Get Involved - At Your Workplace

Talk to your Communications Department about including a few sentences about the Dress in Blue Day program and colon cancer in your company newsletter, on the website or in employees' email signatures. Check out our sample newsletter article and web banner.

Hold a lunch & learn on Dress in Blue Day. Invite a local gastroenterologist to speak briefly (20 minutes) about colon cancer and screening methods or give your own presentation using our Colon Cancer Awareness Speaker Kit. Asking a staff member who has a personal connection to colon cancer to speak could also be helpful, when possible. Afterwards, play colon cancer trivia and award prizes such as colon cancer awareness bracelets to the employees who remember what they learned. Talk to Human Resources about promoting the event and possibly providing lunch for employees who attend.

Hold a dress-down day on Dress in Blue Day. Employees may dress casually if they donate $10 to the Colon Cancer Alliance (you can coordinate donation collection) and wear blue. Denim counts! Talk to your Human Resources Department or manager for approval, and then promote the event to all your coworkers! Mail in the donations with a completed Dress in Blue Day fundraising form and be sure to take a picture and send it to the Colon Cancer Alliance!

Put together a blue costume contest to see who can be the most creative! You may charge a $10 fee to enter the contest or collect donations as votes (for example: $5 = 1 vote). Contestants must wear blue to be eligible. Purchase a t-shirt from the Colon Cancer Alliance's online store to award to the best costume. Again, remember to send us a picture!

Organize a coffee fast. For every day someone goes without coffee, ask them to donate the money they would have spent on the purchase ($3-5). Create a chart showing everyone’s progress to spark a bit of competition. Encourage everyone to go one to two weeks.

Ask Human Resources to include the Dress in Blue Day mini flyer with payroll checks.

Distribute Dress in Blue Day program stickers and colon cancer fact sheets to your coworkers on Dress in Blue Day. You can also purchase colon cancer awareness bracelets from the Colon Cancer Alliance's online store.

Use your company’s window space to show your support. Download the Dress in Blue Day poster and write a message to the community.

Ask for a Corporate Matching Gift. Ask your company to match the amount of donations you receive from your fellow co-workers.

Organize an Office Fundraising Challenge. Encourage your coworkers to challenge each other in raising the highest amount of money for Dress in Blue Day. Give the winner a prize, such as movie passes, a t-shirt, or a gift certificate to a restaurant of his or her choice.

Buy dessert, a box of donuts or cupcakes, and sell it at the office. See if you can get the sweets donated or purchased at a lower cost so you raise more money!

Light your building or home in blue lights. What better way to grab people's attention than dousing your home or workplace in blue lights?

Create an online fundraising team with others in your office to awareness and funds for Dress In Blue Day. Each person at the office easily get involved by giving a donation, sending emails to friends and family and/or spreading the team's message on social media.