Kick-off events are great ways to provide a teaser and promote your Fresh Check Day in a fun way. Want to hold a kick-off but not sure what to do? The Fresh Check Day Planning Manual provides several ideas such as bringing in therapy dogs and massages to help students relax, as well as sponsoring an engaging mental health speaker If you have some room in your budget. But our Fresh Check Day schools are constantly impressing us away with their creativity and unique ideas. University of Connecticut shuttled students to their iconic Horsebarn Hill for sunrise yoga, and last Spring Tunxis Community College filmed their Yoga Flash Mob kick-off event. Providence College made their own powerful 100 Reasons video to help promote their Fresh Check Day week full of suicide prevention activities. Your kick-off doesn't have to cost a lot of money or take a lot of time planning to get the word out and make an impact on campus. Be sure to let us know what creative ideas you come up with!

When schools sign on to host Fresh Check Day, it is our hope that the program goes on to become a tradition on campus that students come to look forward to and recognize year after year. So whether you're about to have your first Fresh Check Day or your fourth, we want to let you know how you can sign on to do it again!

Once you complete a post-event debrief survey to give us important feedback on your experience planning Fresh Check Day, your Program Coordinator will provide you a link to fill out a Returning School Interest Application, which just asks a few simple questions to let us know when you'd like to host Fresh Check Day again. You can also access this link anytime on freshcheckday.com/planning. We start adding Fresh Check Days to our calendar a year in advance so don't wait!  Once we receive your interest form, our Program Manager will reach out to send you any updated documents, help you determine a date, and get you on your way!

It's really that simple! We look forward to seeing those interest apps for 2016!