Getting Started

Click here for a nonprofit toolkit to register for North Shore Give Week and build your donation pages. This toolkit will also walk you through to create a Matching Funds campaign and Peer-to-Peer Fundraiser. Click here for the toolkit: https://northshoregive.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/North-Shore-Give-Week-2025-Getting-Started.

You can also view a YouTube video for Getting Started: click here.

Messaging Templates &
Social Media Graphics

#northshoregiveweek

You have the keys to the most effective way to increase your nonprofit  donations during North Shore Give Week: by reaching out to your network.

We welcome you to use the North Shore Give Week templates below to easily get the word out to your network of supporters, friends, family, neighbors, social media followers – whomever!

Simply copy the text, add in your nonprofit name or other information where indicated, modify with your own words if that feels right for you, and email/text/post to your community. We suggest including images of your nonprofit in action in your emails/e-newsletters and posts to make your communication eye-catching and visually appealing.

EMAIL / NEWSLETTER

 Subject line ideas:

• 🌈 North Shore Give Week starts now – support [nonprofit name] today!
• It’s North Shore Give Week! Give Where You Live 💙
• Join us for North Shore Give Week – every gift stays local 🌺
• North Shore Give Week is here! Help us reach our goal 🎯
• Give to what you love ♥️
• Give where you live.
• We’re halfway there! Let’s keep the momentum going💥

Content Option #1:

North Shore Give Week is the time to celebrate local generosity and support the nonprofits that serve Kaua‘i’s North Shore (including us!). From December 1–7, you can help [nonprofit name] continue our work to [insert mission focus].

Your gift during North Shore Give Week stays right here, creating real impact in our community. Every dollar makes a difference – and together, we can do even more.

👉 Visit northshoregive.org and select [nonprofit name] to make your donation today.

 Let’s show the power of giving where we live! 🌈 

Content Option #2:

Together, we shape our North Shore community. Please take just 5 minutes of your time to support [nonprofit name] during North Shore Give Week by sharing your love of our cause to your community of friends and family. Here are ways your friends and family can give:

• Encourage them to learn about [nonprofit name] and the work we’re doing to make this a better place.
• Volunteer for [insert volunteer event, time, or other information].
• Donate to [nonprofit name]. A gift of $25 by 40 donors will make a difference – and imagine if every one of our supporters shares our cause and gets 40 people to donate $25!

Help us grow our network by sharing with your network: text a friend, forward this email, or post on Facebook and Instagram. Oh, you can also just tell someone in person – that works great too. 

Together, we shape our North Shore community. To learn more, visit northshoregiveweek.org. Mahalo! 

Content Option #3:

Mahalo to everyone who has supported [nonprofit name] during North Shore Give Week! Your generosity is making a difference for [insert focus; ex: our keiki, our ʻāina, our kupuna, or affordable housing]. 

We’re halfway through the week – and we’re close to reaching our goal! Every donation, big or small, helps us continue to [insert mission focus; ex: provide vital programs, expand services, or uplift our community]. North Shore Give Week ends on December 7.

If you haven’t given yet, there’s still time to be part of this community-wide movement of giving. Your gift stays local and directly supports the work we do right here at home.

👉 Visit northshoregive.org and select [nonprofit name] to make your donation today.

Together, we can finish strong and show the power of giving where we live! 💙

Email to those who have donated during North Shore Give Week:

 Subject: You’ve helped us get closer to our goal for North Shore Give Week!

Aloha,

Thanks to your generous donation, we are [$ amount] closer to reaching our fundraising goal of [$ amount] during North Shore Give Week. To help us cross the finish line, please ask your friends, family, and followers to visit our nonprofit donation page at [nonprofit URL on northshoregiveweek.org].

Mahalo for your support, and we look forward to providing updates on all the great things we’ll accomplish together!

SOCIAL MEDIA

If you’re new to Facebook, Instagram, X, or social media in general, start by creating an account/page for your organization. Below is a list of ways you can begin engaging your community for North Shore Give Week.

• Get started by liking/following North Shore Give on Facebook and Instagram.
• Connect your Instagram and Facebook accounts so that your posts are automatically posted on both platforms. Connecting Facebook and Instagram harnesses the power of both platforms at once and allows you to reach a wider audience.
• Also follow/like other nonprofits, people, organizations from your nonprofit’s page. When you follow, you get followers back!
• Promote your social media page: include a link to your page on your website’s homepage, your newsletters and emails, add it to your business card and email signature line…basically everywhere and anywhere. Ask your staff members, board members, volunteers, and donors to like the page and help you promote it.
• In your personal account, tag the page and ask your friends / followers to check it out. Ask employees, volunteers, and board members to do the same.
• Talk it up! Post interesting information about your nonprofit and share success stories and photos. Ask your followers questions to engage them in dialogue. Remember to keep posts brief (though X has a limit of 280 characters, even less is better). You don’t want to lose your audience by presenting lengthy updates.
• Tell everyone that your nonprofit is participating in North Shore Give Week. Be sure to tell them what it’s all about by using some of the suggested messaging in this toolkit. Let them know how they can donate and ask them to spread the word.
• Use hashtags: people who are interested in a particular event or organization will follow the hashtag to stay up-to-date.
  
