Here are some pre match and on the day fundraising tips for your club.
Thanks to World of Sports you can buy cheap (but quality) yellow socks from World of Sport for the team. It's a great way to brand the team and also raise some funds. Simply send an email to apparel@wos.com.au or phone 07 5540 7700, mention that you are ordering yellow socks for Call To Arms and get a great price.
You can also raise money online with your personal fundraising page on the Call To Arms website, where your contributions are tallied for everyone to see.
As well as asking supporters to donate to Cancer Council, it's also great to involve them on match day. Some ideas for involving supporters include:
1. Having your players form a guard of honour, and inviting cancer survivors or people who have cared for men during a cancer experience to walk through.
2. Asking all supporters who have been touched by cancer to stand and be honoured with a minute's silence.
3. Asking a local cancer survivor to toss the coin for the start of the game.
4. Asking a local cancer survivor to make a short pre-game speech about what Call To Arms means to them and why it's important to support Call To Arms.
5. Ask supporters to give themselves a round of applause for supporting Call To Arms.
Loudspeaker Announcements.
If your club has a loud speaker then it's a great way to promote the event both before the game and at the half-time break. Check out our suggested announcements below.
Before the game announcement.
Today's match is going to be a little different. Today <YOUR CLUB> is playing a Call To Arms match to raise funds for blokes with cancer. 1 in 2 men will be diagnosed with cancer before they turn 85.
So folks, we need your help. Please dig deep and donate whatever you can afford today - by helping fund the Cancer Council's great work we are helping fight cancer.
Half time announcement.
Thanks to everyone who has made a contribution to the <YOUR CLUB> Call To Arms match. If you haven't had a chance to help out, we're still collecting contributions at <LOCATION WHERE MONEY IS BEING COLLECTED>, and you can get a tax-deductible receipt as well.
So folks, let's help fight cancer. With 1 in 2 Aussie blokes getting cancer, we don't know who it could be next, so dig deep and help the Cancer Council continue its great work. Fight Cancer! It's GAME ON!
Click here for the Call to Arms Facebook page. Plan and promote your team's match, then post those all-important photos and reviews. Make the best on ground famous!