How to Step Up

Help STAAR Color the Country Teal by hosting your own event this September. Just 5 Steps will get you on your way!

STEP 1:

Create Your Team

Recruit Your Committee

Ask your friends, family, local OC Thrivers, coworkers, students... or anyone else to help you plan your event!

Choose Your Event Type

Not sure what you want to plan? We have lots of ideas to help get you started.

Pick a Date

You get to pick the date, time, and location for your event!

STEP 2:

Register Your Event
Give the STAAR team a heads up about your upcoming Step Up event! We will send you some tools to help you make your event a success and work with you to get your registration page up and running. 

STEP 3:

Plan

STAAR has the resources you need to create a successful event. 

STEP 4:

Market & Fundraise!
Encourage friends to join and invite friends or make separate sub teams
  • 5 friends asking 5 friends is 25 participants
  • 10 friends asking 10 friends is 100 participants
  • Ask your friends to share your event on social media
  • Ask friends to donate (50 donations of $50 is $2500!)
  • Ask local businesses to sponsor your event
**If each event raises an average of $5,000 we will reach our funding goals and fund a great research project for low-grade serous ovarian cancer!

STEP 5:

Have Fun & Thank Your Supporters!
EVENT SUPPORT
STAAR will provide each event  these items to assist your event:
  • Up to 50 T-shirts (will consider additional t-shirts upon request), Up to 200 shirts to College Events
  • Digital packets including pre-made social media collateral to share
    • Sponsorship forms
    • Ovarian Cancer Awareness and Education information and generic media
    • FlipCause instructions
      • Making a team and sub teams
    • Donor acknowledgement forms for sponsors paying by check 
  • Banner (if your event can hang)
  • Signs with OC symptoms listed (if doing an event and requested)
  • Donor acknowledgement forms through online platform
 Event Checklist and Suggestions for Planning
We've created a checklist that can help you plan through before, during, and after your event.  We hope this guide helps you in your planning.  Also, don't forget to call on your friends to help you.  
​Event Ideas
There are so many ways to plan an event or fundraiser.  We wanted to share a few with you.

  • Plan something outdoors
    •  Walk, Run, Bike, Hike, Dance, Games, Music Concert, Picnic, Tournament (pickle ball, corn hole, tennis, soccer, softball)
  • Plan a game night
  • Plan a wine tasting and get items needed donated
  • Plan a cook off or a pie baking contest
  • Plan a birthday fundraiser on our site or on Facebook

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