Yes! We encourage you to FUNdraise as a team and/or individually. Once you complete registration for the event a personal fundraising page will be created for you. You will see a link to this page when you submit your registration; you will also receive an email to the one used at registration with a link to your personal and/or team page. This page is customizable and we encourage you to make it unique! This allows you and your teammate to fundraise leading up to the event. You then can share this link with friends and family and encourage them to donate to your team in support of the FPS mission. Please note that this fundraising effort is separate from the registration fee. Based on the tournament hosts decision, the teams that raise the most fundraising money may receive a special incentive towards their first game of the tournament.

Cornhole is a great game to get everyone engaged! Cornhole for Cancer is great for networking & team building opportunities! The Scoreholio software makes it easy to set up the tournament so that players can either register in set teams or individually and then are matched with different players for all four games. So, if you choose this tournament style, you randomly switch partners and get to play with someone different each game.

Being together is important and cornhole is an activity that can be done safely, outside. So, it is a great way to bond with people of all ages, skill levels, backgrounds, and abilities! So, take the initiative to get one organized and bring Cornhole for Cancer to your community. This type of event is perfect for schools, sports groups, independent/assisted living facilities, religious groups, service groups, fraternity/sororities, and any other groups that are looking for a family fun activity!

To begin, we encourage you to read the Event Information and these FAQs to familiarize yourself with the Cornhole for Cancer concept and execution process. There are some major considerations including who will host the event, what model you will choose (found in Event Information), the location of the tournament and the date (with a rain date or alternative location). Once you have made a decision to host an event, please complete the Host a Cornhole Tournament Form on this website. Once the form is submitted, the FPS office will call you within 48 business hours to get the process started. When your date/time/event details are confirmed, FPS will supply a customized registration form and URL page for your event specifically, and you will be able to share this with your players. Further, this page can also list any additional information pertinent to your tournament specifically and any sponsors you may want to recognize. This webpage will become the hub for all registration and information pertaining to your tournament.

Once the tournament is up and running, FPS takes care of every detail and will communicate with all participants via email and text. We assign teams and courts, organize brackets and ensure that there is registration material for all attendees. FPS even provides the tents, tables and monitors so people can take a break from the sun and watch play that is happening. Prior to the event, all players will receive detailed instructions and a map of the tournament set up.

The goal is to raise awareness and funds to support the For Pete’s Sake Cancer Respite Foundation mission. To make it worthwhile for us to come and orchestrate your tournament, we set a goal of $6,000. At a minimum, we can come if you are able to raise $4,000 with team registrations and other ideas contained in our fundraising kit. We will provide you with a detailed fundraising guide and expert advice on ideas that help you reach your goal.

If you are a high school or college we have created this guide to help you reach your goal.

A fundraising kit is available to all tournament hosts. This kit will provide practical advice and guidance on raising additional funds, from raffles and sponsors to merchandise sales and silly games that you could include in your event experience. We encourage you to find event sponsors to help you reach your fundraising goal! We can create signage for them at the event and give them team registrations. An event sponsorship packet template will be provided to any tournament host who is interested in adding this fundraising initiative to their tournament.

In addition, tournament participants that fundraise $50 or more will have the opportunity to dedicate a message on our wall of hope in memory or honor of a loved one. All these donations will count towards your fundraising goal and are restricted gifts to offset our respite costs throughout the year.

FPS will work with you to promote your event. To help you, we have designed a Cornhole for Cancer toolkit that has templates for social media posting, for posters, for press releases and for any other imaginable way to help spread the word. FPS will allow for posts on our social media platform for your event. FPS will also promote pictures of your event and report back to the community about your success! All event hosts are encouraged to reach out to members of their local media about your event and in the toolkit, there are some samples for which you can use for this outreach.

If you have specific social media questions please contact Julia Heinze, who can walk you through any problem related to social media.

Julia can be reached via email at Juliah@takeabreakfromcancer.org or by calling (267) 708-0510.

We offer three forms of event play.

1. The traditional method of play is a double elimination event that results in a final bracket. Every team is guaranteed two games.
2. We also offer a Round Robin event style that guarantees every team will play four games. The bracket is then ranked after the round robin by record and points, and a single elimination playoff bracket is made with the top sixteen teams. Every team is guaranteed four games.
3. The final method of play is a Switcholio, where players sign up individually and are randomly paired with different players in the Round Robin format. This format is terrific for Chambers, parties and networking events. Again, every team plays four games.

Each team has two players. The tournament is limited to 128 teams. If you have more than 128 teams that want to sign up, we would consider additional teams based on a case by case basis and our ability to staff the event with both personnel and supplies.

