Team Captain Responsibilities
Your main priority is to keep your teammates informed, motivated and engaged in the Dean Team Automotive Challenge Walk MS.
Many team captains send out emails or newsletters regularly, host or organize team parties and plan team fundraising events.
Recruiting new team members is also a very important responsibility of a team captain. We encourage our team captains to set a recruitment goal and
go for it!
Set a fundraising goal! Fundraising to find a cure for MS is the main purpose of Challenge Walk MS.
Each individual team member is required to raise the minimum pledge requirement of $1,500. This year there is a special pledge requirement of $1,000 for first-time Challenge Walkers. Many team members go above and beyond the minimum requirement. We encourage everyone to fundraise with the mission in mind and go for your goal.
Personalize your team page and start your blog. Your team page is an effective fundraising tool for online donations. You can add a picture of your team and if you are a corporate team, you can put your company logo on your team page. Your blog can function like a discussion board where you can initiate conversations by posting topics. Your registered teammates can also add comments. Don’t hesitate to log on to your participant center and upload a team photo and/or company logo. Write a short story about your team today!
Mentor new participants and teach them everything that they need to know about being a successful participant.
Stay up-to-date on your team’s fundraising progress through your participant center.
Tips for New Team Captains
- Schedule an informational session with a Team MS staff member to help you recruit team members
- Attend an on-line training session from the comfort of your home or office to learn more about the on-line tools and how to set up your personal web page.
- Get an early start on fundraising.
- Set a recruitment and fundraising goal for your team.
- Be sure to participate in the Team Week competitions amongst teams to help you reach your recruitment and fundraising goals.
- Share duties with a co-captain to lighten the load.
- Raise the most money as a first-year team to become the #1 Rookie Team!
- Design and order team T-shirts to wear the day of the event.