Pennies for Patients Fundraising Campaign - Make a Difference in the Bay Area!

1. Pennies Orientation Greater Bay Area

2. AGENDA THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TODAY! 6 Donation Management 7. Prizes & Recognition 8. FUNdraising Ideas 9. Goal Setting 10. Next Steps! Who We Are Your Motivation Campaign Overview Materials Online Fundraising FIND WHAT YOU NEED ONLINE: STUDENTSERIES.ORG/RESOURCES

3. WHO WE ARE Pennies for Patients is a science-based philanthropy program that directly helps kids with cancer and their families! Last year, nearly 27,000 schools raised over $28M towards finding a cure for blood cancer! YOU are making a difference! – Since 1954, LLS has invested over $1 billion in blood cancer research. LLS’s Mission is to cure blood cancers and help improve the lives of patients and their families. Amari “Too Tough” FIND WHAT YOU NEED ONLINE: STUDENTSERIES.ORG/RESOURCES

4. WHAT IS YOUR REASON? Mission Connection? STEM Curriculum? Past service projects? Favorite school activities? School community culture & leadership? Honored Hero at your school? Share with us why you decided to get involved! FIND WHAT YOU NEED ONLINE: STUDENTSERIES.ORG/RESOURCES

5. Schedule kick-off assembly (Elementary/Middle) Get approval Choose a date close to start of campaign Use signup genius and assembly details to find a date and provide LLS with logistics. Plan when students and teachers will receive their classroom and individual boxes and posters are hung around school. 7. Schedule Student Group Presentation (Middle/HS) 8. Review & share NEW K-5 STEM curriculum 9. Be ready to wrap up! Use a spreadsheet to track donations from each class. Remember to add in matching gifts Finding a local coinstar (non Safeway) Asking for help bringing coins to coinstar Check to cover non-coin cash Personal checks payable to LLS Completing paperwork Making a copy for your records Earning a reward for sending in donations within 2 weeks! 10. Plan your celebration If you are an Olive Garden School – complete your lunch reservation paperwork and find someone to handle pickup. Share your results with your parents, teachers and community – e.g. press release to local paper. Deliver any promised prize to students – e.g. pizza party or alternative celebration. Distribute pennants and plan how you will spend any Amazon Gift Card reward funds. Optional: contact LLS about a Check Presentation/Photo Op. CAMPAIGN OVERVIEW: STEPS FOR SUCCESS! 1. Find Helpers! Find a co-coordinator Get Principal support Reach out to PTA Work with student council 2.Set a goal! A goal helps motivate everyone You can always raise your goal if you meet it See goal setting tips. 3. Plan to Succeed Have a strategy meeting with LLS Staff Plan activities in addition to coin collection Decide about classroom competition and prizes. Involve students and helpers. Plan how to track class competition and collect donations from classrooms. Plan how you will promote the campaign. 4. Fundraise with your Online Fundraising Website Find your link & customize your page with your goal Promote your link everywhere: school website, social media, send-home announcements. Set up classroom pages – we can help. Help motivate kids & parents to win a Tshirt for raising $50 or more online. Consider FLASH48 FIND WHAT YOU NEED ONLINE: STUDENTSERIES.ORG/RESOURCES

6. MATERIALSVOLUNTEER GUIDE Your Guide to a Successful Pennies for Patients Program Includes: Daily school announcements Fundraising ideas Checklists Donation management tips Prizes and recognition FAQs Find it online here: www.studentseries.org/gba - look under Coordinator Resources. FIND WHAT YOU NEED ONLINE: STUDENTSERIES.ORG/RESOURCES

7. MATERIALS Your kit will arrive 10 weeks before the start of your campaign! Campaign Posters: • Hang these in high-traffic areas prior to the start • Helps get students familiar with the campaign & excited to participate • Write campaign dates here FIND WHAT YOU NEED ONLINE: STUDENTSERIES.ORG/RESOURCES

8. MATERIALS Classroom Thermometer Chart: • Each classroom will receive a chart to help track their progress towards a bronze, silver or gold pennant. • Have students decide what pennant they want to earn and write that in on their Team Goal. School Thermometer Chart: • Write your dollar goal in the box here. • Hang in a prominent place and write in your school’s goal. • Color in the thermometer frequently so students can track their progress. • Tip: leave room at top of thermometer in case you exceed your goal FIND WHAT YOU NEED ONLINE: STUDENTSERIES.ORG/RESOURCES

9. MATERIALS Individual Collection Boxes: Each student will receive a collection box with mission purpose tasks Have students write their name and classroom # on the front of the box. Decide if you will have student council do a fold-a-thon and deliver boxes to each class. Classroom Collection Boxes: Each classroom will receive easy to put together cardboard collection boxes Have teachers write in their class grade & room number and teacher name. Display these in the classroom Encourage kids to decorate their class box! Parent Letters 1 per student to send home at the start of the campaign, English & Spanish back to back. FIND WHAT YOU NEED ONLINE: STUDENTSERIES.ORG/RESOURCES