Yes. If you have the space for the boards and the land is flat, then set up is simple and it is irrelevant if play is on grass or asphalt.

We do ask you have a sizable parking lot or grassy area for the boards, and a good approximation for a maximum needed is half the size of a football field; this is for 128 teams and allows for ample social distancing. For less teams, account for about six feet per court in width and boards are placed 27 feet apart per regulation. Our current electronic scoring structure allows for us to accommodate 128 teams with 32 courts. Playing inside works well too because weather is not a factor when indoors!

Of course. We normally set the courts up for the regulation of 27 feet and can shorten the courts to either the child regulation of 24 feet or to a court length that you believe would be appropriate for your audience.

We use standard cornhole boards assembled with 2×4’’s, so they are quite sturdy and there is no bouncing. Some of the boards in use have been decorated by FPS families and are used exclusively for Cornhole for Cancer. We hope you enjoy the artwork displayed on the boards! Remember, we bring all the boards so there is no reason that any player needs to supply a board.

No, we ask that you please refrain from bringing your own cornhole bags. With the rotation of courts and our tournament styles, you must use the bags we provide.

Each team has two players and the tournament is limited to 128 teams.  If using set teams, the team members need to register together and choose a team name.  The more creative the names, the more fun the tournament can be. However, all names must be in good taste as our events are family friendly.  Each team will be randomly assigned the starting brackets. Prior to the event, FPS will communicate directly to all registrants so to manage expectations.

Registration will begin thirty minutes prior to the start of play and teams simply have to check in with their team name, players names and email addresses. Once teams have checked in, they will proceed to the technology table for instructions on how to set up the scoring technology. It is suggested that all players download the Scoreholio app prior to coming to the tournament and we will help you set up the app for the tournament that day.

There will usually be two to four brackets depending on the event, labeled as Brackets A, B, C, and D. They will contain 16-32 teams each. Courts within these brackets will be titled A1 through A8 for Bracket A, B1 through B8 for Bracket B, and so on. Once all teams have registered and as play is about to begin, you will receive a notification on your phone as to the court you will be playing at for the first game. Once you are assigned to a bracket at the start of play, all your games will take place on these bracket courts! Your phone notifications will continue as play is underway and will tell you what court in your bracket you will be playing on! It’s important that when you get a notification, you immediately go to that court and start play. This is how we are able to complete the tournament in a four-hour timeframe!

Further, each bracket will have a television monitor under the bracket tent that will depict who is playing and on what court. Therefore, if you don’t want to use your phone, we ask that you continually look at the monitor to keep on top of your team movement.

Yes, we give prizes, but they are not large cash prizes. Rather, we work with the community organizer to provide prizes that are meaningful to both them and also to the FPS mission and taking a break! Some samples include gift cards for fun family activities.

We encourage it! Perhaps you want to add a food truck as part of the day or choose a venue that is part of a restaurant or catering hall with a large parking lot! This latter idea allows you to make the venue part of the experience itself and gives you access to food! FPS has a list of food truck vendors in PA which have passed our screening test. Any other vendor you identify will have to be approved prior to the event and have the requisite insurance required by FPS and the local host. We always ask too that the food vendors provide a portion of the proceeds as a donation to the event.

It depends on the event and venue. If allowed, we encourage participants to bring their own chairs and tents, and if refreshments are not available for purchase at the event, then pack some food and beverages. The total tournament time is about four hours so be sure to have plenty of water! FPS does not provide any refreshments as part of the Cornhole for Cancer set up and execution.

As part of the registration process, organizers are required to provide a rain date or alternative location. Because of the bag material, the game cannot be played in inclement weather, so rain dates are important. You will be notified by 5:00 pm the evening prior to the tournament and all registrants will get a text message and email about the change. If the rain date also is rained out, we will work with the tournament host to find a mutually agreed upon date to host the event. Please note, if a team/player is unable to attend the rain date their registration fee is nonrefundable but is transferable. Remember playing indoors is an option as well to avoid the weather.

Yes, of course you can volunteer at a Cornhole for Cancer Event.  Each event requires a minimum of 6 volunteers.  Please note that players are unable to play and volunteer for the event. Our volunteers are critical to the electronic scoring process and will be ensuring that the event pace continues to move by imputing game scores.  Players may assist in set-up and break-down of the event, but are unable to volunteer during game time.  To sign up to be a volunteer, please email cornhole@takeabreakfromcancer.org.  Virtual training will be provided to all volunteers through a scheduled 45 minute video call.

We have this covered too. In close proximity to the registration table is a technology table that will be manned throughout the tournament. Someone at this table will be able to help you. Also, this table will have an additional monitor that will show play of each bracket.