold a potluck, barbecue dinner or pancake
breakfast at your business, in your neighborhood, at church, anywhere! Start
Fry Day Fridays. About six weeks before the Relay For
Life, ask local fast food restaurants to donate a dime from every order of fries
they sell on Fridays. Steak
out cancer.
Cook steak dinners and sell them. Envelopes
at restaurant tables - Teams generate donations by placing Relay For
Life donation envelopes at every table stating "Please support our Relay
For Life team and the American Cancer Society." Waitresses check the
envelopes before each seating. Dinners,
Dinners, Dinners.
Hold spaghetti dinners, gourmet feasts, etc. Cooking
for a cure.
Have your team members gather their favorite recipes and produce a cookbook to
benefit the Relay For Life. Each team member can
count the money from the cookbooks they sell toward their individual total. Have
a meal day where your team will cook and deliver breakfast, lunch or dinner to
other businesses in town. Fax them ahead of time to inform them of the menu,
cost and how to order. Pay
$5 to wear your favorite school apparel to work. Have
your boss or CEO approve a day off for the individual who raises the most money.
Hold
a "stump others" photo contest. Ask employees to bring a baby or
child- hood picture of themselves that they believe no one can identify. Charge
a fee to make a guess. Give winners a donated prize. Hold
an "I Spy" day at the office. Hide items around the office, and give a
list to your team members. Each item has a number on it. The person that finds
the item must take it to the CEO or manager of the company, who then must make a
donation in the amount of the number on the item. For a donation, employees can be arrested, and for an additional donation, can post their own bail OR employees have a bounty placed on their head, are arrest- ed and are not set free until the entire bounty is raised. It's called a Jail & Bail. Pay
$1 to wear a hat to work or school for the day. Ask
your company computer expert to have a message "pop up" on employees'
screens asking for a donation. It won't go away until they give. Coworkers
can earn money by raffling the following: Parking places, dinner at the boss's
home, company logo apparel, a day off, a member of management to mow your grass
or shovel your snow, free lunch with the boss, trade jobs with the boss for a
day. Ask
a local florist to donate one bouquet of flowers for January, February, and
March. Then have the employees take a chance to win some "springtime"
for their desks. Lover's
Day.
Have carnations or some other item delivered on Valentine's Day. Have
a heart day. Each person who is not wearing a heart in some way has to make a
donation to the team. Give a prize for the most creative heart. Prayer
tree.
Place a Christmas tree in a prominent location of your business, such as a lobby
or front office. Make wooden hearts and paint them pink. Sell the hearts in
memory or in honor of cancer patients for a minimum of $5 and hang them on the
tree. Take the tree to the Relay For Life and let
those who purchased the hearts take them off the tree. Then they can walk that
night with the memory of that person in their pocket. (Could be done at
Christmas or Valentine's Day) Do
you have a team that makes quilts? Sell quilt squares in honor and in memory of
people with cancer. Charge
for different sizes. Here are some ideas: 4x4 for $5, 8x8 for $15 and
12x12 for $25. Display the quilt at a public location such as the Chamber of
Commerce. Dedicate
your personal effort to someone who has won, is battling or has lost a battle
with cancer or all three. Include that in the letter you send along with a
self-addressed stamped envelope and consider mailing it to friends, family,
coworker, business associates, your doctor, dentist, hairdresser, barber, church
members, service club members, Christmas or Hanukkah card list, personal phone
directory, recipients of your checks, etc. Writing
a letter to your friends, family members, co-workers, explaining how you're
participation in Relay For Life has proven to be an
effective way to raise money, especially if you are walking in memory of or in
honor of someone that has had or currently has cancer. During
the holidays, teams can set up a gift-wrapping booth at the local mall or in a
particular store. Valentine's Day is an ideal time for teams to offer this
service. Give
Away Your Smile Day. Each time you catch someone at your office smiling, they
must donate a designated amount of money
to your team. Give the donor a smiley face sticker to wear. This encourages fun
competition during the workday for your
team. Canisters
for a cure.
