I was just wondering if anyone had any ideas for recuiting teams for all-youth relays. My school district, which includes my high school and 2 other high schools in the areahas an all-youth relay. Our goal is to gave 190 teams of 10 people for this years relay. If anyone has any suggestions whatsoever I would really appreciate it. Thanks in advance.
It seems as if the challenges of recruiting youth are different than for more typical (e.g. community relays with more adults) events. Here are some ideas:
·Get student leaders/student leadership organizations involved – If you can get some key leaders (Student president, honor organizations, etc.) involved, they can get their organizations involved.
·Service credits - Get help from teachers and see if Relay For Life involvement can fulfill “service credits”, “extra credit” for certain classes
·Get the support of your Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) – the PTO can be a great way to get help, get your parents involved in Relay For Life, and get your parents’ permission, most of all!
·Hold School Fundraisers (with approval) – Fundraisers can be great awareness builders.Holding year around activities is a way to keep Relay going.You could have any or all of the following:
ocar washes – A car wash can be a great way to raise money!
obake sales – Get approval to hold bake sales at your school – a great way to raise money!
obowl-a-thon – Hold a bowl a thon at a local bowling alley…
ominiature golf tournament – Hold a miniature golf tourney at a local golf course.
o'Hats Off Day' for Camp Sunshine or your local kids’ cancer program -“You know how a high school kid will give anything to wear a hat," she said. On this day, the principal let kids wear a hat if they donated either a new hat, an old hat (that can be washed), or money.Participants got to wear a hat — and a sticker saying the principal had OK'd their headgear. Others pitched in: parents offered to wash the "pre-owned" hats. The football team signed hats. The school raised $650 — and 250 hats.”- Thanks to Walton High School!
·Honor a teacher or student who has battled cancer (with their/ their family’s permission, of course) – This makes it real for everyone – cancer is not someone else’s disease – sooner or later, it will be something that just about every one of us will face, whether it is ourself or a close family member or friend who has the disease.
·Youth info kit - There may be some things that you might find helpful as recruiting and organizing tools for youth:
·Start a Relay For Life High School or College Club - Start a Relay For Life High School or College Club – Fighting cancer is a task that your school can unite behind!Some tips:
Find a school teacher/professor to sponsor your club – this gets you support for your club and gets adults involved, too.
Encourage other high schools/colleges to start up Relay For Life Clubs - them up, and have your teams or event compete with theirs to see who can *Raise the most money, * walk/run the most laps*other creative, competitive ideas!
A Relay For Life Club can serve several different purposes:
a.Planning and organizing a Relay For Life Event at your high school – Your fellow high school students can serve as the committee members to organize the event.You can recruit other students to be on your teams.
b.Coordinating a team or teams for your local Relay For Life event – Have your fellow students form a team or teams!
c.Holding Fundraisers (see above) and Cancer Awareness Activities at your school – Work with your professor/teacher to teach other students about cancer, how to prevent it and how they can help!
February 16, 2007 - 8:54am login or register to post comments
adampellegrini
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Viral Videos
One way would be to send out the Relay Youth video via email as a recruitment tool. You can send it via Google video which has an email option with your contact information back.
February 15, 2007 - 11:39am login or register to post comments
Got Hope
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Hi Cate,
It's always
Hi Cate,
It's always worth trying local places of worship. That is actaully how I got involved in Relay, through my youth group, and I'm not the event chair!! Hope that helps!!
Kate
February 13, 2007 - 12:38pm login or register to post comments
meredith_s07
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Recruiting teams of youth is
Recruiting teams of youth is always going to be hard. I'm the chair of the Youth Recruitment in Erie County, so far our Youth Recruitment has only had a Youth Rally [kind of like a mini- Relay Rally], and we recruited about 2 new teams of high school students! The rest were recruited onto other teams. We also have a Mini-Relay planning to go in effect sometime in the future. This will probably be at the local Jr. High School, and be focused from grades 8 and under.
...Hope some of those idea's help. If you need anything else, you can email me at: relayyouthrecruitment@yahoo.com
February 13, 2007 - 5:28pm login or register to post comments
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