First Time Making A Team?
Starting your own Relay team is easy, and you'll be helping the American Cancer Society with their goal to greatly reduce cancer mortality rates by 2019. Just follow the steps below, and if you have any questions, email our Team Development directors.. They are here to help you!
Form a Team
A typical Relay team consists of 8-15 individuals, but your team can be smaller or larger as you wish. In the past, we've had Relay teams formed from sports teams, clubs, dorms, and just groups of friends. If you are interested in starting a team, talk to people you know and get them excited!
Let Us Know
Once you have formed a new team let us know so we can help you out! Contact the team development directors as they are in charge of running team captains meetings and making sure registration is turned in time. Let them know you are interested so that you can get on the mailing list to find out about team captains meetings, and go to them with any questions you might have.
You can also continue to browse our resources for any information you may find helpful here, such as our team captain brochure and 'Collegiate Team Captain Handbook'
Register Your Team
Register your team online by going to our Relay of Aggieland page and click the giant orange button that says 'Sign Up'.
Sign in or create an account and then register for the event! Click 'Start a Team'and from there follow the steps!
Build Your Team
After you have your team page set up, let your prospective team mates know that they can register! Send them an email with the link to your team page, or direct them to go to the main site.here is also a template email called "Join my team" under the email section of your headquarters which you can personalize and send which will automatically include a link to your personal page, from which they can choose to join your team. Once your members have joined, encourage them to personalize their pages and send out emails to friends and family.
Form a Team
A typical Relay team consists of 8-15 individuals, but your team can be smaller or larger as you wish. In the past, we've had Relay teams formed from sports teams, clubs, dorms, and just groups of friends. If you are interested in starting a team, talk to people you know and get them excited!
Let Us Know
Once you have formed a new team let us know so we can help you out! Contact the team development directors as they are in charge of running team captains meetings and making sure registration is turned in time. Let them know you are interested so that you can get on the mailing list to find out about team captains meetings, and go to them with any questions you might have.
You can also continue to browse our resources for any information you may find helpful here, such as our team captain brochure and 'Collegiate Team Captain Handbook'
Register Your Team
Register your team online by going to our Relay of Aggieland page and click the giant orange button that says 'Sign Up'.
Sign in or create an account and then register for the event! Click 'Start a Team'and from there follow the steps!
- You will need to choose a name for your team (which can be as creative or as obvious as you like, as long as it isn't inappropriate or offensive), a fundraising goal ($250 per team member is a good place to start), and a recruiting goal.
- After doing this you'll be asked to join as an individual. The form will ask you to choose whether you wish to pay the $15 registration fee online via credit card or by cash or check.
- Every person on your team will be asked this questions, and you will be in charge of collecting all registration fees not paid online and turning them in to a team recruitment chair before the registration deadline.
Build Your Team
After you have your team page set up, let your prospective team mates know that they can register! Send them an email with the link to your team page, or direct them to go to the main site.here is also a template email called "Join my team" under the email section of your headquarters which you can personalize and send which will automatically include a link to your personal page, from which they can choose to join your team. Once your members have joined, encourage them to personalize their pages and send out emails to friends and family.