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Ice Bowl Registration
Frequently Asked Questions
- What do I do first? Schedule a date for your Ice Bowl. The window is anywhere from from January 12 to February 18.
- What do I do second? Contact your charity and let them know you want to help out. Sometimes they can assist with publicity or might know a possible sponsor.
- What do I do third? Register your Ice Bowl here.
- What have other Ice Bowls done to raise funds? Getting merchandise donated to the event is a good place to start. Sponsors are more likely to help out when they know that there is a charitable tie-in. Depending on the value of the donated item(s), you might try an auction, a raffle, closest-to-the pin contests, etc. If you get enough donated stuff, you can then give the entry fees to the charity, and give out the donated merchandise as prizes. Other non-profit groups or even for-profit businesses might be willing to match your donations. Selling mulligans during play has been used successfully at many Ice Bowls.
- How do we have fun or more fun? Having food at Ice Bowls is very popular, with chili proving the most popular. Some Ice Bowls have featured relaxed formats with only a round or a round in a half of golf with nearly half of the field winning something. Try something different! Play the course backwards. Create new tees. Try a new kind of doubles or triples or team golf. (One Ice Bowl tried blindfolded doubles.) Remember, it's only January/February and we have a full competitive season ahead of us. This is great time just to have a whole bunch of fun, and do some good for the world at the same time.
- How can we get the media aware of what we are doing? Prepare a news release to be distributed at least a week to ten days before the event. Follow this up with phone calls three to five days before the event. Faxing news releases saves time and money. Another avenue is public service announcement. Click for samples of both.
- How can I buy some cool Ice Bowl Merchandise? We'll send you ordering information shortly after you register.
- Who and where should I go with questions? Disc Golf World, P. O. Box 025678, Kansas City, MO 64142. phone: 816.471.3472. fax: 816.471.4653. toll-free phone: 888.237-6884. e-mail: rick@discgolfworld.com
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