How do you incorporate Fightback into Closing Ceremony?
Verity Currey
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Joined: 2007-08-08
Hi there
I was just wondering whether anyone can help me with how you incorporate the Fightback Ceremony into the Closing Ceremony and still do all the normal patting yourself on the back for the amount raised, hand out all the prizes for various competitions, anounce next year's date, event chair etc, etc without losing the pumped atmosphere created by Fightback? Does Fightback replace the Closing Ceremony or is it a part of it? We thought we might do all the prizes on the Saturday evening and have the Fightback Ceremony on the Sunday morning followed by the amount raised announcement and then the last lap. The Fightback Ceremony completely took my breath away at Dallas Summit and I really would like some input to get it right!
Our Relay runs from 8 pm on Friday to 8am Saturday. Our ceremonies chair scheduled the fight back ceremony at midnight to echo the why we relay sentiment. It worked really well and served as a boost to make it the rest of the way. We then did our closing as normal at 8 am.
June 10, 2008 - 4:36pm login or register to post comments
relaygirl001
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Joined: 2006-09-25
Fight Back Ceremony
When I went to Summit, I was under the impression that the Fight Back Ceremony is not in place of closing ceremonies, but instead, an additional ceremony. I double checked with my staff partner and was told that yes, it is an additional ceremony. We plan to have ours at 6:00 a.m. and closing ceremonies at 7:00 a.m.
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Stacy Mendenhall
Tulsa Relay Event Chair
February 18, 2008 - 8:16pm login or register to post comments
Rick Bodson
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Fight Back and Closing Ceremony
At the top of the right nav is the "Committee Chair Toolkit". Click on it and in the intro paragraphs, click on the link for the "Celebrate. Remember. Fight Back. Guidebook." The closing ceremony, now renamed the Fight Back Ceremony, is discussed at page 59. NOTE: The Guidebook is a very large PDF, so it'll take time to open.
/Rick
November 25, 2007 - 6:18pm login or register to post comments
Verity Currey
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Joined: 2007-08-08
CRFB Guidebook
Dear Rick
Thanks for pointing me in the direction of this guidebook. It's a wonderful resource.
Verity
November 26, 2007 - 8:06pm login or register to post comments
JJ Atkins
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Joined: 2007-11-04
Giving Cancer a 1, 2 Punch!
Here is what we are doing for Fight Back! We are a college, so it might be a little bit different for everyone else.
We are making a "boxing ring" in the gym that we are having our Relay. There will be wrestling mats on the floor in a square with four flag poles at the corners. Purple and white streamers are wrapped around the flag poles to make a boxing ring. One of the Chairs is placed in the ring with big red boxing gloves and a microphone.
As participants walk around the track they have their flags and pledge cards. They take their flag and stab it into a big piece of foam and walk into the ring with their pledge and tell everyone how they will fight back against cancer. i.e., "I'm fighting skin cancer this year by putting on sun screen!" We take the foam with flags slap on a banner (the slogan I havn't come up with) and present it to our administrators.
So I guess my question is what should my slogan be? And kinda rush it, my Relay is THIS WEEKEND :-X
~JJ, Event Chair, RFL of JWU
March 13, 2008 - 8:38am login or register to post comments
Jeff Montegut
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Anyone else who has creative
Anyone else who has creative ideas - please share here.
November 27, 2007 - 10:51am login or register to post comments
joeyjamison
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Joined: 2008-01-16
since we doing the 24 hr
since we doing the 24 hr relay for the first time, we decided to do the Fight Back Celebration on Saturday morning at 10a. kinds of a pep rally and a push to keep going to get the relay fired back up
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Joey Jamison 2009 South Hinds Relay for Life Production Chair Online Chair April 24 - 25, 2009 6pm - 6pm (24 HRS) Country Woods Baptist Church (Byram, MS)
January 16, 2008 - 4:44am login or register to post comments
relaydivajuli
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Joined: 2006-11-06
Fight Back
Joey, does your Relay start at 10 on Friday? Or does this mean you are doing the Fight Back ceremony as your opening Ceremony?
Verity
Joined: 2007-08-08