TEAM CAPTAINS MEETING
April 9, 2010
Tickets are $1
 Write your team name on the ticket
 Winning team will have all the money
collected deposited into their team
account
 Every TC meeting from
now till Relay!
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Virginia Tech…
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the$100
$10 school
$71,435
1382 Participants
308 Teams
TEAM
PARTICIPANT
Top
Top
$3,920
$3,010
Average
Average
$231
$51
Goal
Goal
$1,000
$100
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1 Case of Latex Gloves ($60)
500 Test Tubes ($150)
100 Sheets of X-ray Film ($4 each)
10 Road to Recovery Round Trips ($39 each)
5 Look Good… Feel Better ($200 each)
10 Nights at Hope Lodge ($1000 each)
10 Microscopes ($2000 each)
10 Clinical Trials ($3000 each)
2 Dividing DNA Study ($5000 each)
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We can double everything previously listed
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Or we can fund a behavior study for $100,000
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Just imagine if we recruit 5,000 more people
and they all raise $100… that’s $500,000 we
can give to support cancer research, support
programs, and treatment.
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Send emails
◦ Each email averages $26
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Send Cards
Encourage Others
◦ Support You
◦ Join You
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Provide a Service
Just Ask!
Organize a fundraiser
 Canning
 Bake sale
 Car Wash
 Date Auction
 Corn Hole Tourney
 Spaghetti Dinner
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Start brainstorming that onsite fundraiser!
VT Relay Team Fundraising Madness
The participant who sends the MOST EMAILS
though the website from January 27 to
kickoff (February 10th) will win…
…A VT RELAY PRIZE PACK!!!
WINNER ANNOUCED
AT KICKOFF!
EVERY SUNDAY NIGHT!!!
MOE’S
Thursday, February 18th
5 – 8 PM
LOG CABIN BBQ
Tuesday, March 2nd
5 – 8 PM
CRAWL FOR A CURE
Claire
[email protected] 
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Every Team Captain’s Meeting is a bank
night! (starting at 6:30PM)
Bring your money!
Last meeting we collected over $1200
dollars!!
You Need:
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Donation Envelopes
Accounting Sheets
To roll your coins!
Make checks payable to “American Cancer
Society”
Questions????
◦ Contact Megan Salvato
[email protected]
2/10-6 PM – Kickoff McComas
Gym
3/3—7:00 PM GLC
3/24—7 :00 PM SSC Colonial Hall
4/5—7:00 PM GLC
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Be a Liaison
◦ Be knowledgeable about the event
◦ Come to the TC meetings
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Recruit teammates and participants
Educate your friends, family, and local
community
◦ Tell “Why you Relay”
Be an active leader
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Motivate and Inspire others
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◦ Fundraising
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In 2009 an estimated 1,479,350 new cases of
cancer were diagnosed.
562,340 people lost their battle
Do something every single day to help with the
fight to end cancer
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Check out the 60 Days of Relay from vtrelay.org!!!!!
Follow along with the days
Make the sayings your facebook status once a week
Make sure your team knows about the 60 Days of Relay
and show it to them on the webpage
SHANNON HENRETTY
TEAM CAPTAIN
CANCER
RATES ARE CURRENTLY DECLINING!
LAST YEAR THE EFFORTS OF THE AMERICAN
CANCER SOCIETY WERE SAVING 90 LIVES
EVERYDAY DAY.
NOW,
THE
ACS IS SAVING
273 MORE
LIVES!!
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When? April 9th, 4pm
Where? Drillfield, Survivor’s Tent
Who can come? Cancer survivors, people
currently battling cancer, and caregivers
Why? Celebrate those who have won their
fight and encourage those who are still
battling
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After the banquet, we will celebrate the
Survivor’s and their Caregivers with a lap
around the track to start the event
Survivor’s Tent available all night
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Email Nataleigh [email protected]
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Best looking…
Campsite
Most creative…
Fundraising idea
Most athletic…
Participating in the
most athletic events
Most improved…
Most money raised in
the last month
Relay Clown…Funniest
theme/dress/campsite
Most spirited…
Team at the event
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Best Dressed…
Theme laps
Most Supportive…
Recruiting the most
survivors
Most Popular…
Onsite fundraiser
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Most Hardworking…
Most money donated
per person
There is proven research that our
generation will find a CURE for Cancer!
This fight starts with YOU!
GET PUMPED!!!!!!!!!!!
February 10th 6-8 pm
McComas Hall
A
freakin’ awesome time!! DUH!
 1st
100 people receive a relay
cooler
 Free
 15
food and prizes!
Minute ZUMBA Class
 Guest Speaker Josh Sundquist
◦ Lost his leg to rare bone cancer at the age
of nine
◦ Paralympics skier in the 2006 Paralympics
games
◦ Spoken for fortune 500 companies and
many other relay events
◦ Will be autographing his new book an
talking with everyone about his
experiences
Tequila Cancer Shot Glasses
 Relay Jewelry
 Relay Shades, Magnets, Koozies
 T-Shirts (WTF shirts and more!)
 Pictures
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There will be credit card machines at
the event!!
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$10
Checks made out to
Anna Tobia
Questions
◦ Contact Anna at
[email protected]
Raffle Winner….
See you all at
KICKOFF!!!!!!!!!!