Film canisters will hold $7 in quarters. This is a great fundraiser for
elementary school students. Each time a student brings in a full canister, he
would receive a prize. Challenge
another team to raise more money than you. Some radio stations may gladly put
your challenge on the radio. A
little change makes a lot of cents. Bank and credit union teams can post this
message at the teller line, "donate the cents from your deposit to the
(name of team) Relay For Life team and help fight the
war against cancer. If your check total is $185.67, then your total donation is
just 67 cents. We might just find the cure right in your pocket." Start
a penny drive. Set up
containers all over town. Penny
Wars.
College students set up a challenge for each floor to try and collect the
most points (pennies). Each floor
in a dorm has jars to put pennies in. Points are given for pennies and negative
points for other coins. Floors sabotage other floors by placing other coins (not
pennies) in their jars. The floor with the most positive points wins a pizza
party at the expense of the other floors. All the money in the jars is donated
to the Relay For Life. This could also be done in
different departments at a business, or as a contest between grades or homerooms
at schools. Kiss a pig contest. Ask the "popular" person in your town, school, or business to do something fun if your team raises a certain amount of money. Be creative; for example, shave a beard or a head, dress up like a pig, kiss a pig, dunking booth, pie in the face and many more. A principal in a neighboring state wanted to make sure his teachers raised money for the Relay For Life. In order to assure this, he used the students to put pressure on the teachers. He announced to the school that Fishing
for a cure.
Set up a booth that looks like a pond with poles, etc. with prizes floating in
it and charge $1 to fish for a prize. Great
for kid's teams. Place
a herd of cows in an individual's yard or a place of business. In order to have
them moved the individual or business must pay $25, but then they can decide
where they go next. Place
a flock of pink flamingos in yards or places of business. In order to have them
moved the individual or business must pay
$25, but then they decide where they go next. Have
a neighborhood block party. Sell food and charge admission. Host
a theme dance or party. It could be a sock hop, beach party, disco, square
dance, dance for senior citizens, etc. Charge
a dime-a-dance at the Relay For Life. Provide music
at your campsite and other people can pay to dance with your team members. X-ray day. Have a local hospital or clinic donate a certain dollar amount for each x-ray taken that day. Cigarette
Vending Machine Demolition.
Charge $$ for people to take a swing at a vending
machine with a mallet (remove glass first). Day
Spa.
Hair cuts, manicures, massages, and charge a fee. Sport
Tournaments Set up challenge matches between individuals or departments for
basketball, softball, football, any sport! Charge an entry fee and admission
fee. Sell refreshments at the event. Team
members count the hours of sleep they slept the night before and pay that
amount. Allow
people to bid on being boss for the day - high bid wins. Host
a brown bag lunch day. Everyone brings in their lunch and donates the money they
would have spent to the Relay For Life fund. Institute
Casual for Cancer or Denim Days. Ask your company CEO or president to let staff
dress casually or wear denim for a $5 or more donation. Rent
videos (old classics are great and short) and have a movie week during lunch
hour. Charge admission and invite
employees to eat their lunch while they watch. If
your company has a matching gift program, that's an effective way to double your
fund-raising efforts. Start
a No More Cancer Day. Just declare a day at a business to help the American
Cancer Society raise funds to find a cure. Designate
an Oscar the Grouch Day. Each time a coworker grouches about something during
the week, he must pay a designated amount of money to the team member that
catches him grouching. It's simple and convenient to put a little Relay For Life in every payday with a special Relay For Life payroll deduction option. Whether you're on a Relay For Life team or not, you can make your company's team dollars add up - one paycheck, at a time. Payroll deduction is a "painless" way to give. By contributing an amount from every paycheck, you can make a truly meaningful personal gift to the American Cancer Society by the day of the Relay For Life. Through payroll deduction, you can make a difference in the fight against cancer all year round! Please talk to your American Cancer Society representative about how your company can set up a payroll deduction plan. Have
preschool and elementary students produce works of art and have a show. Parents
and friends buy back their budding artists' masterpiece. Hold
a silent or live auction at your business, in your neighborhood, at church,
anywhere. Ask for donations of unique and personal items such as homemade toys
or art, a hand- knit sweater, breakfast or dinner at someone's home, a ride on
someone's sailboat. Display the items (or their description) prior to the event.
