Around the Track: A Relay For Life Podcast

For our last 2017 episode, we did another Fundraising Q&A, and this week's question comes from Alex Kaiser, who asked for some tips on sponsorship! Thanks for listening! Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE, leave a rating, and binge listen over winter break! Intro/ending song: "Relay For Life" by Jon Christopher Davis. 

Julie Brickner, who is the Managing Director of Relay For Life Constituent Engagement, joined us to talk about the changes that were recently made and why they were important to supporting the mission of ACS.  Thanks for listening! You can contact us at RelayPodcast@gmail.com. Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE and leave a rating! Intro/ending song: "Relay For Life" by Jon Christopher Davis. 

Melissa and Will attempt to answer the age-old question, "How do I encourage my $0 participants to raise more and become more engaged?" Special thanks to Lillie Black for the question.  Thanks for listening! Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE and leave a rating! You can contact us at RelayPodcast@gmail.com Intro/ending song: "Relay For Life" by Jon Christopher Davis. 

The Director of State and Local Campaigns for ACS CAN, Cathy Callaway, chatted with us about their recent big win against big tobacco.  Check out the ads here: https://www.acscan.org/what-we-do/big-tobacco-lawsuit  Thanks for listening! You can contact us at RelayPodcast@gmail.com. Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE and leave a rating! Intro/ending song: "Relay For Life" by Jon Christopher Davis. 

Happy Black Friday! We brought on some members of our Relay Families to talk with them about what the Relay Family means to them and how it's influenced them.  Thanks for listening! Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE and leave a rating! You can contact us at RelayPodcast@gmail.com.  Intro/ending song: "Relay For Life" by Jon Christopher Davis. 

 Pat Flynn joins the podcast (again!) with her son Mark to talk about what "The Relay Family" means to her.  Thanks for listening! Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE and leave a rating! You can contact us at RelayPodcast@gmail.com! Intro/ending song: "Relay For Life" by Jon Christopher Davis

Karen Woldahl is a top performer for Relay For Life, and she took some time to talk to us about all of the unique and lucrative fundraisers she and her team put on each year.  Thanks for listening! Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE and leave a rating! You can always contact us at RelayPodcast@gmail.com. Intro/ending song "Relay For Life" by Jon Christopher Davis. 

Jason Masony is a Voice of Hope and a Caregiver with a very powerful story. We spoke to him about the importance of caregivers and how we can improve our celebration of them through Relay.  Thanks for listening! Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE and leave a rating! You can always contact us at RelayPodcast@gmail.com Intro/ending song: "Relay For Life" by Jon Christopher Davis. 

Joe Prosperi, Director of Digital Strategy for ACS, is back on the pod to talk about Rai$e Your Way, a new online fundraising tool for ACS.  Thanks for listening! Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE and leave a rating! As always, you can contact us at RelayPodcast@gmail.com Intro/ending song: "Relay For Life" by Jon Christopher Davis. 

Jazib Gohar, the mission integration chair for campus Relay, chatted with us about ideas for lung cancer awareness and GASO.  https://www.cancer.org/healthy/stay-away-from-tobacco/benefits-of-quitting-smoking-over-time.html Thanks for listening! Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE and leave a rating!  Intro/ending song: "Relay For Life" by Jon Christopher Davis. 

Eva Rodriguez joined the podcast again, and we welcomed Linda Landis on for her first time. Both volunteers had a lot of great tips about how to fundraise with letter writing! **We sincerely apologize for the poor audio quality in this episode. Skype was not working very well, and there are several parts that are difficult to hear. Thanks for dealing with that

Jolene Wegsteen, the West region volunteer lead, joined us to talk about what it means when we say that ACS is volunteer owned, volunteer run, and staff supported.  Thanks for listening! Leave us a rating on iTunes, and don't forget to SUBSCRIBE! You can contact us at RelayPodcast@gmail.com Intro/ending song: "Relay For Life" by Jon Christopher Davis. 

We chatted about ideas for different holiday fundraisers, and hopefully we inspired you to start planning early and to try something new! Let us know what holiday fundraiser you're trying! Shoot us an email at RelayPodcast@gmail.com Thanks for listening! Intro/Ending Song: "Relay For Life" by Jon Christopher Davis. 

We had a fun conversation with Steve Bell, who is the Volunteer Support Lead for the National Relay Leadership Team, about the new Volunteer Leadership Model. He talked about how it was created, why it's structured the way it is, and what he's looking forward to.  Thanks for listening! Don't forget to subscribe and leave a rating! Intro/ending song: "Relay For Life" by Jon Christopher Davis. 

Melissa and Will talk about why you should be confident in your fundraising for ACS, the transition from the $10-$15 participation fee, and how to revamp your fundraising ask to make it more effective.  Thanks for listening! Don't forget SUBSCRIBE and leave a rating/review. Puppy pictures can be emailed to relaypodcast@gmail.com.  Intro/ending song: "Relay For Life" by Jon Christopher Davis.