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Team Building Tips

1. Begin with a Kickoff Event and distribute all the instructions, materials and motivation you need to organize a large team of Plungers.

2. Register your team ONLINE, or call 626.462.0990 ext.101 or e-mail: Eloise Crawford

3. Set Plunger and fundraising goals and develop a plan to recruit Plungers. Be sure to consider:

o Family members and friends
o Your child's school and classmates
o You or your spouse's co-workers

4. Promote the Polar Plunge. Talk and/or write to these people about the Plunge and why you think it is important to support Special Olympics Southern California’s efforts to provide year round sports training and athletic competition for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Don't just ask people to join your team; make sure they know why you want them to join you and what it is that you want them to do.

5. Set a positive example. Be the first to sign up for your team and make sure that those people closest to you (your spouse, children, grandparents, brothers and sisters, closest friends, etc.) are registered as well.

6. Make sure that you know who is on your team. Encourage all of your team members to register. Have them call, email or complete and mail in the registration form. Registration Form

7. Finally, stress the importance of fundraising to your team throughout the entire pre-Plunge season. Remember the purpose of this Plunge is very simple: To raise money so that Special Olympics Southern California can fund, promote and support year round sports training and athletic competition for children and adults with intellectual disabilities.