Welcome To

Meeting #1

Relay For Life

Who We Are: Colleges Against

CancerColleges Against Cancer (CAC) is a nationwide collaboration of students, faculty and

staff dedicated to eliminating cancer by working to implement the programs and mission of the American Cancer Society. With hundreds of chapters nationwide, CAC is

showing the world that young people care and want to make a difference.

In other words…•We want to help rid the world from cancer•We get help from the American Cancer Society•We’re in universities all over the country!

What does CAC do?

Advocacy•Work with elected officials and

campus admins to influence policies related to cancer

•Help make students’ voices heard

Cancer Education• Help educate everyone on campus

about how to prevent and detect cancer

•Spread awareness throughout campus about cancer

Relay For Life!•Our main event- CAC typically plans and

hosts this event

•Why we’re here today!

Survivorship•Honor and support survivors and their

struggle

•Hold events with survivors in our community

Quick Run Through of RELAY• Registration begins at 4pm• Opening ceremony at 6pm• Walk around the track, participate in themed

laps, fundraisers, games, and other activities• HAVE MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF FUN• Clean up, leave at 6 am

ACS Mission Statement

• The American Cancer Society!– The American Cancer Society is the nationwide,

community-based, voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and service.

– Stay Well. Get Well. Find Cures. Fight Back.

Where Does Your Money Go?

• 79 cents of every dollar raised goes to:–Research–Education–Advocacy–Patient Services

Important Dates:

• Team Captains Meeting #2– March 8, 2012

• Team Captains Meeting #3 and Bank Night– April 12, 2012

• RELAY FOR LIFE OF BU – April 14, 2012

OUR GOALS FOR 2012

• 1600 participants• 196 teams–1 team per country

• $125,000

Where are we now?

• 298 Participants• 65 teams• $6,787 raised

Top Teams

• Mission: Possible: $1,355• Alpha Phi Omega: $930• Sigma Kappa Sorority: $790

Top Participants

• Rachel Podber: $1,030• Ali Lifton: $585• Kimberly Weston: $500

Roles of a Team Captain

• Attend all Team Captains meetings• Encourage friends and family to sign up!• FUNDRAISE! • Utilize the website• Pass information on to your team• Organize and delegate

Let’s Start With…• Attending Team Captains Meetings!– ATTEND ALL TEAM CAPTAINS MEETINGS– They are mandatory, and necessary for us to provide

you with some vital information to make your team’s Relay experience the best it can be!

– Dates: • March 8, 2012: Team Captains Meeting #2• April 12, 2012: Team Captains Meeting #3 and Bank Night

Let’s Continue With…• HOW TO GET PEOPLE TO JOIN YOUR

TEAM. Ask:– Friends– Classmates

• Sheets with info. Write on the board.

– Teammates– Floor-mates, suite-mates, house-mates

• Floor event?

– Fraternity/Sorority brothers/sisters– Professors, TAs

But how do I ask them??

• Tell them why you Relay!– Sharing a story will help you

connect with people• Let them know about Relay and

what CAC’s mission is– The more info they have, the

more likely they are to join the cause

Set Goals• Set goals for yourself.– Raising $100 gets you an American

Cancer Society T-shirt!• Set goals for your team– Create small incentives for your

team to fundraise– If you reach it, set the goal higher!

Individual Fundraising

• Ask family members and friends– A kind, personalized email or letter goes a long way.

• Ask your own and your parents’ co-workers– Parents may have coworkers that have been affected

by cancer and want to donate.• Social Networking-Facebook, Twitter, etc.– Post the website for people to donate or at least

advertise Relay. You never know when someone may donate!

Team Fundraising• Off-site fundraising: before Relay– If any teams have ideas email them

to relaybufundraising@gmail.com and we can help organize it and plan it

– Some events will be organized for teams to run

• On-site fundraising: at Relay

Website Resources

Fundraising Tools

Your Personal Page

Your Team Page

Announcements• The theme of Relay is THE OLYMPICS.– Please sign up to represent a country!– If you have not, see me after the meeting or email

us at teamd.relaybu@gmail.com• Later this semester, we will be auctioning off a

class from KAPLAN. Stay tuned for more info!

Questions?