10. MATERIALS Stickers: Sheets of 25 – one per student Variety of uses: Students bringing in $5 in first week get a sticker. Students bring in a buck to put their name on a sticker and add to a wall of hope. Each class gets 20 stickers – one sticker for every 20 they raise. Staff/Teacher Jean Day – teachers who donate $10 can wear Jeans and get a sticker. FIND WHAT YOU NEED ONLINE: STUDENTSERIES.ORG/RESOURCES

11. MATERIALS VIDEOS! FIND WHAT YOU NEED ONLINE: STUDENTSERIES.ORG/RESOURCES

12. ONLINE GIVING Fastest & easiest way to impact our mission Can reach an extended community Receive a link with login credentials via email Tips for Success: Include your school goal on your page. Have teachers and students set up their own page. LLS can set up classroom pages for you – send list of teacher names, grade, classroom #, and work email to janna.katz@lls.org Share link via Facebook, Twitter, newsletters or your school’s website Promote online prizes offered by LLS to your students! Brainstorm additional incentives for recognition. We can help! Customize your page with pictures, videos and campaign updates Students who fundraise with their own page and raise $50 will win this Hero Squad Tshirt! FIND WHAT YOU NEED ONLINE: STUDENTSERIES.ORG/RESOURCES

13. ONLINE GIVING FLASH48 is an option for schools to jump start their online fundraising. Each class can earn a pizza party if they raise $250 or more by the 48 hour deadline. We’re trying this out for the first time in our campaign to see if it can help schools raise more after seeing success in other parts of the US. FIND WHAT YOU NEED ONLINE: STUDENTSERIES.ORG/RESOURCES

14. DONATION MANAGEMENT Collecting and Processing Coins: Explain to teachers that their classroom boxes will be collected once or twice a week and let them know the schedule and how it will work. You can either ask teachers to bring their funds in a zip lock bag labeled with their classroom name – OR – have student council bring the boxes, transfer them into zip lock bags, label the bags and return the classroom boxes to the classrooms. If doing a classroom competition, keep classroom change amounts separate and labeled. Deposit coins at least once a week at a local NON SAFEWAY Coinstar kiosk. You can find your closest kiosk here: https://www.coinstar.com/findakiosk Coins can be heavy so ask for help! By depositing each classrooms’ coins into coinstar separately the machine will print out a receipt with the amount for each class. No need to take time to count and roll coins! Be sure to share class that has raised the most each week to spur competition! At the end of your campaign, mail your Coinstar receipts, checks, or money orders to your local chapter along with your Wrap Up Report. Pennies and more: Donations can be made via: Coins, Cash, Checks, Online (credit card) and Matching Gifts by an employer. FIND WHAT YOU NEED ONLINE: STUDENTSERIES.ORG/RESOURCES

15. PRIZES & RECOGNITION Celebration Party All schools that raise a minimum of $750 win a celebration party (pizza or Olive Garden Pasta party) for the top fundraising classroom! Pennants Gold, Silver, and Bronze felt pennants will be distributed to classes that raise at least $100. Bronze: $100, Silver $200, Gold $300 Amazon.com Gift Cards Your school cam qualify to receive Amazon Gift Cards by raising $1500 or more.n fundraising levels Banners & Awards Schools raising $5,000 will receive a “Champions of Change” banner to display! Schools raising $10,000 will receive an “Inspiring Impact” plaque. Other awards include Top 10 schools, 5 and 10 year commitments, and Rookie of the Year Name an LLS-funded Research Grant Schools that raise $25,000 will be eligible to link their school name with an LLS-funded research project!

16. PRIZES & RECOGNITIONGreater Bay Area

17. PRIZES & RECOGNITIONGreater Bay AreaReceive a personal thank you from an Honored Hero by turning in your funds within 2 weeks after your campaign ends. FIND WHAT YOU NEED ONLINE: STUDENTSERIES.ORG/RESOURCES

18. FUNDRAISING IDEAS Stuck for a Buck Crazy for a Cure Shave Head/Dye Hair Dress in Costume Kiss a Pig If a teacher’s a specific team’s fan, wear opposite jersey Pennies Pie in the Face Bring the Change Spirit Week. Wall of Hope – make CANCER disappear Request blood drop pad to spell out CURE CANCER. Chuck Your Change Dine out event at local restaurant with % going to the cause. School-wide rewards: Extra Recess, Principal for a Day, DJ Dance Party Pay Not to Play annoying song. Bald for Bucks Challenge FIND WHAT YOU NEED ONLINE: STUDENTSERIES.ORG/RESOURCES

19. GOAL SETTING FIND WHAT YOU NEED ONLINE: STUDENTSERIES.ORG/RESOURCES

20. GOAL SETTING

21. NEXT STEPS Confirm your goal Schedule One-on-one Strategy Meeting Classroom Pages Creating Schedule Student Group Presentation Schedule Assembly Referrals? FIND WHAT YOU NEED ONLINE: STUDENTSERIES.ORG/RESOURCES

22. QUESTIONS?

23. THANK YOU!