Together In 2025, We Raised $271,740.39!!!
Fund The Mission (FTM) is an yearly event for college and high school students across the country to come together in friendly competition to not only fundraise the most money but contribute to the American Cancer Society’s mission to end cancer for everyone as we know it! Ending Cancer Starts On Campus by participating in Fund The Mission!
What: A 72-hour fundraising event where campus volunteers across the nation support the mission of the American Cancer Society.
Where: Everywhere! All donations (Online & Offline including Registration Fees) received during this 72 hour time period will fund our future and count toward Fund The Mission; so you can join this event from wherever you are!
When: February 11th at 12:01am CST through February 13th at 11:59pm CST.
Who: All high school & college Relay For Life events.
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Prize Categories
Top Fundraising College Event –
- $1,500 Budget
- Letter of Congratulations
- Certificate for winning Fund the Mission 2025
- Inclusion in the Fund the Mission 2025 Digital Look book
Top Fundraising High School Event –
- $1,500 Budget
- Letter of Congratulations
- Certificate for winning Fund the Mission 2025
- Inclusion in the Fund the Mission 2025 Digital Look book
Top YOY Growth Event –
- $500 Budget
- Letter of Congratulations
- Certificate for winning Fund the Mission 2025
- Inclusion in the Fund the Mission 2025 Digital Look book
2nd & 3rd Place Fundraising Events, College & High School – Commemorative 3 Logo Crewneck for ELT (Maximum of 25)
Top 10 Fundraising Participants, High School & College – RFL Campus Branded Gift Box including
- Commemorative 3 Logo Crewneck
- 5 ACS -Branded Stickers
- ACS Tote Bag
- Thank you card
- Inclusion in the Fund The Mission 2025 Digital Look book
Events/chapters that raise $2,500 or more during the challenge will be entered to win a spot to attend the Campus Leadership Summit In Person Meeting in July 2025.
Resources
Fund The Mission Ideas
Looking for ideas to do during Fund The Mission? Here are some ideas from events across the nation used last year that made them successful.
Personal Fundraising:
- Utilizing Bingo Boards
- Emailing and Texting Friends, Family, Relatives with link to donate.
- Set Up Personal Facebook Fundraiser through Relay Website Dashboard and asked parents to share it.
- Asking Professors/Teachers/Faculty to donate.
- Filled a water bottle with dimes, equals $100.00
Event Fundraising:
- 5K Fundraiser – Hosted a 5K during the challenge. Entry was $15 per runner.
- Incentives – Offered incentives for first committee member to raise $1,000 during the challenge and first team to raise $1,000.
- Coin Wars Amongst Teams
- Big Sports Game – Tabled at a sports game to get students to register and pay their registration fee.
- Rose Sale – Had a Rose Sale for Valentines Day and delivered them on campus.
- Social Media – Went live on event social media pages multiple times showcasing the challenge and giving facts and figures about programs and local researchers.
- Event To Event Challenge – Picked a rival event to battle against and created social content around that.
- ACS Ambassador – Top 4 individuals to raise the most would be the official ACS Ambassadors to cut the ribbon at Relay.
- Showcase Event – Special event during challenge period to get everyone together such as restaurant fundraiser, paint and sip, etc.