Registering online for Relay For Life - Canadian Cancer Society

Registering online for Relay For Life
New to Relay For Life
Welcome! Our online Canadian Cancer Society Relay For Life website lets you register
quickly and easily. Once you register you will be given a username and password. These
credentials can be used for all of your future Relay For Life online activities.
Register as a Team Captain
To register as a Team Captain on our website, you will need a valid e-mail address. The
registration fee must be paid online with a credit card. As the Team Captain, you will also be
able to register other team members and pay their registration fees at the same time, if you
prefer.
(Note: You are only able to register other team members and pay for their registration fees
when you register yourself, you aren’t able to go back to register and pay for your team
members at a later time, so make sure you have all of their information when you register
yourself if you would like to pay for and register your team members.)
Once you’ve registered, you’ll have access to our online fundraising tools, where you can
invite others to join your team or pledge you by e-mail.
Register as a team member
To register as a team member on our website you need to join a specific team. See steps on
page 2.
You will need to know:
• the Team Captain’s name
• the specific event location where the Team Captain set up the team
• the team password (if the Team Captain set a password for your team)
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You will also need:
• a valid e-mail address – a valid e-mail address is required for online registration
• a credit card – your registration fee must be paid at the time of registration with a
valid credit card
Once you’ve registered, you will have access to our online fundraising tools, and you can
invite others to join your team and pledge you by e-mail.
Step-by-step instructions for Team Captains
1. Visit cancer.ca/relay.
2. Select your province from the drop-down box.
3. Locate your local community event from the master table of Relay For Life events. Click
on the name of your local event.
4. You will arrive on the event greeting page for your local event. Click the “Create a new
team” link from the centre of the page below the image.
5. Enter the team information:
• Enter a team name. (This can be changed at a later date.)
• You can choose to associate your team with a company or organization.
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o If you have several teams from your company or organization participating
in this event, this will track your company’s online fundraising progress and
allow you to compete against the other teams in your organization. This is not
a required field.
• You can create a password for your team. If you do, other participants will need to
know the password to join your team. This is not a required field.
• You can also enter a fundraising goal for your team. Click “Next step”.
6. Enter your personal fundraising goal as a participant. Click “Next step”.
7. Enter your personal information, including your contact information. You’ll be asked for
additional information that helps us manage the event. Click “Next step”.
8. You now have the option of registering (and paying for) other team members. If you
choose to do this, keep in mind:
• If they were a participant, volunteer or survivor in Relay For Life last year, they likely
have a username for Relay For Life online and will need to use that to register. This
means they will need to log in and register. To do this, use your online fundraising
tools to send them an e-mail to join your team.
• If some members were not part of last year’s Relay For Life, we ask that you enter
an individual e-mail address for each person so they are able to access the online
fundraising tools. When you enter their e-mail address, they will receive an e-mail
from our website letting them know they’ve been registered for Relay For Life, and
explain how to access the website. Please do not use the same e-mail address for
multiple people, as this may cause personal information, such as tax receipts, to be
e-mailed to the wrong person.
9. Once you’ve finished registering your team, confirm the details on the screen. Click on
“Complete registration” to proceed to the next step.
10. Enter your billing and credit card information and click “Next step”.
11. You have one last chance to confirm your registration and transaction information
before your credit card is processed. Click “Process” to complete the transaction and
charge your credit card.
12. Once your registration is complete, you will already be logged in to the system and you
can start personalizing your fundraising page and sending e-mails.
Step-by-step instructions for team members
1. Visit cancer.ca/relay.
2. Select your province or territory from the drop-down box.
3. Locate your local community event from the master table of Relay For Life events. Click
on the name of your local event.
4. You will then arrive on the event greeting page for your local event. Click the “Join an
existing team” link from the centre of the page below the image.
5. You then have the option to search for the team you want to join. You can search by
team name. You can type the first few letters of the team name, and click on the “Search”
button to pull up a list of teams that match your search criteria. If you do not enter search
criteria and click on the “Search” button, you will pull up a list of all teams registered for
this event location. Once you’ve found your team, click on the “Join” link in the far righthand
corner of the table.
6. Enter your own personal fundraising goal. Click “Next step”.
7. Enter your personal information, including contact information. You’ll be asked for
additional information that helps us manage the event. Click “Next step”.
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8. When you’ve finished registering, confirm all the details on the screen. Click “Complete
registration” to proceed to the next step.
9. Enter your billing and credit card information and click “Next step”.
10. You have one last chance to confirm your registration and transaction information
before your credit card is processed. Click “Process” to complete the transaction and
charge your credit card.
11. Once your registration is complete, you are already logged in to the system and you can
start personalizing your fundraising page and sending e-mails.
To register now, go to cancer.ca/relay.
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