Kick Butts Day Tips

Register your event!

Seriously. Registering your event lets our Kick Butts Day team know you’re out there. Once you register, we can help you get in touch with local media, tell you about other events in your area and answer any questions you have about Kick Butts Day.

Also, this year you can apply for a $500 or $1,000 mini-grant—but only if you register! Remember, if you don’t register, your information won’t be included in our press releases and other media materials, so register today!

Don't want your event publicized?
Register anyway, just don't check the box asking us to promote your event. Knowing who's doing events this year gives us an idea of how many events actually took place.

Plan ahead

Start recruiting volunteers, gathering supplies and confirming your event location and other details early. See the timeline in the Activity section for help.

Always secure necessary permits

This is so important! Whether it’s getting permission from your principal to hold an event at a
school assembly or a formal permit from your police department or the city, make sure you have permission to organize your event at whichever location you choose.

Be polite

Let’s say you’re distributing flyers with tobacco facts and industry quotes…be sure not to litter or force your message on others. Hand out flyers to those who want them and spread your message to everyone else with cool posters and banners. And be sure to clean up after your event!

Don’t exclude anyone or any group from your event — especially smoker

Kick Butts Day is not anti-smokers; it’s an opportunity to fight back against the tobacco industry.

Contact the media

This can help you spread your message way beyond Kick Butts Day – reaching hundreds, even thousands, of people by making sure the media covers your event. See the Getting Noticed section for more details.