Hey everyone,

I am the captain of a Relay For Life team of students from my high school. We are planning on "painting our town purple" on May 1st. Our town is rather small, but the city has agreed to help us with whatever ideas we come up with. We would appreciate any ideas anyone has. Thanks!

Enlarge our footprint in every community.  Dramatically increase visibility and understanding of RFL as the "worldwide movement to defeat cancer."

Plan a Relay Restaurant Night in your community.  This is a great way to attract the media and to market your event and raise money.  Get local restaurants to donate a percentage of their     proceeds for one night to the American Cancer Society.  The Shared Services team in Oklahoma City does this yearly and gets all the local restaurants to participate on the same night. 

Supporting Documents can be found in the Relay Library on RelayForLife.org:

One participant flying home from the California Division Relay For Life Summit convinced the flight crew to do a "Show Us Your Hope" event. The crew turned off the overhead lights, then turned them back on one row at a time! What a great way to take the luminaria ceremony to a whole new level of awareness!