Hold the auction over lunch or another convenient time. Auction off: .
A prime parking space at work. .
A half or whole day off from work. .
Team members to work for a day for someone .
A picnic-ensemble together in your cafeteria, or some other general meet- ing
area, and auction off a picnic lunch that
the team has prepared. .
The boss - have the boss or department head as your assistant for a day at work.
Babysitters
are always a commodity! Auction off babysitting services. This is a great idea
for a student team. Dust
those bookshelves and have a book sale! Drawings
for a donated item from a local business (dinner for 2, movie tickets, etc.) Show
me the money. Set out a jar of pennies with a sign "Can you guess how much
$$ is in the jar?" and charge $1 per guess.
Closest guess wins the contents of the jar. Pullout
all the card tables and have
a garage sale. Don't limit it to just your stuff. Ask friends, neighbors, and
coworkers to donate items to your garage sale or hold a team garage sale and
have all team members bring items. Ask
team members to raise a minimum of$100 to get their name in a drawing for a
giveaway. Make sure the giveaway item is donated from a local store - jewelry is
always nice. B-I-N-G-O
games.
Just ask participants to donate their winnings! Dunk
tanks. Get a local company/business to underwrite the cost of a dunk tank and
charge money to dunk someone. A famous or popular person in town always works
best. Hold
a car wash, yard sale, raffle, bake sale, and snack bar all in one afternoon.
Promote it allover town and pick a high traffic area. Fund-Raising
Tips Be
Informed.
People are more inclined to give a donation when they know how their
money will be used. Give details
about Relay For Life and show the video. Explain that
the funds you raise will help support the American Cancer Society in research,
programs, and public education. Ask
for Donations.
Relay For Life participants collect donations
rather than pledges from their friends, family members and associates. All cash
and checks are turned in before the event, eliminating the hassle of collecting
pledges after the event. Motivate
the people around you! .
Dedicate your team effort to someone who has had cancer. .
Challenge individual team members to raise the most money. .
Set team goals higher than the required minimum. .
Challenge teams from other departments, schools or organizations. .
Display a goal board or thermometer to show total dollars raised.
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Publicize names of team members and donors on bulletin board in cafeteria .
Hold a contest to determine your team theme. .
Honor team supporters with buttons or ribbons. .
Provide newsletter highlights about team members and cancer survivors. .
Display bulletin board notes - "Why I'm Walking." .
Spotlight highest donor of the week with a free soda, coffee, snack or lunch Motivating
you Motivate
your team members to double or triple your team's goal and keep them excited by
trying one of the suggested ideas below. It gives your team members support,
recognition and attention from everyone in their office, and although it
requires a little work on your part, you'll have great team spirit
as a result. .
Use Monopoly money or make your own fake money and include a note with this
challenge goal message: Here's $100 for you to match in donations this week. .
Payday candy bar challenge message: It's payday! Ask 10 coworkers for a
donation today. .
Rold Gold Pretzels challenge message: Our team is going for the gold! Ask
everyone you see wearing gold this week for a donation. .
Balloon challenge message: We're rising above all the
rest. Ask 10 people over 4 feet high for a donation. .
Baked goodies (cookies, brownies) challenge message: Here's to sweet success.
Ask your sweethearts (spouses, parents,
neighbors) for a donation. .
Moon Pie challenge message: Let's shoot for the moon. Ask 5 people each day
after dark for a donation. .
Lifesavers Roll or Lollipop challenge message: You're a lifesaver! Ask community
workers (doctors, teachers, policemen)
for a donation. .
Red Hots challenge message: You're a red-hot fund raiser! Ask everyone you see
wearing red this week for a donation.
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Bag of microwave popcorn challenge message: Pop the top off our goal! Ask dads
and grandfathers for donations. .
Kudos challenge message: Kudos to you! Put a message on a Kudos snack bar. .
Rice Krispies Treats challenge message: It is
a real treat to work with you! . Glue fake jewels (from a craft store) to a card message: You're a gem of a team member! You can do it! Build
your team a Web page! "What the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve." "Without a goal we LET things happen. With a goal we MAKE things happen"
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