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TEAM CAPTAIN TIPS
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Q: WHAT IS HOT PURSUIT?
A: Hot Pursuit is an Amazing Race-style game that involves
teams racing along a route through Kakaako where they
must solve riddles and/or complete fun tasks to find
out where they go next.
Q: WHERE AND WHEN DOES IT TAKE PLACE?
A: Hot Pursuit is on Saturday, April 28, 2018. Registration is
from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. for those who have not pre-
STEP ONE: CREATE YOUR TEAM! registered, and the race starts at 9:45 a.m. The event’s
Register your team of two to six people at Home Base is on the lawn fronting Waterfront Plaza at the
HotPursuitHI.com. Contact a Hospice Hawaii Hot Pursuit intersection of Ala Moana Boulevard and South Street.
coordinator to help drum up ideas to support your team.
Q: HOW CAN I FORM A TEAM?
STEP TWO: GET YOUR TEAM A: Teams consist of two to six people and can be made up
of coworkers, family, friends, or even complete strangers.
WORKING TOGETHER! There are no age restrictions. Team members under the age
Get your fundraising plan in place by setting an of 18 need a parent /guardian signature. The team captain
individual AND overall team goal. Make sure to collect has the discretion to assemble the team as he or she sees fit.
funds raised and turn them in by Packet Pick-Up Day
on April 21 to qualify for incentive prizes. Q: WHAT IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS LEADING UP TO
AND DURING THE RACE?
STEP THREE: MOTIVATE!! A: Each team has the option of using a Hospice Hawaii
As captain, you are the lynchpin of your team! Get “Navigator.” The Navigator is available to answer questions
together early on to stage chemistry and camaraderie- as well as coordinate mini-rallies for the teams at their
building get-togethers. Every little bit of preparation helps! workplace, and help teams maximize their involvement.
STEP FOUR: GIVE YOURSELF Q: WHAT DOES BEING A TEAM CAPTAIN ENTAIL?
A: The team captain is the point person who works with
A PAT ON THE BACK! Hospice Hawaii to get everything set up for the team, from
Your support, and that of your team, means the registering members to collecting funds. The captain also
world to Hospice Hawaii patients and families, who helps his or her team come up with a team name – and
depend on fundraisers like these to bring comfort possibly even costumes! There’s a prize for best team spirit,
during their end-of-life journeys. Thank you! so get creative!
For more information or to
register today, call 791-8045 or
email hotpursuit@hospicehawaii.org
RAISE $250
H2GO Stainless
Steel Water Bottle
RAISE
$500
$50 Gas Card
Q: HOW DO I REGISTER A TEAM FOR RAISE $2,500 RAISE $1,000
Xbox One X
HOT PURSUIT? 1TB Console Beats Solo3 Wireless
A: Register your team online at HotPursuitHI.com or by
*One prize per person, all mon
hard copy registration form in the Hot Pursuit brochure. receive their prize. Winners mus
ey must be submitted by Apri
l 21 to
t be present on event day, Apri
l 28, 2018
Teams must commit to raising at least $250 that goes
toward the team registration, and each team member
must complete an individual form. Q: WHAT ARE THE FUNDS RAISED THROUGH
HOT PURSUIT USED FOR?
Q: WHEN IS THE REGISTRATION DEADLINE? A: Funds raised support Hospice Hawaii patients, from
A: Competitors can register up until the race day on end-of-life and palliative care, to programs designed for
April 28, 2018, though it’s important to keep the following helping patients and their families.
dates in mind:
• Monday, April 2, 2018 - Early registration deadline. Q: HOW CAN MY TEAM RAISE FUNDS?
