Convince Your Principal or Athletic Director
Safety first. Cool First. Transport Second.
Elementary, middle school, high school and college can all take part in National Stay Cool Day. It’s free. Count your school in now, or send your principal or athletic director the ready-made note below.
Free to take part · Pick any combination that fits · Fundraiser never required

Every school has a way in.
Taking part is free. Pick any combination that fits your school.
Elementary (K–6)
- ParticipateA classroom or P.E. day built on the “Spot It, Say It, Cool It” activity, with a one-pager for P.E., nurse and recess staff and a take-home family page. No ice tubs for elementary.
- FundraiseOptional co-branded merch. 100% of the profit goes back to your school for safety equipment.
Middle school and high school
- ParticipateA heat-safety day on campus: Cool First education and practice readiness, plus the ice-bath record attempt where your school has athletic trainer coverage.
- FundraiseOptional shirts, armbands and stickers. 100% of the profit goes back to your school for cooling and safety equipment.
- Send an athleteNominate or register an athlete or team for the national day. Waivers and logistics run through your school.
College
- ParticipateA heat-safety day on campus: Cool First education and the ice-bath record attempt, supervised by your athletic trainers.
- FundraiseOptional co-branded merch. 100% of the profit goes back to your school for cooling and safety equipment.
- Send an athleteNominate or register an athlete or team for the national day. Waivers and logistics run through your school.
Every school that takes part gets free kits, posters, checklists and event instructions. The fundraiser is never required.
Three questions. Three easy answers.
What does it cost?
Nothing. Taking part is free, and the fundraiser is optional and never required.
Is it safe?
Safety comes first. Ice baths only happen where an athletic trainer is covering, and elementary schools have no ice-tub activity at all.
What do we have to do?
Pick what fits. We send the kits, posters, checklists and event instructions.
Send this. Get a yes.
Choose your school level, swap in the highlighted parts, copy, and send.
The one-line yes
This is all your principal or athletic director has to send to join@nationalstaycoolday.com.
[School] is participating on April 8, 2027.
Two steps. That’s it.
Count us in
Sign up your school online, or reply to join@nationalstaycoolday.com.
Get the one-line yes
Your principal or athletic director confirms with one line: “[School] is participating on April 8, 2027.”
Be one of the schools that showed up.
Free to take part. Pick any combination that fits. The fundraiser is never required.
Count us in →183 days to go until Thursday, April 8, 2027. Questions? Write to join@nationalstaycoolday.com.
