Welcome to the A Community Thrives Toolkit

Our goal is to make your A Community Thrives project super easy, really successful and maybe even a little bit fun. So to help, we created this Toolkit. It's a reference guide to help you raise more money than you ever thought possible for your organization. 
Here are some of the most important assets for you and your team to use:
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  • Visual assets – From social graphics to email headers, we have customized assets for you to use for any of your marketing efforts.
  • Social media copy – We pulled together a bunch of sample Facebook and Twitter copy so you can maximize your time during the project and focus on what really matters…raising money for your organization!
  • Email drafts -  From building your team to encouraging board members to donate, we drafted some email copy for you for every step of your campaign.
  • Press announcements – Make a splash and send out a press announcement to all your followers, donors, and others in your network. Use this sample template to help get you started.
  • USA TODAY NETWORK Properties – is your organization located near a USA TODAY NETWORK publication? Check out this handy map and list to see and then get in touch with your local paper so they can help support your efforts.

Read through it, share it with your staff, bookmark it to keep it close and please Contact Us with any questions. We're always ready to help.

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