Last-minute entries after April 3 are not guaranteed A: There are a variety of ways, from events like bake
an event t-shirt. sales to asking corporate donors or using social media
for support. To get started, set up your personal fund-
• Saturday, April 21, 2018 - Packet Pick-Up Day. This is raising page with FirstGiving and share it with family,
when you will pick up your event t-shirts and race day friends, or colleagues via social media. To do this, go to
information from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Hele www. FirstGiving.com/hospicehawaii
Station, 759 S. King St. To qualify for prizes, all
donations for the fundraising contest will be due A great way to raise funds for businesses is through the
at this time. Share the Love campaign. For a donation, customers
can have their name written on a Hospice Hawaii heart
Q: WHAT CAN I EXPECT ON EVENT DAY, logo, and posted on a wall or hung from a ceiling. There’s
APRIL 28, 2018? no up-front expense, as supplies are provided by
A: Lots of fun! The race begins at 9:45 a.m. and will take Hospice Hawaii. For more information on the Share the
competitors through the streets of Kakaako solving Love campaign, call us today.
riddles and completing unusual tasks. The race
concludes with an awards presentation.
Bring your family and friends to join in the fun! Home Base
will host a variety of family-friendly activities all day long.
Q: WHAT ARE THE AWARD CATEGORIES?
A: Awards will be given to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd
place team finishers, Best Spirit (come in costume!)
and Top Student Team Finisher awards. Certain
amounts raised will be eligible for prizes as well:
For more information or to
register today, call 791-8045 or
email hotpursuit@hospicehawaii.org
FUNDRAISING TIPS
Get to know Hospice Hawaii Set up a team web page that will
and its mission, and track the financial support you’ve
encourage your teammates received and keep donors abreast
to do so as well. Let your of how your team is coming
passion for the mission show together.
when you solicit donors, and
explain to them why Hospice Make use of the FirstGiving
Hawaii is such a worthwhile program to jumpstart your
organization to support. fundraising efforts.
Reach out to as many people Social media is a great way to
as you can for fundraising spread the word of your team and
support. Beyond tapping into the Hot Pursuit event. Don’t forget
your immediate family, friends to use the hashtag #HotPursuitHI.
and colleagues, you might Put on a bake sale, where you and
consider spreading the word your teammates bring items to
to fellow parents involved work to sell.
with your child’s sports team,
members of your church, Stage a “skill auction,” where you
participants in your yoga and your teammates auction off
class, and so on. Any skills or services to coworkers and
organization in which you’re friends.
involved can be a potential
fundraising source. Create a “best appetizer contest,”
where you and your teammates
Ask for an amount that’s bring in appetizers, charging cowork-
higher than the one you ers $2 to sample them and vote for
expect to get. You never their favorite one.
know when someone might
be willing to surprise you For more information or to register
with a major donation. today, call 791-8045 or email
hotpursuit@hospicehawaii.org
For more information or to
register today, call 791-8045 or
email hotpursuit@hospicehawaii.org
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT STUFF
WHAT: OTHER DATES TO REMEMBER:
Hot Pursuit, a fundraiser for Hospice Hawaii, April 2, 2018 – Early registration
presented by Par Hawaii deadline (guarantees t-shirt)
April 21, 2018 – Race packet pick-up
WHERE: day; deadline to submit funds raised
Waterfront Plaza, Kakaako to be eligible for incentive prizes
Free validated parking at Waterfront Plaza
INFO:
WHEN: (808) 791-8045 • HotPursuitHI.com
Saturday, April 28, 2018 HotPursuit@hospicehawaii.org
Registration (For those who haven’t pre-registered):
8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m Bring your smartphones and download the following app
Festitivies Begin: 9:00 a.m. on your iPhone or Android device before race day.
Race Start Time: 9:45 a.m.
http://bit.ly/hotpursuitapple
PRIZES:
• Top Fundraiser
• 1st Place Team Finisher http://bit.ly/hotpursuitandroid
• 2nd Place Team Finisher
• 3rd Place Team Finisher Don’t forget to track the hashtag #HotPursuitHI
• Best Team Spirit Award (come in costume!) on Twitter and Instagram for
• Top Student Team Finisher live updates and the chance
to win prizes!
Special prizes will be given to
everyone who raises enough:
• Raise $250 and receive a H2GO Stainless
Steel Water Bottle
• Raise $500 and receive a $50 gas card
• Raise $1,000 Receive a Beats Solo3 Wireless
• Raise $2,500 receive a Xbox One X 1TB Console
*One prize per person; all money must be received by
April 21, 2018. Winners must be present at the event on
April 28, 2018, to collect their prizes.
For more information or to
register today, call 791-8045 or
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