Relay For Life Patch Program

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1 Relay For Life Patch Program

2 GIRL SCOUT RELAY FOR LIFE PATCH PROGRAM What is Relay For Life? Relay For Life began in 1985 in Tacoma, Washington when Dr. Gordy Klatt walked around a track for 24 hours. He raised $27, for the American Cancer Society and Relay For Life was born. Relay For Life is the American Cancer Society s signature activity. It is a unique event that offers communities an opportunity to participate in the fight against cancer. Relays are hours in length, and go overnight. Teams of 8 to 15 people camp out at a local high school, college, park or fairground and take turns walking, jogging or running around a track. Each team is asked to have a representative on the track at all times during the event. Because Relay For Life is a community gathering rather than an athletic event, anyone and everyone can participate. After dark, a luminaria ceremony is held where candles are lit in honor or in remembrance of those who have been touched by cancer. This is a time that truly highlights the importance of defeating this disease. Money is raised through team commitment fees, team and individual fundraising, and sponsorship. Relay is our venue for interactive education and information delivery. Participants learn about the American Cancer Society, its programs and ways to prevent cancer. Your troop s participation in the American Cancer Society s signature event will heighten their awareness of cancer education and advocacy for healthy behaviors. Through participation they increase their knowledge, build leadership skills, provide services and have lots of fun in the process!

3 Patch Requirements Relay For Life is a community-based event designed to celebrate cancer survivors and honor those who have lost their battle to the disease. While Girl Scouts do not participate in the fund-raising aspect of the Relay, they can help the American Cancer Society achieve its Cancer Control Mission by attending the event and completing activities from the educational topic of their choice. If your troop wishes to earn the patch please scan and send the Troop Information Form and Waiver form to greenoakssum@gmail.com as soon as possible. Daisies Attend Relay For Life on November 14 th and do one activity and one service project. Brownies Attend Relay For Life on November 14 th and do two activities from different categories and one service project. Juniors - Attend Relay For Life on November 14 th and do three activities from different categories and one service project. Cadettes Attend Relay For Life on November 14 th and do four activities from different categories and one service project. Seniors/Ambassadors Attend Relay For Life on November 14 th and do five activities from different categories, one of which must be Advocacy and one service project. In order to receive the patch girls should turn in a paper explaining what requirements they fulfilled and the signed signature page at the end of this form.

4 What I did Activity #1 ( DY AMB) Category Activity #2 ( BR AMB) Category Activity #3 ( JR AMB) Category Activity #4 ( CD AMB) Category Activity #5 (SR - AMB) Category _Advocacy Service Project (ALL)

5 Signature Page (girl s name) attended the November 14 th Relay For Life event. Signature Girl s Troop # To be signed by Allison Dogaer of Hits Home, Site #10. ********************************************* The What I Did and Signature pages must be scanned and sent to greenoakssum@gmail.com to receive patch. The deadline to complete all activities and turn in the paperwork is January 31, 2016

6 Category #1 - Skin Cancer 1. Hold a Slip, Slop, Slap, Wrap Game Materials: Bottles of SPF 15 Sunscreen T-shirts Sunglasses Hats Preparation: Tell participants to divide into teams. Have them spread out equal distances from each other. Line up the slip, slop, slap, wrap items approximately 20 feet in front of the teams. As you yell out the key words (slip, slop, slap, wrap) have a team member run to an item and place it on themselves. The team who finishes first gets a prize. KEY: Slip = T-Shirt Slop = Sunscreen Slap = Hat Wrap = Sunglasses 2. Create a brochure that can be handed out to educate people about sun safety. Pass out the brochure at your school, church or neighborhood 3. Create a Sunscreen Police Uniform. Put on hats, sunglasses, t-shirts and sunscreen. Wear the uniform to the Relay event and remind participants to wear sunscreen. 4. Designate someone as the Sun Patrol Police Officer. Give them yellow sashes and allow them to give citations for no hat, no sunscreen, wrong SPF. Make it fun!

7 Category #2 - Nutrition 1. Research cancer-fighting fruits and vegetables. Create a poster, banner or display that will provide a healthy message and post it at your school, church or troop. 2. Create a Healthy-Eating cookbook and donate it to a local daycare center. 3. Create a healthy eating game and play it with a younger troop. 4. Review the American Cancer Society s nutrition and physical guidelines for cancer prevention. Make brochures about the importance of good nutrition, especially eating fruits and vegetables. Hand them out at your school, church or neighborhood. Category #3 - Tobacco 1. Find out what chemicals there are in cigarettes that cause cancer and make up a poster showing this. 2. Create a Smokers Wheel and ask trivia questions about the dangers of smoking. If possible have incentives for those who are able to answer the question correctly. 3. Design a banner that encourages people not to smoke. Bring it to Relay to display. 4. Create a rap or song about why smoking is unhealthy. Teach it to a younger troop or create a video for You Tube.

8 Category #4 - Active For Life 1. Make up motivational messages to keep people moving at Relay for Life. Hand the messages out while walking on the track. 2. Hold an exercise workout session with your troop or a younger troop. Have an exercise leader leading the group. 3. Create a poster educating participants about the benefits of frequent exercise. Display it at your school, church or neighborhood. Category #5 - Healthy Kids Network 1. Create a display of what a Healthy School would look like. Remember to include nutritious food, the school nurse and health and physical education classes. 2. Develop a school lunch pyramid with the major food groups. Draw it on poster board showing food listed on local lunch menus and placed by appropriate food groups on your pyramid. 3. Make up a chart showing what parents can do to make sure that their kids are not overweight, undernourished or sedentary.

9 Category #6 - Advocacy 1. Recruit people to speak their mind to legislation. Have people fill out an Advocate form on the American Cancer Society s current legislation issues. Take their picture and attach a statement to a name and a face. 2. Find out who the local legislative officials are in your community. At Relay For Life, be able to tell people where your local legislators stand on American Cancer Society issues. Category #7 - Early Detection 1. Make 100 Purple Ribbons and hand them out at Relay. 2. Look up types of screening that are available to detect cancer. Make up a brochure promoting these screenings and hand them out at your school or church 3. Create a Screening or Test to take when you are 50 poster.

10 Suggestions for Relay For Life Service Projects Help organize the distribution and clean-up of luminaria around the track Help with the recruitment of survivors by distributing literature Assist with the Survivor Reception Conduct a Cancer Control educational session in your community Thank guests and participants at the end of the event Compile survey results Conduct a Cancer Control presentation at a Relay For Life team captain's meeting Conduct a Cancer Control presentations at their school or meeting site Assist with the assembling of materials prior to the event Perform a flag ceremony and Pledge of Allegiance at the opening ceremony Assist with the set up or clean-up of the Relay event Help with on-site registration Cheerleaders along the walk Volunteer at a Relay For Life team event Make sure your service project is age appropriate for the girls in your troop level. Please note that these service projects cannot be used as a substitute for a patch requirement.