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Don't hesitate to post more than once to keep your campaign top of mind for your community. If friends or family share your ClassroomsCount™ campaign, you can even reshare those posts. Keep them updated on major milestones along the way to reaching your campaign goal.
After your campaign expires, feel free to also share photos of books, your classroom library, and school resources that you have received, thanks to the campaign funds. People will see that their donations have been put to good use, and it will encourage them and others to continue contributing to a future ClassroomsCount™ campaign.
If you're not on social or would prefer to share something more personal, reach out via email. As you're brainstorming your list of contacts, consider who cares about you, your school, and your classroom of students. Whether it's family members, your book club, local businesses who support your school, or families, you can get them involved, even if it's just asking them to spread the word about what you're doing.
Keep your email short and sweet — letting recipients know four key things:
What makes your students and classroom special
What you're raising funds for
What impact the funds will have
How they can help — by contributing or sharing your campaign
A few extra tips? Try to personalize emails to certain groups by copying and pasting the core message but building upon your relationship or connection. Don't be afraid to send a second email based on key milestones in your campaign or to share book wish lists or thank-you messages from your students. Are you halfway to your goal? Is your campaign about to expire? Did you exceed your goal and increase your goal? Share an update and give people another chance to get involved.
Get started with our template below.
Hi [friends, family],
As you know, I teach [1st Graders] at [Wilson Elementary, a local school]. My students are [learning to read independently this year, and they've fallen in love with some new characters. However, many of my students don't have access to books outside the classroom, and I would love to continue building their reading skills at home with new "keep-forever" books].
I am raising funds through Scholastic's ClassroomsCount™ to put [books] in my student's hands:
[Campaign URL]
Would you support my students and classroom with a small donation or help me spread the word by sharing my campaign with your friends and family? Thank you for helping me build a lifelong love of reading with my 20 very hard-working beginning readers!
Thank you so much!
[Name]
Is there a group text or chat that you're a part of? An exercise class? Or a professional development class? Spread the word. As Kanisa W., a teacher in Illinois who raised funds with ClassroomsCount™, said, "You never know who will be interested in helping you help students to achieve their dreams."
Best of all, try all three approaches: Post on social, send an email, and share a link to your campaign in a group text. You'll have just-right books and resources in your students’ hands before you know it.
