Your Role as Team Captain
By having a captain, your team members are proven to be better motivated and active than their individual counterparts. Lead your team by example! Show them that its easy, fun, and rewarding to be a fundraiser.
What are your responsibilities?
- Create your team by recruiting your friends, family, and fellow church members to join! Host an interest meeting at your parish or on a video call to share the event.
- Register online by visiting and click Form A Team – Become a Team Captain
- Set a team fundraising and mile goal. Challenge each team member to commit to a personal goal. OCMC challenges each team to complete a minimum of 1,200 miles and raise at least $2,000. A good personal goal to start at is 60-100 miles and $200 per member.
- Customize your team and personal fundraising pages in the Participant Center. Share pictures and stories about why you and your team are supporting Orthodox missions.
- Encourage your team members to register online. This will make sure their activity is recognized. Ask them to set up their personal pages and send emails to spread the word.
- Record and track your team's miles. Send weekly updates to OCMC at events@ocmc.org. Two methods:
- Form a team club on Strava, the social-fitness app. Invite your team members to join. Also encourage everyone to join the OCMC's Strava Club at OCMC Trek4Missions!
- Have team members fill out a Trek Mile Tracking Log and submit their activities to you.
- Recruit team members to assist you, there is no need to take on all the work yourself. A little help goes a long way.
- Help team members with their fundraising.
- Plan a kickoff and/or celebration event. Maybe something virtual. Be creative.
- Highlight different OCMC programs each week and offer reflections in your parish bulletins.
- Help track your team's mileage. Follow your team’s Strava club or collect logs.
- Submit Tracking Log to OCMC at events@ocmc.org.
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