Celebrate. Remember. Fight Back.
 Fight Back is not the name of a tent at Relay For Life…
It is a Way of Life!
 Fighting back occurs before, during, and after Relay by each one of
you. It means sharing information with those who could benefit by
the knowledge of what ACS provides. It means educating people on
how to prevent cancer, how early detection saves lives, and how their
donations work toward finding a cure.
 So it makes sense that during Relay For Life each booth should
provide information to Relay attendees. It is our goal that at least
80% of Turlock’s teams have a Fight Back Mission.
American Cancer Society
800-ACS-2345
www.cancer.org
FIGHT BACK
 What does this mean to you?
 You can choose to sign up for the topic your team wants to incorporate at
your booth. Please email Manda Hardy at [email protected] with
the topic your team has selected. Please also include a general form of
delivery (i.e. posters, game, skit, brochure, bingo, etc.) She will create a list
for viewing online.
 Topics can be an ACS service/program, information about a type of cancer
including prevention/detection, or staying healthy in general which will help
prevent cancer.
 The educational format can be a game, skit, poster, challenge or whatever
creative format your team creates. Interactive is always better than just
posters or brochures.
American Cancer Society
800-ACS-2345
www.cancer.org
FIGHT BACK
Fight Back Mission
ACS Support Services & Programs
−Road To Recovery
−Look Good…Feel Better
−Look Good…Feel Better for Teens
−Hope Lodge: Temporary Housing
−Reach to Recovery
−I Can Cope
−“TLC” Tender Loving Care
−Taking Care of Money Matters
−Man to Man
−Cancer Resource Network
Cancer Awareness
−Great American Health Challenge
−Any/All types of cancer
Camps for Kids with Cancer, or
Camps for Kids whose Parents
have Cancer
American Cancer Society
Mission - Continued
ACS Prevention & Detection Programs
−Colon Cancer Initiatives
−Tell A Friend
−National Breast & Cervical Cancer Early
Detection Program
−Let’s Talk About It
−Generation Fit
−Active For Life
−Meeting Well
−School Health
Delivery of Mission
Games
Skits
Posters
Quizzes
Challenges
Bingo
Display
Posters
Sandwich Boards
OR anything else you can
think of!
800-ACS-2345
www.cancer.org
FIGHT BACK
Example #1
Fight Back Mission: Tobacco Cessation
Slogan: Toss The Butts!
Game: Make large foam cigarette butts and have them
toss it through a hanging toilet seat. Give a small prize for
those who can make it.
Have a poster with statistics about tobacco use, cancer,
options for quitting, etc.
American Cancer Society
800-ACS-2345
www.cancer.org
FIGHT BACK
Example #2
Fight Back Mission: Fight Back
Slogan: Fight Back Against Cancer
Display: Have a medieval backdrop and “knight” gear
(breastplate, helmet, etc). Take Polaroid pictures of
Relayers ready to “fight back” against cancer
Provide magnets with the ACS phone number and web
address to those who stop by.
American Cancer Society
800-ACS-2345
www.cancer.org
FIGHT BACK
Example #3
Fight Back Mission: Road To Recovery
Slogan: Make The Road to Recovery Fast
Activity: Have two cardboard cars for races. Have DJ
Dave announce what Road To Recovery is, that volunteers
are needed in real life and for the next race on the track.
Encourage people to consider volunteering as a driver for
Road To Recovery and put it on their pledge card. Hang
letters cancer patients wrote to ACS telling them how Road
To Recovery has helped them.
American Cancer Society
800-ACS-2345
www.cancer.org
ACS is built on Volunteerism
 Two ACS programs that need more volunteers right now are:
1. Road to Recover: provides rides to and from treatment for
people with cancer who do not have a ride or are unable to drive
themselves.
2. Call Back: contact cancer patients, survivors and caregivers who
have been helped with American Cancer Society programs to ensure
that we have met their needs and offer additional services.
 In the Fight Back Tent we will be looking for people to
volunteer for these programs and to write it on their Pledge
Card. You also can promote these two programs.
American Cancer Society
800-ACS-2345
www.cancer.org