Organize

Organize a campaign in your community

Do you want to showcase your leadership skills, while giving back to your community? Organize a Trick or Eat campaign! This entails recruiting volunteers, promoting the event in your community, organizing routes, contacting your local food agency, and organizing the night-of logistics.

Campaigns can be a few friends, a few families, or a few hundred!

Registration for Trick or Eat 2014 Organizers has Opened! CLICK HERE. 

As an organizer for Trick or Eat, you will be running and coordinating the campaign in your community. Your responsibilities will include:

• Promoting the campaign in your local area (newspapers, television, Facebook, Twitter, etc.)
• Recruiting volunteers to your campaign
• Finding a local food bank to support
• Planning the routes and logistics of the event on Halloween
• Reporting your results to Meal Exchange

If you are interested in organizing a campaign, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Last day to register a campaign is Monday October 13th, 2014! 

Also, don’t forget to check out the Resources section to find handy documents to help you plan your Trick or Eat campaign, like the Organizer How-to Guide for step-by-step instructions on being a Trick or Eat organizer!

FALL READING WEEK - Does Halloween fall within your fall reading week? No problem! Let us know and we can arrange for your group to Trick or Eat before October 31st. 

Watch this video to find out more about becoming a Trick or Eat organizer.

Resources

Here you will find helpful resources for your campaign. If there’s anything you don’t see but would be helpful, just email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

ONLINE RESOURCE PACKAGE FOR ORGANIZERS:

1. Organizer How to Guide (PDF)
2. Media Advisory - (Word)
3. News Release - (Word)
4. Waiver (PDF)
5. Waiver for under 18 (PDF)
6. Organizer Checklist (PDF)
7. Fundraising 101 (PDF)
8. Grocery Cart Contract (Word)
9. Letter for Local Businesses (Word)
10. Sample Route Map (PDF)
11. Social Media Tips (PDF)
12. Tips from 2012 Organizers (PDF)
13. 2.0 - Hosting a 2.0 Training 
14. 2.0 - Volunteer Training Sample Presentation 
15. 2.0 - Canvassing Scripts 
16. 2.0 - Twitter Recording Sheets

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