Ten weeks before your bowling event
- Register on JA Bowl-A-Thon website so you can access materials and start fundraising
- Find out the following
- Does your company match donations?
- Will your company or each participant pay registration fees?
- When and where will you have your bowling event?
- Come up with two pre-event activities to create awareness and excitement about your event (i.e. kickoff, bowling pin decorating contest, Jeans for JA, company BBQ, etc.)
- Send out company-wide Email to announce the first event
Nine weeks before your bowling event
- Send out Email to former Team Captains and top fundraisers asking them to step up to be Team Captains again this year
Eight weeks before your bowling event
- Have your first pre-event activity
- Identify Team Captains
Seven weeks before your bowling event
- Make sure every Team Captain has signed up on the website and is having their teammates register
Six weeks before your bowling event
- ALL PARTICIPANTS (Team Captains and bowlers) need to be registered on the website at this time
Five weeks before your bowling event
- Send an Email to Team Captains encouraging them to make sure everyone on their team is registered
- Send an Email to everyone registered to encourage fundraising
Four weeks before your bowling event
- Confirm the number of lanes needed with Jami Alleman
- Host your second pre-event activity
Three weeks before your bowling event
- Send an Email to everyone registered to encourage fundraising
Two weeks before your bowling event
- Send an Email to everyone registered to encourage fundraising
One week before your bowling event
- Send an Email to everyone registered to encourage fundraising
Week of your bowling event
- Send one last Email reminding bowlers to arrive 30 minutes early, bring their cash and check donations, and make a final push for fundraising
- Turn in all money, matching forms, and packets to one of the JA staff members at your bowling event
Following the event
- Send a thank you Email recognizing everyone for their outstanding efforts