Celebrate. Remember. Fight Back.  Fight Back is not the name of a tent at Relay For Life… It is a Way of Life!  Fighting back occurs before, during, and after Relay by each one of you. It means sharing information with those who could benefit by the knowledge of what ACS provides. It means educating people on how to prevent cancer, how early detection saves lives, and how their donations work toward finding a cure.  So it makes sense that during Relay For Life each booth should provide information to Relay attendees. It is our goal that at least 80% of Turlock’s teams have a Fight Back Mission. American Cancer Society 800-ACS

FIGHT BACK  What does this mean to you?  You can choose to sign up for the topic your team wants to incorporate at your booth. Please Manda Hardy at with the topic your team has selected. Please also include a general form of delivery (i.e. posters, game, skit, brochure, bingo, etc.) She will create a list for viewing online.  Topics can be an ACS service/program, information about a type of cancer including prevention/detection, or staying healthy in general which will help prevent cancer.  The educational format can be a game, skit, poster, challenge or whatever creative format your team creates. Interactive is always better than just posters or brochures. American Cancer Society 800-ACS

FIGHT BACK American Cancer Society 800-ACS  ACS Support Services & Programs −Road To Recovery −Look Good…Feel Better −Look Good…Feel Better for Teens −Hope Lodge: Temporary Housing −Reach to Recovery −I Can Cope −“TLC” Tender Loving Care −Taking Care of Money Matters −Man to Man −Cancer Resource Network Fight Back Mission Mission - Continued  ACS Prevention & Detection Programs − Colon Cancer Initiatives − Tell A Friend − National Breast & Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program − Let’s Talk About It − Generation Fit − Active For Life − Meeting Well − School Health  Cancer Awareness −Great American Health Challenge −Any/All types of cancer Delivery of Mission GamesDisplay SkitsPosters PostersSandwich Boards Quizzes OR anything else you can Challenges think of! Bingo  Camps for Kids with Cancer, or Camps for Kids whose Parents have Cancer

FIGHT BACK American Cancer Society 800-ACS Example #1 Fight Back Mission: Tobacco Cessation Slogan: Toss The Butts! Game: Make large foam cigarette butts and have them toss it through a hanging toilet seat. Give a small prize for those who can make it. Have a poster with statistics about tobacco use, cancer, options for quitting, etc.

FIGHT BACK American Cancer Society 800-ACS Example #2 Fight Back Mission: Fight Back Slogan: Fight Back Against Cancer Display: Have a medieval backdrop and “knight” gear (breastplate, helmet, etc). Take Polaroid pictures of Relayers ready to “fight back” against cancer Provide magnets with the ACS phone number and web address to those who stop by.

FIGHT BACK American Cancer Society 800-ACS Example #3 Fight Back Mission: Road To Recovery Slogan: Make The Road to Recovery Fast Activity: Have two cardboard cars for races. Have DJ Dave announce what Road To Recovery is, that volunteers are needed in real life and for the next race on the track. Encourage people to consider volunteering as a driver for Road To Recovery and put it on their pledge card. Hang letters cancer patients wrote to ACS telling them how Road To Recovery has helped them.

ACS is built on Volunteerism  Two ACS programs that need more volunteers right now are: 1.Road to Recover: provides rides to and from treatment for people with cancer who do not have a ride or are unable to drive themselves. 2.Call Back: contact cancer patients, survivors and caregivers who have been helped with American Cancer Society programs to ensure that we have met their needs and offer additional services.  In the Fight Back Tent we will be looking for people to volunteer for these programs and to write it on their Pledge Card. You also can promote these two programs. American Cancer Society 800-ACS