Coordinator Timeline
Ten weeks before your bowling event
- Register on JA Bowl-A-Thon site 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 2 pre-event activities to create hype and excitement around your event (i.e. kickoff, bowling pin decorating contest, Jeans for JA, company BBQ, etc.)
- Send out company-wide email to announce event
Nine weeks before your bowling event
- Send out email to past Team Captains and top fundraisers asking them to step up to be Team Captains
Eight weeks before your bowling event
- Have your first pre-event activity
- Identify Team Captains
Seven weeks before your bowling event
- Have every team captain signed up on the website and make sure they are having their teammates register
Six weeks before your bowling event
- ALL TEAMS (team captains and bowlers) need to be registered on the website at this time
Five weeks before your bowling event
- Send email to all Team Captains encouraging them to make sure everyone on their team is registered
- Send email to everyone registered to encourage fundraising
Four weeks before your bowling event
- Confirm number of lanes needed with Justin Hazlett
- Host your second pre-event activity to create excitement
Three weeks before your bowling event
- Send email to everyone registered to encourage fundraising
Two weeks before your bowling event
- Collect all registration fees
- Mail registration fees to JA
- Junior Achievement, 1445 Market St., Ste. 200
ATTN: Justin Hazlett
Denver, CO 80202
- Send email to everyone registered to encourage fundraising
One week before your bowling event
- Send email to everyone registered to encourage fundraising
Week of your bowling event
- Send last email reminding bowlers to show up 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 the JA staff
Following the event
- Send Thank you email recognizing everyone for their outstanding efforts.