Day 327: Fundraising Brainstorm

Bianca here.  Today I held a meeting with the Relay Fundraising Chair and his committee to brainstorm fundraisers for our Relay event. We divided the fundraising categories into "Before," "During," and "After" our Relay event (yes, we still fundraise for the ACS after the actual Relay for Life!) so we could decide which types of fundraisers would be the most viable for each time period. We ended up coming up with a lot of ideas! Before Relay, we are thinking of holding a movie night, karaoke night, or Casino night in which the profits of the event will go towards the ACS. For the "during" Relay fundraisers, we have activities such as an egg toss, relay races, moon bounce, and eating contests to raise money while the event is taking place. We are also thinking of hosting another 5K running event in the Spring so we have some funds in the bank when we start up again for Relay next year. Since I was in class since 11:00am straight until 7:30, and the meeting was at 8, I wanted it to move as efficiently as possible so I could get home for dinner! So, the Fundraising chair and I decided on a "no electronics" policy just for the brief half hour that we were discussing our ideas. We also had another rule: "no putting down other people's ideas, no matter how ridiculous, because they just might work." A lot of our committee members are on the quieter side, so we figured they might not contribute again if one of their ideas was "put down." In the end, we have a lot of great ideas. But there is just so much more to do!

On another note, I registered to run the Philadelphia Broad Street Run in May. It is a 10 mile race and all of the money goes to the ACS. It was $40 to register (yikes! Wich that could have gone to my relay team...) but I am running it with one of my friends from nursing and also a junior that I recently got close to on the water polo team. Should be fun!