Welcome!
Tonight’s Rally
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Icebreaker!
ACS CAN
Accounting Updates
Fundraising App
Focus on Teams
Fundraising Spotlight
Upcoming Dates, Deadlines, & Reminders
It’s time for….
RELAY BINGO!
• Get on your feet
• Meet your fellow Relayers
•Be sure to write down names & answers
• Yell “RELAY BINGO” when you get a bingo
• First person with a bingo wins a prize!
Ready, and GO!
ACS CAN:
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
Christopher Friend,
Washington Grassroots Manager
2016 ACS CAN Day
Tuesday, February 16th
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
G.A. Auditorium, Capitol Campus
Please RSVP to:
Christopher Friend
[email protected]
(206)674-4114
For more info visit:
http://acscan.org/events/view/event/2278
How can YOU get involved?
• Become a CAN member today!
– Forms are at your table!
• Simply…
– Fill our your CAN form
– Hold it in the air
– We’ll collect them right now!
• Become a CAN Club team!
– Recruit 10 ACS CAN members from your team!
– Receive a special ACS CAN Club garden flag to
proudly display!
Accounting Updates
Shannon Zengel, Event Lead
[email protected]
Ways to Submit Funds…
• Use the ACS Fundraising App!
• Mail donations to local ACS office:
– Be sure to include what team/participant the
donation should be credited to! 
American Cancer Society
Attn: RFL of Thurston County
1313 Broadway, Suite 100
Tacoma, WA 98402
• Using a donation envelope at bank night…
Quick Refresher…
Other Helpful Tips…
• Change:
– We can accept change!
– If possible, please use coin rolls.
– Coins can be exchanged for NO FEE at any
Timberland Bank branch in Thurston
County, & the money order will be made
payable to ACS.
Thank you, Timberland Bank!
Special Handling…
• ACS CAN Forms:
– Please submit CAN forms & payment together.
– All CAN forms should be signed.
– Please indicate ACS CAN on your donation envelope.
• Raffle Money:
– Raffle funds should be submitted with necessary
paperwork.
– Please indicate RAFFLE on your donation envelope.
• Matching Funds:
– Include the matching gift instructions.
– Please indicate MATCHING GIFT on your donation
envelope.
Special Handling for Sponsorships
• Event Sponsorships (cash):
– Mail directly to ACS office, or
– Submit at bank night:
• Submit sponsorship contract & payment together.
• Please indicate EVENT SPONSORSHIP on the
donation envelope.
• Remember, the deadline for sponsorships
is April 15th!
Business Card Sponsorship
• For a $200 donation, a business card can be
included in the event program.
• Submitting a business card sponsorship:
– Online:
• Donor/business makes a $200 online to team/individual.
• Forward an electronic copy of their receipt & business
card to [email protected].
• Please denote this as a business card sponsorship.
– Offline:
• Submit donation, attached to the Business Card Supporter
Offline Submission Form, in a donation envelope during
bank night.
American Cancer Society
Fundraising App
Shelley Sprouffske, Team Captain
Strategy Lead, Great West Division
What to know about the Fundraising App
• Collect donations on the spot!
• Donations will be credited toward your fundraising
total & be displayed in near real time on you
Dashboard.
• All transactions are secure & safe.
• Checks, Visa, MasterCard, AmEx, & Discover cards
are accepted.
It’s Easy…Even a Kid Can Do It!
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Log in
Select “Accept Donation”
Enter donor’s name & donation amount
Scan card or check
– Using the camera on your phone, be sure all 4 corners of
the check are visible.
– Helpful tip – Use a contrasting background!
• Receipts are given by email or snail mail
Time to Try the App!
Who wants to boost their fundraising efforts…
RIGHT NOW?!
Focus on Teams
Donna Wise, Team Ambassador
[email protected]
Easy Ways to Raise $100
• The #1 reason people donate is because someone asked!
• Individuals that raise $100+ will be a Hope Club member!
• What can $100 do?
– Provide 10 rides to/from treatment (Road to Recovery).
– Provide a breast cancer patient with 1-on-1 peer support from a
trained volunteer breast cancer survivor (Reach to Recovery).
– Provide a cancer patient & their caregiver with 5 nights of free
lodging, when their best option for treatment is away from
home (Hope Lodge).
– Fund groundbreaking research & new clinical
trials.
Individual FUNdraising Ideas
• Online Fundraising: Social Media & Emails
– Everybody has been touched by cancer. Make an ask through your
social media forum(s), or send emails using your Relay Dashboard.
• Hope Fundraising Activity & Hope Scratch Card
– Each completed activity will raise $100!
• Collect Loose Change
• Virtual Bake Sale
– Don’t have a place to set up a bake sale? For a donation, offer to
deliver your best tasty treats!
• Host a Clothing Swap
– Have clothes cluttering up your closet? Host a clothing swap!
Participants pay an entry fee & bring clothes to swap. You provide
refreshments!
Letter Writing
The most successful form of individual fundraising!
• Make it personal – WHY do you Relay?
• Be original
– A letter including a photos will get attention!
• Early on, make the ask!
– Don’t limit your donors, try asking for a specific range.
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What Relay For Life is (fact)
Why you are involved & what it means to you (feeling)
When your event is & where the money goes (fact)
Describe the luminaria ceremony (feeling)
Tell how to purchase luminaria to honor someone they love
(fact & feeling)
Letter Writing (cont.)
• Set a deadline
– People respond when there is a sense of urgency.
– Provide them with your personal link, or include a selfaddressed stamped envelope.
