As a point of history, the team used to be known for the "Spin-a-thon" or as Steve Nutt unknowingly posted "Spin-a-thong". We did it for I think 6 years, and it fell through in the past few because too few people wanted to assist. The 2 times I was involved, I think we ended up donating $500 to some local charities.
Any charity work most assuredly does help with public relations, which comes into play with sponsorship, but also when the team needs a favor like say, a race/practice venue. Or maybe just respect on the road. However, it's also a HUGE PITA if only 3-5 offer to help, ESPECAILLY if this is a 24hr event. Keep in mind this is VT (Championship weekend), so quite a few aren't going to be, and can't be expected to skip that race weekend for it. But there are far more members than race that can donate a few hours of a 24 session, even if it's broken into pieces of time. This would also go directly towards SCF funding. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sequoya Moore Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 9:12 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WVU Cycling] Re: Relay for Life I talked to JR and he's willing to help me get everyone else involved so I guess I'll be creating the team in the next few days. If you come up with any fund-raising ideas, let me know. On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 6:34 PM, Sequoya Moore <[email protected]> wrote: Will do. Also, the required entry fee is $10 per person and whatever we can raise after that. It looks like the team to beat currently is the Pharmacy School.. they have over a thousand. On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 6:31 PM, Tyler <[email protected]> wrote: I'd like to do it then so let me know if we enter a team. On Feb 17, 6:16 pm, Sequoya Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > I think you can do either. The only "requirement" is that someone on the > team be on the track at all times. It starts at 7pm Friday night and ends at > 6am Saturday morning. Sounds like a good bonding time for everyone. > > > > On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 6:08 PM, Tyler <[email protected]> wrote: > > So this is what you and mikaela were talking about, is this a run or > > walk event? Because if it is a run I wouldn't mind running in it. > > > On Feb 17, 5:56 pm, "s'moores" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hey guys, I wanted to throw the idea out there that it might be fun to > > > get the entire Morgantown bike community in on a Relay for Life team. > > > Make some shirts, raise some money, and just have fun. The Relay is > > > April 15 so there is some time to organize. I realize that some of you > > > might be leaving for a race that day, but for those of us who aren't, > > > why not? It would get us a little more PR which, you never know, might > > > turn into more money later. So what do you think? > > > > ~Sequoya > > > > PS: Tentative name for the team: Bikers for Boobies.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
