Take your Campaign Photo and Choose your Team Name

• Take your campaign photo with our Signing Up to Save Lives Poster.

• Choose your team name! Have fun with this and get creative. HERE are some examples from past candidates to get your creative juices flowing but make sure to make it your own. We want it to be YOU-nique!

• Send both to your LLS staff partner.

Sign up for Volunteers LLS

Your Volunteer LLS portal will allow you to review important documents and track your community service hours! All hours spent on this campaign must be logged in Volunteer LLS in order for staff to verify them at the end of the campaign.

1. Visit www.volunteerlls.org and under "Become a Volunteer" click "Get Started"

2. Enter your zip code and a list of volunteer positions will come up

3. Select the appropriate position: St. Louis Visionaries of the Year 

4. Read info about the VOY campaign and click "Apply Now"

5. Fill in general info and create a username and password

Schedule your Goal Planning Meetings

These are the most important meetings of your campaign as we lay the entire foundation for your strategy during this time. These goal planning meetings range in time between 60-90 minutes. Work with LLS Staff to schedule these. 

Prep for your Goal-planning Meetings

• Goal Planning #1 Meeting
  Timeline: 1-2 weeks after accepting your nomination
  Goal: We will discuss all campaign rules and guidelines during this time.
  Homework:
  - Prepare for your sponsorship preperation meeting by spending 10-15 minutes with your parents/guardians completing your personal Brainstorming Documents
  - Use these resources to help fill out the different sections.

• Sponsorship Preparation Meeting
  Timeline: 1 month after 1st goal planning
  Goal: This meeting is your "Corporate Support 101 Bootcamp". You are going to learn what a corporate sponsorship is, how to identify potential sponsors, the outreach process, what to do once you have secured a meeting, meeting documents, and hold a very casual, mock meeting with your LLS staff partner. At the end of this meeting we will be using the contact information you have brought to send out your FIRST round of meeting requests.
  Homework:
  - Brainstorm any additional potential corporate sponsors
  - If you haven't heard back in 2 weeks, send out a follow-up email. Consistency is KEY!

• Goal Planning #2 Meeting
  Timeline: 1 month after sponsorship preparation meting
  Goal: This meeting will help us develop the strategy for your ENTIRE campaign! We will create your own personal Goal Planning Workbook that you can reference throughout the duration of your campaign to keep you organized and on track.
  Homework:
  - Prepare for your final Goal Planning #3 meeting by spending 15-30 minutes to gather the contact information for the potential corporate support organizations we identified. We will be sending out your first round of emails next week. So get ready to hit the ground running! 

Candidate Handbook and the Candidate Hall of Fame

Review the 2025 Candidate Handbook to get an edge on the competition.

The Hall of Fame is a group visionaries who have gotten an early start on their campaign. To qualify, all tasks must be completed BY Kick Off Saturday, March 29, 2025 @ 12 PM CT (unless otherwise stated). Candidates who complete these items will be recognized at our Kick Off and Grand Finale Celebrations.

Your LLS Fundraising Page

Check out our Fundraising Page User Guide to learn how to access your fundraising tools, customizing your fundraising page and where to find your fundraising URL.

Need assistance with depositing funds through Fundraise.LLS.org? Click here!

Refer to your Candidate Agreement & Confidentiality Terms (CACT) 

This document was reviewed with you during your Goal Planning #1 meeting and sets out the rules of the campaign. Make sure to sign this in the Volunteer LLS Portal!