• Personalize your note
• Invite them to the event
– If they are outside the local area, include information about
their closest event.
• Follow up with a thank you!
Team FUNdraisers
• Restaurant Take-Overs
– Applebee’s (Flapjack Fundraiser & Dine to Donate)
– Limeberry
– Buffalo Wild Wings
– Panera Bread
• Garage Sales
• Car Washes
• Dinner & Auction
Workplace FUNdraisers
• Dress Down Days
– Some workplaces will allow participants to “dress down” in
return for a donation.
• Food Bar Fun
– Your co-workers will gladly donate $5-$10 for a super tasty
lunch or afternoon treat for a great cause!
• Penny Wars
– Compete against departments in your workplace to see
who can collect the most pennies for Relay. All silver and
paper money in the penny jars count against the total
number of pennies, so each team tries to sabotage each
other’s jars with bills and large coins.
• Bake Sale
November Team Captain Challenge Winners
• November Rally Survey!
– Heather Ayers (Geneva Woods: There’s No Place Like Healthy)
• Hold a team meeting!
– M&M Bandits for a Cure!
• $52 Challenge!
– Danielle Dahm (ABC Always Beating Cancer)
January Team Captain Challenges
• Turn in your January Rally Survey!
• Become an ACS CAN member tonight!
• Pack the Track Challenge!
– Get your team registered!
– The team that registers the most participants between
1/13 & 2/8 will win this challenge!
Welcome to the Hope Club!
Individuals that have raised $100+
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Jonathan Sprouffske
Shelley Sprouffske
Shannon Zengel
Christie Fennel
Sandy Taylor
Brandy Sheaffer
Cherie Crabill
Carole Jenkins
Ed Tate
Bethany Wise
April Pigue
Danae Pigue
Heather Lattin
Dar Shaw
Amy Perlman
Tasha Bergren
Amanda Hinchcliff
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Tami Greer
Dee Landowski
Bill Crabill
Chelsie Maifea
Rachel Eastabrook
Sabrina Holt
Lars Urvina
Tara Urvina
Sharon Kartman
Joan Garrick
Christy Lott
Denise Pigue
Matthew Lattin
Betty Watson
Kristina Baird
Carla Martin
Angie Dorian
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Chris Meserve
Chuck Szurszewski
Danielle Dahm
Julia Nelson
Sandee Mills
Susan Gordham
Jodi Phillips
Sheila Carew
Jim Williams
Nichole Woolsey
Tami Philamalee
Sonny Philamalee
Victoria Lattin
Aric Philamalee
Brandi Jeffries
Julie Hinchcliff
Jack Wetzel
Welcome to the Grand Club!
Chris Meserve
Connolly’s Crew
Chuck Szurszewski
Connolly’s Crew
Sally King
Walking for Wishes
Team Fundraising Club:
Rising Star ($1,000+)
• Wrap it up for Cancer: $1,000
• ABC Always Beating Cancer: $1,030
• Cupcake Mafia: $1,192
• M&M Bandits for a Cure: $1,258
• Team WREC: $1,600
Team Fundraising Club:
Bronze Level ($2,500+)
• Walking for Wishes: $3,206
Team Fundraising Club:
Silver Level ($3,500+)
• Phil Harlan’s Homes 4 Hope: $3,542
• Team Cameron Forever: $4,099
• Connolly’s Crew: $4,975
FUNdraising Spotlight…
Starring YOU!
Tell us about any upcoming
FUNdraisers!
Upcoming Dates, Deadlines, & Reminders
Janelle Guthrie
Communications Lead
The Power of Publicity
• Use the local media to help promote your fundraisers!
• Suggested content to include:
– What, Who, Where, Cost, (Team) Background, Relay Info
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The Olympian: www.calendar.theolympian.com/add.aspx
KRXY: Email [email protected]
ThurstonTalk: www.thurstontalk.com/olympia-events-calendar/
KGY: www.kgyfm.com/#!contact/czpl
Making an Ask
• Always be prepared with your elevator speech!
• Always start with the WHY.
• HOW does this affect you?
• WHAT can you do? This is the ask!
• You can use your elevator speech to seek:
– Donations, team members, sponsors, & more!
• Homework assignment…
– Practice YOUR elevator speech!
2016 Survivor Luncheon
Survivors & their Caregivers are invited to join
us for our annual Survivor Luncheon.
Saturday, February 20th
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
DoubleTree by Hilton
415 Capitol Way North, Olympia
Please RSVP by February 15th to:
Shannon Zengel
[email protected]
Mark Your Calendars….
• Tuesday, February 9th:
– February Team Rally, 5:45PM, @ Middleton Auditorium
• Tuesday, February 16th:
– ACS CAN Day at the Capitol
• Saturday, February 20th:
– Survivor Luncheon @ DoubleTree by Hilton
• Friday, April 15th:
– Hope Club T-Shirt Deadline
– Event Sponsorship Deadline
– Business Card Sponsorship Deadline
Coming in February….
• Tent Site Selections Begin!
• Selection Order:
– Top 10 2015 teams
– Order that commitment forms were turned in at Relay
– Based on registration date
• RV Reservations Open!
– RV reservations will cost $50 per RV
– Reserve your spot during bank nights
• Submit necessary funds & place your name on the provided
RV list at the accounting table!
• Limited space available….reserve early!
Thank You for Coming!
Next Team Rally:
Tuesday, February 9th
Visit us at: relayforlifeofthurston.org & facebook.com/thurstonrelay