Relay Team Information

MISSION DELIVERY ACTIVITIES AT RELAY

Teams have a chance to promote healthy lifestyles and good every day choices by taking on a Mission Delivery activity at Relay.  We encourage all teams to choose an activity below.  One activity from each of the eight mission topics below is mandatory for every Relay, which includes the two priority mission delivery activities listed below (**).

Directions for Team Captains:

1. Choose a topic below and an activity under that topic.

2. If you want to create an activity for a specific topic that is not located below, meet with the Mission Delivery Chair and or Mission Delivery Staff partner to get approval of your activity.

3. Sign-up for your activity with the Mission Delivery Chair and/or Mission Delivery Staff Partner.

4. Get together with your team to go over details for your chosen activity. Plan supplies that are needed, plan time activity will occur at the event, list needs like stage time, field space, etc…

The 8 Mission Delivery Priority Topics to Choose from are:

Advocacy

• America CAN Picture A Cure - Cancer Action Network/Tell your cancer story.

• Advocates’ Walk – Promote ACS Advocacy during a lap at Relay.

Breast Cancer Awareness

• Breast Cancer Awareness Quiz – Quiz Relay participants about breast cancer.

• Check it Out! – Promote good breast health with props like bras and more.

• Treasure Your Chest – Promote importance of mammograms with pirate theme.

Colon Cancer Screening Awareness

• Colon Cancer Awareness Quiz – Quiz Relay participants about colon cancer.

• Captain Anti-Oxidant Skit – Promote Colon Cancer awareness through a skit at Relay.

• Don’t be a Chicken, Get Screened for Colon Cancer – Promote Colon Cancer screening using props like rubber chickens, eggs, and more.

• Hunt the Polyp – Convey colon awareness by hunting the polyp and reading awareness messages.

Information Services

• Cell Phone Ring Contest – Promote ACS 800-ACS-2345 number by having everyone save the number in their phone; have a contest for the best ring tone.
• Information Prize Wheel – (limited wheels available) Table top wheel with ACS programs and services with accompanying questions.

Nutrition

• Nutrition Quiz – Quiz Relay participants about the importance of good nutrition and physical activity.
• Fun, Food, and Fitness Challenge – Food and Fitness game to be played with teams of people.
• The Prize is Life – A take-off on “Price is Right”, but it has nutrition questions.
• Trail reMix with DJ Cal Carrot – Use Cal Carrot costume as the DJ and promote a trail mix station for a good example of a healthy snack.

Patient Services

• ** Be a Cancer Resource in Your Community/Power of Volunteering – Promote Call by handing out flyers to participants at Relay.
• Sue’s Story – Promote ACS programs and services by acting out Sue’s story on stage at Relay.
• Stephanie H. Lane Cancer Resource Network Messages – Have volunteers stand on stage to read a message and promote the importance of the Network.
• Look Good…Feel Better – Promote turban making with old Relay shirts and use local volunteers to show participants about the Look Good…Feel Better program.
• Road to Recovery License Plate Challenge – Have a competition between the teams to make the best license plate that reflects the importance of the Road to Recovery program.
• Road to Recovery Car Show and Race – Promote Road to Recovery program and recruit new volunteer drivers through a box car race and show.
• Show a Car, Road to Recovery – Promote Road to Recovery program by having a special car show at the Relay.

Physical Activity

• Wellness BINGO – Promote physical activity through hosting a Wellness bingo game.
• Might as well Jump! Jump! Go ahead annnd Jump! – Promote physical activity through a jump rope challenge.
• Obstacle Course – Promote physical activity by coordinating an obstacle course challenge.

Research

• ** Research Sandwich Board – Promote ACS’s Research accomplishments by asking participants research related questions while wearing a sandwich board sign.
•  Relaying the Research - Promote important research breakthroughs and accomplishments of ACS by having a Research Relay lap.

** These are the two required MD Activities to occur at all Relay events.

Additional Mission Delivery Topics for Activities Include:

(These activities can only be chosen once there is one activity occurring from each of the above eight topics.)

Skin Cancer

• Slip! Slop! Slap! Wrap! Citation – Promote good skin care by slipping on a shirt, slopping on sunscreen, slapping on a hat, and wrapping on sunglasses. Give out citations to those who do not do this at the Relay.

Tobacco

• Tobacco Cessation Quiz – Quiz Relay participants with Tobacco related questions.
• Butts are Gross – Promote tobacco awareness through a jar of cigarette butts. Have participants guess number of butts in the jar to win a small prize.
• Tobacco Tombs – Exemplify various consequences of tobacco smoking addiction by having pictures of famous people who have died from tobacco related diseases on cardboard tombs placed around the track.

For more information, contact:

    Mission Delivery Chair @ Mission@SCVRelay.org

    ACS Mission Delivery Staff @ ACSMDStaff@SCVRelay.org