Build a Team
Team up to fight lung cancer!
Asking friends, family, neighbors and co-workers to join you for Free to Breathe® makes participating in the event and fundraising more enjoyable! And the best part is, as a team, you can make an even greater impact: raising more money and awareness for lung cancer while spending time together for a great cause.
CATCH THE TEAM SPIRIT
Recruit more supporters!
• Invite people who you think will get others involved
• Choose some enthusiastic teammates
Organize it!
• Come up with a catchy team name
• Create your team website
• Set fundraising goals
Communicate!
• Pump up the team excitement with a team party
• Design a team t-shirt, button or poster
Support and reinforce!
• Organize fundraising meetings and events
• Organize ways to train together as a group
Share and celebrate!
• Exchange ideas
• Celebrate success
• Have FUN!
You can form a friends & family team, a company team, or club/organization team. Your team can be any size. All you need is a team captain, at least one other person to join your team, and a team name. Ask others to join your team by sharing information about the event, the cause, and why it’s important they participate in the event too.
FORM A TEAM AND BECOME A TEAM CAPTAIN
 Register for an event
• Select an event location from this page
• Click "Register"
• Choose “Form a New Team & Register as a Team Captain”
• The first person that registers a new team online is automatically the team captain
- Choose a catchy team name
• Make sure you tell prospective teammates about this name
- Recruit teammates
• They can join your team by clicking “Join an Existing Team” and selecting your team name
- Peronalize your team's web page
• This was automatically created for you when you formed your team
• It's as easy as uploading a photo and entering your team's story; it only takes about 10 minutes
- Manage your team online
• Recruit team members and send messages to your team
• Track the team roster and fund-raising progress
• Make changes to the team information
• Set your team's fundraising goal
• Promote other team members to be co-captains with you
Note: Each team member who joins will also be able to customize their own personal fundraising web page, which we strongly encourage.
Important: If you have already registered as an individual and would like to start a team or join a team send an email with your name, which event/city you are participating in and your team name to National Lung Cancer Partnership at FreetoBreathe@NationalLungCancerPartnership.org. We will gladly help you get started or add you to an existing team.
TEAM FUNDRAISING
The steps for successful fundraising as a team are the same as for an individual (see Fundraising Tips), but now you’ve got each other for support and encouragement, to exchange and share ideas with, and to celebrate the successes. Together, your impact will be tremendous!
With your team, agree on a minimum dollar amount for each member to reach or a total goal for your team to strive for. It’s all about teamwork, after all!
Then, set up your personal fundraising page, create a donor list and ask, ask, ask; remember to educate, expand your giving circle and show appreciation.
Important: Each team member’s individual fundraising efforts are what qualify them for the fundraising incentive. An individual is eligible for it if they raise $1,500 or more.
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