Tips coordinating your church/school buses

1. Things to request of your priest/pastor:
   
   1. Get his permission to have a bus leave from your church.
   2. Ask priest/pastor to join you on the Walk (priest/religious/seminarians go free).
   3. Arrange to have notices placed in bulletins.
   4. Arrange to place large color flyers (obtained from info@walkforlifewc.com) in church vestibule. You can also download flyers here.
   5. Arrange to either place smaller flyers (customized to your church) in the bulletins or to be left so people can get them as they come in or leave.
   6. Arrange for several people to be available after each Mass/service with a sign-up sheet to take reservations and monies.
   7. Ask pastor to announce Walk and bus departure after all the Masses/services and/or ask if someone connected with church bus can speak after all the Masses/services.
      
2. Contact the bus company to reserve a bus.  They may require a contract and a deposit.
3. Complete the contract and return if with any required deposit.
4. Register your bus with Rodney Roller here (he gets our parking permits and arranges for a place for the buses to park during the walk). This also enables individuals to locate a bus in their geographic location and contact the bus captain directly.
5. Contact your local media to see if any will advertise the fact you have a bus going to the Walk for Life. Arrange to have your information advertised in the local papers.
6. If you are arranging more than one bus, arrange to meet the bus captains at the beginning of this effort and confirm everyone's contact name, phone number, cell phone number, email address and possibly snail mail address. 
7. Arrange to meet at least once a month if beginning in August and then periodically and at least 3 weeks before the Walk.
8. PRAY BEFORE EACH STEP AND HAVE FUN.

See you at the Walk for Life!