What do you think? We've got an idea!

PEG BOARD SALE - ONSITE FUNDRAISER

We've got an idea to help you clean out your closets while raising money for Relay For Life.  But we also need some help pulling together the details of how to execute this potential fundraiser.

Here's the high level idea:

1. Gather up as many handbags, purses and shoes as possible to sell for $10/item
 
2. Put some surprise gifts in a few of the items for sale (Twins Tickets, gift cards, dinner for 2, tickets to a play/show, CDs or ??? other items of value) to create some excitement around the purchases (beyond the wow-factor of a new bag or pair of shoes)
 
3. Donate the money raised from the sale of the bags/shoes to the American Cancer Society.

We are looking for a team or teams to help us fine-tune this idea. 

1. We are thinking that the team(s) running the peg board sale would earn a percentage of the donation totals to put toward their team total
2. Donors of the higher value 'surprise' items tucked into the purses/shoes would earn a percentage of the donations totals to put toward their team total (split with the team running the game).

We will be asking all of the Relay For Life teams to donate gently used purses and shoes to put up for sale for the fundraiser.  Anything that doesn't sell will be donated to a local charity after RFL.

What do you think?  We need some feedback and some people interested in helping to run the fundraiser during Relay.  The event committee will supply some help in getting the game/sale setup... so what do you say? 

If you are interested in helping or if you have any ideas about how to make this work, please email Paula, Jen or Mara. 

Once we figure out the logistics, we'll email and post more details to let everyone know how they can help.

Thanks!

 

On-Site Fundraising List - Updated

Please take a few moments to make sure your team information is on this list.  We really need to get an idea of what fundraisers are planned for the Relay. 

We are planning for camp site locations, what food to stock for the concessions stand and what information needs to be printed up for the information booth.

If your information is missing or needs an update, please email Paula at mnrelaygirl@gmail.com by tomorrow -- Wednesday, May 16th.

Calling All Teams with On-site Fundraisers Planned

The final Team Captain's Meeting is in 9 days!

We're working on the camp site assignments...

... and the details for on-site fundraising is crucial to our planning!

If you don't see your team's on-site fundraising information on this list, please make sure you provide the details to mnrelaygirl@gmail.com by this Wednesday, May 16th so we can figure out the camp site assignments.

Thanks for all of your enthusiasm!

Fundraising Ideas - Round 3

We need your on-site fundraising activities ASAP.  Please report in your ideas to your fundraising chairperson, Paula at mnrelaygirl@gmail.com .  Paula will sync up with Dave in Logistics so camp site assignments can be ready for the Final Team Captain's Meeting on May 22nd. 

Please get your fundraising ideas emailed by May 16th.

Wednesday Happy Hour @ Sheraton's Red Rock

Q:  What's better than a Happy Hour in the middle of the work week? 

A:  A Happy Hour where 20% of the sales are donated to Relay For Life of South Washington County!

Here are the details:

Sheraton St. Paul Woodbury Hotel at 676 Bielenberg Rd is the place to be this Wednesday, May 9th!

Stop by for food and/or drinks from 3 p.m. - 5 p.m. or from 9 p.m. - 11 p.m. for a little relaxation and help the Sheraton Relay Team raise money for the American Cancer Society.   The Sheraton will be making a donation of 20% of Happy Hour sales to Relay For Life.

As simple as that.  If you ask me, simple is just the ticket for a Wednesday night.

Frozen Goodness Raises Money to Fight Cancer!

We've got two awesome ways to eat our way to a cure:

TODAY, May 8th at the Woodbury Dairy Queen, order any Blizzard* and Dairy Queen will donate $1/Blizzard to Relay For Life of South Washington County!  Yum!

*mini Blizzards don't qualify... so take one for the team and order a big one!  Or at least a small or a medium one!  It's good for Relay!

Next, on Wednesday, May 29th we can try out the goodies over at Cherry Berry in the Tamarack Village.  The Teens Against Cancer 1 & 2 teams have a fundraiser at the new Cherry Berry Frozen Yogurt shop.  Visit between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. and 10% of the proceeds will be donated to Relay For Life.  Check out the goodness at the Cherry Berry site ... you'll want to plot your perfect yogurt masterpiece. 

 

Light a Torch, Get a Fire!

There's never been a better time to raise money online!  Why, you ask?

This...

    ... is why!                    

For the months of May, June, July & August 2012, all participants who have raised $212 online through the "My Relay Center" online fundraising tools will be eligible for a drawing for a Kindle Fire! 

There will be a total of 4 drawings.  4 chances to win an Kindle Fire at the same time as you are fighting cancer!  How awesome is that?!

If you raise your $212 in May, you'll be eligible for all 4 drawings.  So get your fundraising done going early!!

The full scoop (rules, definitions, etc) on the chance to win a Kindle Fire are all available here => on the Relay For Life website.