Advocacy Toolkit
Give To What You Love, Hamilton’s Spring Give Day, is April 4. This website will be your go-to place for everything you need to know to be a successful volunteer.
How can I help?
In the days leading up to April 4, you can:
- In the VIP (Volunteer Information Platform), select the classmates you'd like to contact.
- Email them through the VIP, or forward along the College's emails, to let your peers know Give To What You Love is coming up. Let them know to expect calls from Hamilton, and ask that they pick them up to speak with a current student!
- Sign up to be a Give Day advocate - you’ll receive a personalized link to share with your Hamilton network through email, social media, and text messages. Every time someone makes a gift using your link, you’ll receive credit! The advocate with the highest dollars raised will win a prize!
On the Day of, you can:
- Set an example: Make your gift early on April 4, and then share your link, encouraging your peers to do the same!
- If you haven't already, sign up to be a Give To What You Love Give Day advocate.
- Log into the VIP (Volunteer Information Platform), and select the appropriate GIVE DAY email template - there's one for reunion years and another for non-reunion years. Send this email to your assigned classmates - feel free to personalize it!
Use GiveCampus to record your plea (video message) and set up any challenges for your fellow Hamilton community members.
Follow @HamiltonCollege on Facebook and Instagram and @HamiltonCollegeAlumni on Instagram for updates throughout the day. Make sure to check GiveCampus throughout the day and see how many clicks and gifts are being made through your link!
What do I say?
Looking for inspiration about the message to send your classmates and Hamilton network, to ask for their participation in Give To What You Love? Here are sample social media, emails, and text messages to get you started!