High Plains Division 2009 Leadership Summit October 9, 2009

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Dave Griffith Bridgett Myers 2009 Summit Captains Marketing Communications Taskforce Chair Kansas City/Northern Missouri Region Jefferson City, MO Bridgett Myers Regional Vice-President for the Southern Missouri Region Springfield, MO

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KANSAS

MISSOURI

NEBRASKA

OKLAHOMA

TEXAS

Central Texas National Cancer Information Center raised over $48,000 and had 19 teams Raised over $120,000 through Wal-Mart Nearly 1,900 survivors participated in Central Texas Relays

Eastern Missouri Secured 5 regional Relay Media Sponsors each valued at $10,000 and above Increased our Regional Relay Sponsors by $15,000 for a total of $47,000 Hosted our second annual Wal-Mart/Sam’s Club kickoff resulting in an increase of $31,116 for a total of $94, 670

East Texas Had 108 more teams participate in Relay across the Region Honored 361 more survivors over last year, which brought our total to 5,458 Had 5, 848 more people participant in Relay

Gulf Coast Best Relay University attendance ever with 143 attendees Set new Gulf Coast Region record for Relay teams and participants 20 communities that felt the devastating impact of the third most damaging storm ever to hit the United States. Hurricane Ike, held Relay For Life events. Including the Relay For Life of Galveston, a community that suffered the brunt of the storm, and who saw more teams and participants than any other year…Hurricane Schmurricane!

Hawaii Pacific Host the only alumni Relay in the division at Kamehameha schools Always growing with a 20% increase in teams Implemented a survivorship cultivation year round and had a 30% increase in survivor

Kansas Health Initiatives staff reached 100.4% of their goal serving 5,063 newly diagnosed cancer patients Leads the division with 22 Five Star Relays 82 Relays in the Kansas Region recruited 326 ACS CAN members and raised $4,425

Kansas City/Northern Missouri Recruited over 1,870 teams, honored over 5,000 survivors, and raised over $3,737,000 The East End Miracle Walkers, a National Fundraising Club Team in Audrain County, Missouri, raised $84,697.96 The Relay For Life of Cole County is the 6th largest in the division, raising $320,728

Nebraska Nebraska college events had a 45% increase over last year’s income We celebrated over 6,000 cancer survivor’s birthdays at 52 Relays Over 350 Relay participants earned their green $1,000 shirt

North Texas Hosted three CPS-3 sites for the first time ever Increase of teams by 10% for 2009 Celebrating six Five Star Relays in our region

Oklahoma $147,247 in new dollars for 2009 Over $10,000 in ACS CAN dollars for 320 members Celebrating 13 years of continual growth in Relay For Life in the Oklahoma Region

Panhandle Hosted 43 Relay For Life events including a new college event, Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, TX Raised over $1.7 million in Relay dollars Broke ground in April for the first Hope Lodge to be built in Texas

Southern Missouri Generated over $3.8 million dollars in the Southern Missouri Region through 57 Relays Hosted three CPS-3 sites, enrolling approximately 400 people Achieved a per capita average of over $10.50 in Reynolds County

South Texas Since the start of CPS-3 enrollment, South Texas has enrolled 1,349 participants Out of five markets in South Texas, two are million dollar plus producers We survived Dolly, Ike, and Miss Piggy!

West Texas 4.6% increase in overall regional Relay For Life income which is the largest increase in the High Plains Division Relay For Life event with the largest number of ACS CAN members in the division Largest number of attendees in West Texas history at our Regional Relay Summit

American Cancer Society High Plains Division

Reuel Johnson Relay For Life National Vice President

Relay 2010 Positioned for success Tools and Resources DGIs Instill the CONFIDENCE to succeed Blueprint for Success – how do we build?

Organizational Presence in 5034 communities The Relay ‘Nation’ – 2009 … Organizational Presence in 5034 communities 10,000 Community Chairs and Co-Chairs 100,000 Committee members 200,000 Team Leaders 600,000 Cancer Survivors 3,000,000 Team members 4,000,000 Luminaria Millions of Donors $385 million raised + Another 1000 Relay communities around the world

Scenes and Stories from Relay 2009