Relay For Life Pitch thoughts

Last week my Public Relations Admin class pitched our theme ideas for the Relay For Life kick-off to the Baldwin County Relay For Life committee members. My class was split into 5 groups of 3 and were told to run with how the American Cancer Society is the official sponsor of birthdays. We all had to create our own slogan,theme, menu, table decorations, wall decorations, and budget proposal (only being told we had $100 that we should not use). My group's theme was "Celebrate A Memory." We decided that you can celebrate a memory about more things than just a birthday so this would allow more angles of ideas for Relay For Life teams in the Spring . We chose to do this through black and white memories, like a polaroid picture. My class pitched our ideas in the fellowship hall of the church we will being using for the actual kick-off. Each group set-up their table decoration ideas and had proposal packets for the committee members that explained all our ideas. We were given 10 minutes to explain our ideas and answer questions to the roughly 20 person committee. I was nervous during our pitch time because I was not expecting to be talking in front of so many people. My group did great though because they picked our idea for Relay this year. Once my group finished presenting, I actually had to leave for soccer practice so I did not get to experience the rest of the evening. I am very excited about this experience and the role I am getting to play in this important event. I hope that everything goes as close as possible to planned.