Spring2Action 2016

Space of Her Own is gearing up for Spring2Action, Wednesday, April 20, 2016 – Alexandria’s Giving Day!

SOHO will be participating in the online campaign for the 5th year in a row, and we’ve set our biggest goal yet:

The Mason Hirst Foundation has generously offered to match donations if SOHO raises $10,000 during Spring2Action!

We can use all the support we can get! We’re hoping that all members of our SOHO family will join in to help us achieve our goal.

Here are some resources to help you spread the word.

Our Pages:

Our main razoo page: https://www.razoo.com/us/story/Sohospaceofherown
Our bitly (short link): http://bit.ly/SOHOs2a

SOHO Girls, SOHO Boys and SOHO Alumni will all be running their own free-agent fundraising pages. Space of Her Own – Del Ray & Old Town 2015-2016 will fundraise under the “SOHO Girls” Razoo page; Space of His Own – Del Ray 2015-2016 will fundraise under the “SOHO Boys” Razoo page; all other SOHO Cohorts will fundraise under the “SOHO Alumni” Razoo page.
Each program has a goal of $2000 and all money donated through these pages will count towards SOHO’s overall goal of $10,000.

SOHO Girls: https://spring2action.razoo.com/us/story/Soho-Girls-2
bitly (short link): bit.ly/s2aSOHOgirls

SOHO Boys: https://spring2action.razoo.com/us/story/Soho-Boys-1
bitly (short link): bit.ly/s2aSOHOboys2016

SOHO Alumni: https://spring2action.razoo.com/us/story/Soho-Alumni
bitly (short link): bit.ly/s2aSOHOalumni

 

*Remember: donations can be pre-scheduled for April 20th, so a donation can be made from now until Spring2Action! 

 

Our taglines:

Girls:

• “How do you double $10,000 overnight? Donate to SOHO for Spring2Action April 20th – help a girl take flight and experience a new world of possibilities.”
• “We can soar – with your support. Schedule your donation to SOHO now for Spring2Action April 20th.”

Boys:

• “How do you double $10,000 overnight? Donate to SOHO for Spring2Action April 20th – help fund the next generation of superheroes.”
• “Help the boys in Alexandria take flight – Schedule your donation to SOHO now for Spring2Action April 20th.”

 

 

Social Media:

We hope that you’ll share one or more of the following during the 1st & 2nd weeks of April and on Spring2Action Day – April 20th!

Sample messages that you can use with the images below:

• For the past [months/years] I have been a mentor for the SOHO [insert insert name of your SOHO program, Old Towne, Del Ray, Boys] program. [insert personal sentence about Mentee]. We are trying to rally funds through Spring2Action – a 24 hour online fundraising event April 20th that offers local nonprofits the chance to raise thousands of dollars for the benefit of all Alexandria. So far I’ve donated at least [XXX – mentors donate at least 200 hours during the SOHO year] hours of volunteer time and I’m hoping you’ll help me match it dollar for hour. The [insert name of your SOHO program, Old Towne, Del Ray, Boys] program has a goal of $2000 – will you help us meet our goal? http://bit.ly/SOHOs2a or SOHO Free Agent Fundraising Page on Razoo #SOHOSpring2Action
• How do you double $10,000 overnight? By donating to @spaceofherown for Spring2Action April 20th http://bit.ly/SOHOs2a or SOHO Free Agent Fundraising Page on Razoo   #SOHOSpring2Action
• Today is the day! My goal is to raise XXX in 24 hours for @spaceofherown! http://bit.ly/SOHOs2a or SOHO Free Agent Fundraising Page on Razoo #SOHOSpring2Action
• Give where we live! Donate @  http://bit.ly/SOHOs2a or SOHO Free Agent Fundraising Page on Razoo & help me support @spaceofherown #SOHOSpring2ACTion
• Join me on April 20 for #Spring2ACTion, Alexandria’s community-wide day of giving, as I raise $ for @spaceofherown http://bit.ly/SOHOs2a or SOHO Free Agent Fundraising Page on Razoo\ #SOHOSpring2Action

 

Sample email message:

Friends,

Did you know that youth who have been mentored express the desire to pay it forward and mentor themselves when they grow up?*

I’ve been mentoring with the Space of [Her/His] Own program for [months/years] now, and I know firsthand the joy and inspiration a child can gain from the encouragement of an invested adult. My mentee has been an inspiration to me: [give example of how mentee is inspiration].

I’m campaigning with the rest of the SOHO mentors to rally funds through Spring2Action – a 24 hour online fundraising event April 20th that offers local nonprofits the chance to raise thousands of dollars to benefit all of Alexandria. This year, the Mason Hirst Foundation has offered to match the money we raise with a $10,000 grant.

The [insert name of your program… Del Ray, Old Town, etc.] SOHO program has a goal of $2000 – will you help us meet our goal?

Please visit [http://bit.ly/SOHOs2a or SOHO Free Agent Fundraising Page on Razoo] to schedule your Spring2Action donation today.

Sincerely,

[Your name]

* Bridgeland, John and Mary Bruce. “The Mentoring Effect: Young People’s Perspectives on the Outcomes and Availability of Mentoring.” A Report for MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership, January 2014. P. 6

 

Tag us:

Facebook:
Tag us @SpaceOfHerOwn

Twitter:
Tag us @spaceofherown

Instagram:
Tag us @space_of_her_own

Hashtag:
#SOHOSpring2Action

 

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