3 Ways to Get Involved in Giving Day!

What it is Giving Day is a 24-hour fundraising event on April 21st, 2016 that builds awareness for our critical mission and raises funds to support the lifesaving work of the American Red Cross.

To build awareness about Giving Day and enhance your social media activities, follow the three steps below:

1. Sign up to be a Social Ambassador! As a Social Ambassador, you’ll join a special group of our most dedicated supporters in helping spread the word about Giving Day. When you sign up to be an ambassador, you’ll receive weekly content and videos you can share on social media. You will be a part of a nationwide team raising awareness for lifesaving mission and helping more families in need.  It’s fast and easy to sign up – just go to givingday.redcross.org/ambassadors/

2. Leading up to Giving Day, you can keep the momentum going by posting to your own social media accounts. Use the hashtag #help1family on your social media accounts to encourage your friends and family to get involved and donate on Giving Day. See examples below.

Twitter
I’m helping @RedCross spread the word about their April 21 Giving Day! Join me to #help1family: rdcrss.org/1R5Uw41

Will you #help1family? $30 could provide 6 blankets for ppl affected by disasters big & small rdcrss.org/1R5Uw41

Facebook
The American Red Cross needs our help! If we all #help1family, think of what we could do. Help spread the word about Red Cross Giving Day as a Social Ambassador: rdcrss.org/1U2g2a4

You can help the American Red Cross provide a family with a day’s worth of food, plus blankets and other essentials for just $88.50. Make an impact – #help1family. Show your #RedCross Giving Day support now: rdcrss.org/1U2g2a4

*Make sure to use the URLS above so we are able to track how much of an impact Youth is making for Giving Day!

3. Starting April 1^st, encourage your friends, family, and neighbors to donate on the Red Cross Youth page (redcross.org/givingday/youth). Every online donation to the Youth Page will be included in the real-time fundraising results shown on the Giving Day website.