2012 Best Year Ever

First Team Meeting

What brought you Relay?

Lets get organized

Video: Team Development (3:33)

(http://www.relayforlife.org/learn/photosandvideos/videos/index?galleryName=Training)

Facts and Things to Share

• Team Captain Packet • Bring to all meetings

• 2012 Goals

– Raise $50,000– Celebrate 55 Survivors– Recruit 20 American Cancer Society Cancer Action

Network members (ACS CAN)

What makes a successful team?

• 15 team members – $100/each, $1500/team

• Set a fundraising goal• You tell people how they can help

– I am trying to raise $100 for the American Cancer Society through their signature event the Relay For Life. Can you donate $10 to help me reach my goal?

What happens when teams start fundraising

early

3 Months before Relay•Raise $2,095 on average2 Months before Relay•Raise $1,575 on average1 Month before Relay•Raise $924 on average

•Makes life easier

Relay Bucks

• Every participant can earn them

• Earn them at each meeting– Have someone from your team come to the meeting– Share your ideas and celebrations– Share your challenges

• Cash the in for prizes at the Wrap up Party on Wednesday, May 16– prizes include great Relay Gear blanket, thumb drive,

coffee mugs, and more

T-Shirts

• Participants who raise $100 earn free event t-shirt

• Help us with ordering – Only order one t-shirt for every $100 you expect to turn in

by Bank Night. – T-shirts are picked up at Bank Night. – If you need more shirts, but haven’t yet qualified for them

you can get them at each money drop at Relay.

• Complete and turn in t-shirt order form at next meeting. – In the front pocket of your Team Captain Kit

What’s Next

• Second Team Meeting– Communicate

• March 28 at 6:00 pm here• Share your fundraising plan and goals• Order t-shirts for your team• We will share some logistics about Relay

• Fundraising Workshop– March 29, 6:30pm – 8:30pm, 20450 Civic Center Dr, Southfield

• Third Team Meeting– Support

• April 18 at 6:00 pm here• Share your celebrations and challenges• Go over final event day and bank night details

Mission Moment (4:17)

(http://www.relayforlife.org/learn/photosandvideos/videos/index?galleryName=Survivors and Caregivers)

Lets Celebrate you!Fundraising Level Achieved

Get your cameras ready! At the next meeting we will start recognizing teams that reach these levels.

Parking Lot

Thank you for helping us raise $50,000 to fund the fight against all cancers