  Use the #northshoregiveweek hashtag in your personal and nonprofit’s social media posts. Use other creative hashtags; 3-5 hashtags per post is the sweet spot. Start with a branded or specific hashtag like a tagline or fun phrase. Follow this with the name of your nonprofit, then a broader hashtag tied to your cause (ex: #savinglives, #endinghomelessness, #spreadingthelove). Having a succession of hashtags helps with branding.
• Find powerful images. Photos that focus on people, positive images, and your mission in action will help you draw in new followers.
• Canva.com is a great way to take your own photos or a stock image to the next level and offers templates to help you get started with creating social media posts and other images/video. It has stock photos, video templates, and editing tools. Best of all, it offers a free subscription to 501(c)(3) nonprofits!
• Do not give individual donor shoutouts without the donor’s consent.
• Cross-promote by liking and re-sharing other nonprofits’ posts to boost your visibility in the community and show that you’re engaged in the community.
• We recommend posting at least 2-3 times per week to stay in your supporters’ feeds.
• Don’t just follow or post only. Respond to posts like you’re holding a conversation and let people know that you’re engaged. You never know where this may lead.
• Have fun! Social media can be a playful platform and the perfect opportunity to let the unique personalities, humor and convictions of your organization shine through your photos, captions and hashtags.
• Post a quick thank-you message on social media immediately after North Shore Give Week is over and follow up with a longer heart-felt message a day or two after.
• Do the above and repeat...again and again.

SAMPLE POSTS

• Save the date! North Shore Give Week starts on December 1. Be part of the community-wide celebration of our local nonprofits by giving to your favorite cause (which we know is us!). Visit northshoregiveweek.org to find out more. #northshoregiveweek
• North Shore Give Week is our community coming together to support local nonprofits, December 1-7 🌺 northshoregiveweek.org. #northshoregiveweek
• The success of North Shore Give Week will not be how much money we raise but the tremendous impact those dollars will have when nonprofits across our community put them to work! Join the giving on December 1-7 at northshoregiveweek.org. #northshoregiveweek
• December 1-7 is the time for everyone in our community to give! Learn more about North Shore Give Week and support nonprofit name at {link to your North Shore Give Week nonprofit page}. #northshoregiveweek
• Let’s show everyone that our community is full of generosity! Starting December 1-7, please support nonprofit name during North Shore Give Week and help us {nonprofit explanation of mission/work}. northshoregiveweek.org #northshoregiveweek
• We’re so excited to be a part of North Shore Give Week on December 1-7! Support nonprofit name by visiting northshoregiveweek.org and donating. Mahalo nui loa! #northshoregiveweek
• Give where your heart is! ♥️ To support nonprofit name during North Shore Give Week, go to {link to nonprofit page}. #northshoregiveweek
• Pick your cause and show some ♥️ to the nonprofits working to make our community a better place. North Shore Give Week is December 1-7. northshoregiveweek.org #northshoregiveweek
• Ready to be a part of North Shore Give Week? It’s a week to celebrate all the good going on in our North Shore community 🌈northshoregiveweek.org #northshoregiveweek
• A little can go a long way when we get together and give together during North Shore Give Week, December 1-7! Join the movement! #northshoregiveweek
• “I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.” – Maya Angelou. Let’s show this is a community of givers and celebrate our nonprofits. #northshoregiveweek
• “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchill. What will you give to make our community better? #northshoregiveweek

 Post-Event Posts:

• We are so grateful for our generous supporters who gave during #northshoregiveweek 🙏. Each gift during this campaign allows us to further our mission of {nonprofit’s mission}. Thank you to all who took part in this week with us! 🙌
• We have seen firsthand the amazing things that can happen when our community comes together to give back! We are thankful for the love that nonprofit name received during #northshoregiveweek ♥️
• Your generosity for North Shore Give Week was momentous! Thank you for donating, sharing, engaging, and making our community a better place. #northshoregiveweek

Quotes you can use for social media posts or e-newsletters; remember to add the hashtag #northshoregiveweek:

“Everyone can experience the joy and blessing of generosity; because everyone has something to give.” ― Jan Grace

“The best way to find yourself, is to lose yourself in the service of others.” ― Mahatma Gandhi

“Love cannot remain by itself—it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action and that action is service.” ― Mother Teresa

“Be the change you want to see in the world.” ― Mahatma Gandhi 

"Volunteers do not necessarily have the TIME; they just have the HEART." ― Elizabeth Andrew

“I slept and I dreamed that life is all joy. I woke and I saw that life is all service. I served and I saw that service is joy.” ― Kahlil Gibran