SPIRIT STICK CONTEST One dowel rod per team provided by Event Leadership Team You must incorporate the stick provided into your final Spirit Stick No limit of what you can add or decorate to the stick Your team Spirit Stick must be completed and available for judging during Relay Your Spirit Stick will be judged on the following: Relevance to Relay Theme Music for a Cure and your Team music genre or time period chosen. Overall Appearance and Appeal. Spirit Stick should be held by a team member at all times and walked with on the track.
TEAM MASCOT CONTEST The Team Mascot should reflect the music genre or time period represented by your Team and can include the Relay theme of Music for a Cure. The Mascot should be fun and appealing and make people want to come up closer. Be creative!! Make sure they have something to carry and put money in. Your Team Mascot will be judged on the following: Relevance to Relay Theme Music for a Cure and your Team music genre or time period Ability to answer a few questions, such as Why I Relay, your team s music genre or time period, and cancer facts Overall appearance and appeal Amount of money raised after explanation of Mascot will be used in case of a tie only The Team Mascot must be put on a human body that will wear it the majority of the night and walk the track in it. It can be a full body costume, or just painting of the face and body (but body must have clothing! LOL!) Whatever you desire, be creative and have fun! Keep it family friendly and appealing. Judging will take place near the DJ area and during Relay. The time will be announced, so please listen to announcements. We will attempt to give a time prior to the Relay.
TEAM BANNER CONTEST The Banner can be any size or shape The Banner can be made from any material desired The theme of the Banner should incorporate the theme of the Relay, Music for a Cure and your team s music genre or time period If desired, you can add a cancer fact, why I relay, or some other information, but not required Your Team Banner will be judged on the following: Relevance to Relay Theme, Music for a Cure and your Team s music genre or time period Overall appearance and appeal Portability of your banner Team Banner should be carried during the team lap and displayed at the team s campsite.
TEAM CAMPSITE CONTEST Decorate your campsite using your Team s music genre or time period and theme for the Relay, Music for a Cure. The emphasis should be the genre and/or time period your Team represents. Be creative!! Judges will come to your campsite during the Relay. Listen for any announcements. Your Team Campsite will be judged on the following: Relevance to the Relay theme, Music for a Cure and your Team s music genre or time period Overall appearance and appeal Activities for walkers (food, games, raffles, etc.) that increase fun and raises funds Team Campsite should have track appeal. One or more people should be at the Campsite at all times to be able to describe the decorations and why they were chosen.
FITBIT / PEDOMETER CHALLENGE Each individual must have their own Fitbit, Pedometer, or other activity tracker and wear it during the entire Relay You can participate as a team and/or as an individual. Awards will be given for both. Each individual will register at the Team Info Booth by 11:00 a.m. Pedometers will be put on zero at that time. For Fitbits or other wearable activity trackers, we will note your staring number of steps. Around 9:30 p.m., each contestant will report to the Luminaria booth for official tally. 1 st, 2 nd and 3 rd place individual and team winners of the challenge will each receive an award. Each contestant s Fitbit, pedometer or fitness tracker must be registered at the Team Info booth by 11:00 a.m. No exceptions. Each contestant must report for tallying at 9:30 p.m. No exceptions.
Road to recovery Boxcar decoration and race contest Relay for Life Car Race Rules The Relay Road to Recovery Race will be held at the Alvin/Manvel Relay for Life this year, and we want to make it fun. This can be a really important part of the Relay since it not only provides a really fun group activity, it also brings to focus an important part of what Fight Back is trying to accomplish at the Relay: Teach participants and attendees something important about cancer prevention, detection and/or treatment and increase the competition between the teams to send an effective message! Prior to the Car Race on Saturday, each competing team will be asked to display their vehicle at a designated area. Each team should decorate their vehicle in a way that will send a message about cancer prevention, early detection, and/or management to the viewing public. Also incorporate your team's theme. We will then vote on which team s decorated vehicle. Emphasizes how important volunteer drivers are to get patients to/from treatments. One of the great needs of local cancer services is to provide patients with drivers who can help get people to and from their medical visits. Recruitment of drivers is a critical part of providing services, since many people have no other way to get to their appointments. The average time for the volunteer is one-two hours each appointment.
Of course, there are rules, we wanted to be specific in what those rules are, so that everyone will have a good idea of what to expect. Competition breeds camaraderie, and this event should help bring us all together. Build a great car, and let s have fun! RULES OF THE RELAY ROAD Your vehicle must be constructed out of a cardboard box or boxes. The maximum width of your vehicle is four feet (no length restrictions) and must have 4 complete sides (enclosed front and back). Each car MUST be able to accommodate one person - a driver. Your vehicle may NOT be motorized or have any mechanical parts (no cycles of any type). It also cannot have any wood or metal. You are encouraged to decorate your vehicle before the event, and we really hope you get creative with this. We would like you to incorporate something EDUCATIONAL about cancer on your car. This can be in the form of logos or billboards encouraging cancer screening. It could be that you want to draw attention to the need for legislative support of funding for cancer research and treatment programs. Maybe you want to get the word out about the latest treatment options for a single type of cancer. We will be presenting a prize to the car that is BEST IN SHOW. This will include not only the overall appearance, design, and ingenuity, but also the educational qualities, and the ability to clue folks in on a key aspect of the work of the American Cancer Society. Relay will have a panel of judges, judging and voting on the vehicles. The Race must be completed by the vehicle crossing the finish line with the driver and passenger. (passenger will be outside the car running with you.) Teams are responsible for the removal and disposal of their vehicles, away from the event site, after the Relay.