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Social Media Kit: Fostering Futures

Social media resources and tips to promote the 2015 Community Engagement Project, the Fostering Futures supply drive.

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Join Missouri State University, Drury University, Ozarks Technical Community College, Evangel University and Southwest Baptist University in supporting children and families with Sammy’s Window.

Families who are willing to provide foster care receive very little time to prepare for children who are placed in their care. Sammy’s Window steps in to fill the gap by supplying critical items to foster families.

How you can help

You can participate in this year’s Community Engagement Project by donating the following:

  • Hygeine items – toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo and conditioner, hair detangler and feminine hygiene products
  • Non-perishable foods – canned vegetables, canned fruit, mac-and-cheese, ramen noodles, spaghetti, spaghetti sauce, tuna
  • School supplies
  • Baby items

Key details

  • What: Fostering Futures Community Engagement Project
  • When: Oct. 5 – 9, 2015
  • Where: Collection box locations around the Missouri State campus
  • Who: Students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members
  • Sponsors: Public Affairs, Sammy’s Window

Main events

  • Fostering Futures All-Collegiate Community Engagement Project
    • When: Oct. 5 – 9, 2015
  • Foster Care Panel Discussion
    • When: Oct. 5, 3 – 5 p.m.
    • Where: Plaster Student Union Theater
    • What: A discussion about foster care in Greene County, including perspectives from local experts and young adults who share their stories of foster care experiences through Youth Speak Out
  • Making the Right Choices
    • When: Oct. 6, 6 – 7:30 p.m.
    • Where: Plaster Student Union Ballroom
    • What: A event co-sponsored by Academic Integrity and Sammy’s Window that focuses on making the right decisions when confronted with ethical dilemmas

Share the story

Help us spread the word about Fostering Futures to the Missouri State and local communities by sharing it on social media.

We encourage you to join the online conversation about the project by posting about it on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram and tagging your posts with the official hashtag: #CitizenBear

Make your post social media savvy

Tagging tips

Other tips:

  • Boost your post by sharing it with a photo.
  • Nothing beats a first-hand perspective! Consider sharing a photo from or quote about your own experience participating in Fostering Futures.

Photos

Sample social media posts

Sample tweets

  • Help foster kids feel at home. Donate food or supplies, Oct. 5-9 @missouristate. #CitizenBear bit.ly/1jr8oXx
  • Find drop off locations for the Fostering Futures food and supply drive @missouristate #CitizenBear bit.ly/1jr8oXx
  • Join @missouristate, @DruryUniversity, @OTCedu, @EvangelUniv and @SBUniv in Fostering Futures: bit.ly/1jr8oXx #CitizenBear #SGF
  • Learn from young adults who share their stories of foster care, Oct. 5: bit.ly/1MBMjPk #CitizenBear #SGF

Sample Facebook posts

Facebook allows for additional customization. These sample posts provide content recommendations based on our best practice tips for optimizing link sharing on Facebook.

Example 1

  • URL: http://bit.ly/1MBMUAJ
  • Headline: Help kids feel at home
  • Long text content: Join the #CitizenBear Fostering Futures supply drive, Oct. 5-9
  • Short text content: Small supplies make a big difference to kids

Example 2

Child hugging an adult

 

  • Post: Your help can comfort a child in a new foster home. Donate to the Fostering Futures food and supply drive, Oct. 5-9.
  • URL: http://bit.ly/1MBMUAJ