Encourage your social media network to join with you in taking the plunge or donate to YOUR plunge. The posts and images below are for your use. You can use them for inspiration or directly copy and paste. Copy and paste the message and attach an images on your social channel. These are great tool to spread your message far and wide!

    Have questions about social media outreach or this tool pack? Contact our Digital Campaign Coordinator Stacy Miller, stacy@chesapeakeclimate.org

    Pro Tips for Successful Social Media Outreach:

    • On Twitter, use a period before the user’s handle if tagging them at the beginning of the tweet, for example: .@CCAN’s 14th annual Polar Bear Plunge will be a splash! Will you join in with me to #KeepWinterCold?
    • Don’t forget to tag @Chesapeake Climate Action Network on Facebook, @CCAN on Twitter, and @ChesapeakeClimate on Instagram!
    • Images below are in two sizes, sized for Facebook and Twitter (Your Instagram posts can use the Facebook-sized image). Click to download any of the images – attach them with your post to stand out!
    • Don’t forget to attach the link to your plunge fundraiser at the end of each post!
    • Copy and paste one of our messages into your social media and attach an image or a GIF!

    GIVING TUESDAY POSTS:

    • Facebook: Are you feeling the love this #GivingTuesday? Support my Polar Bear Plunge today to save our climate (and the polar bears). #KeepWinterCold
    • Facebook: Are you shocked by the monster hurricanes that keep getting worse every year? Accelerating climate change will only create more powerful storms. We have to fight climate change today. Make a gift to my Polar Bear Plunge to #KeepWinterCold
    • Facebook: Winter is coming…but it’s coming later and leaving earlier. Recently we’ve had some of our warmest winters on record. Climate change is real, and we have to fight it! Support my Polar Bear Plunge to #KeepWinterCold! It’s #GivingTuesday, are you ready to act on climate?
    • Facebook: You have to pay a fine if you litter, so why do fossil fuel companies get a free pass when they pump chemicals into our air, coal ash into our water, and spill oil all over our precious land? Are you fed up? Support me as I take the CCAN Polar Bear Plunge to keep fossil fuels in the ground, where they belong. Your gift today – #GivingTuesday – helps us project the voices of people over polluters to fight dirty fossil fuels. #KeepWinterCold
    • Twitter: Are you feeling the love this #GivingTuesday? Support my Polar Bear Plunge today to save our climate (and the polar bears). #KeepWinterCold
    • Twitter: Are you shocked by the monster hurricanes that keep getting worse every year? Accelerating climate change will only create more powerful storms. We have to fight climate change today. Make a gift to my Polar Bear Plunge to #KeepWinterCold.
    • See more Giving Tuesday messages here.

    FUNNY POSTS:

    • Facebook: I’ve signed up to #TakeThePlunge to #KeepWinterCold, but I need a little push from you to get me into the water. Will you support my plunge today? [Attach your fundraising page’s link]
    • Facebook: Winter is coming… hopefully. Recently we’ve had some of our warmest winters on record. Support my Polar Bear Plunge to #KeepWinterCold! [Attach your fundraising page’s link]
    • Twitter: Winter is coming… hopefully. Recently we’ve had some of our warmest winters on record. Support my Polar Bear Plunge to #KeepWinterCold! [Attach your fundraising page’s link]
    • Twitter: I’ve signed up to #TakeThePlunge to #KeepWinterCold, but I need a little push from you to get me into the water. Will you support my plunge today? [Attach your fundraising page’s link]

    Attach one of these cute GIFs or images to your social posts! (Sized for Facebook OR Twitter!)

     

    ABOUT CCAN POSTS:

    • Facebook (for Virginia residents): Your donation to my Polar Bear Plunge will help communities in Virginia stop new fracked-gas pipelines. I’ve decided to #TakeThePlunge to help CCAN fight for a clean energy future that will #KeepWinterCold. Support the movement by making a donation to my plunge today. [Attach your fundraising page’s link]
    • Facebook (for Maryland residents): Your donation to my Polar Bear Plunge will move Maryland closer to a 100% renewable energy future. I’ve decided to #TakeThePlunge to help CCAN fight for a clean energy future that will #KeepWinterCold [Attach your fundraising page’s link]
    • Facebook (for DC residents): Donate to my Polar Bear Plunge to bring 100% renewable energy to the District by 2032! Support @CCAN and the @DCClimate coalition and donate to support their work! #TakeThePlunge #KeepWinterCold [Attach your fundraising page’s link]
    • Twitter (for Virginia residents): Donate to my Polar Bear Plunge to stop new fracked-gas pipelines in Virginia. #TakeThePlunge #KeepWinterCold [Attach your fundraising page’s link]
    • Twitter (for Maryland residents): Donate to my Polar Bear Plunge to demand that Maryland increase its clean energy mandate. Help me #KeepWinterCold and take the plunge with me! [Attach your fundraising page’s link]
    • Twitter (for DC residents): Donate to my Polar Bear Plunge to bring 100% renewable energy to the District by 2032! Support @CCAN and the @DCClimate coalition and donate to support their work! #TakeThePlunge #KeepWinterCold [Attach your fundraising page’s link]

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    CLIMATE FACTS POSTS:

    • Facebook: Did you know 2016 was the warmest year on record? I’m taking the plunge with @Chesapeake Climate Action Network to protect our homes from climate change and to bring about a clean energy future. Will you help me reach my fundraising goal? [Attach your fundraising page’s link]
    • Facebook: Did you know that climate change and increasing hurricane strength are connected? I’m taking the plunge with @Chesapeake Climate Action Network to protect our homes from climate change and to bring about a clean energy future. Will you help me reach my fundraising goal? [Attach your fundraising page’s link]
    • Facebook: Did you know that nine of the worst fires in America’s history have all occurred since 2000? I’m taking the plunge with @Chesapeake Climate Action Network to protect our homes from climate change and to bring about a clean energy future. Will you help me reach my fundraising goal? [Attach your fundraising page’s link]
    • Twitter: Did you know 2016 was the warmest year on record? I’m taking the plunge with @CCAN to #KeepWinterCold and fight climate change. Will you support my plunge today to help #KeepWinterCold? #TakethePlunge [Attach your fundraising page’s link]
    • Twitter: I’m taking the plunge with @CCAN to #KeepWinterCold and fight climate change to protect our oceans and our shores. Will you support my plunge today to help #KeepWinterCold? #TakethePlunge [Attach your fundraising page’s link]
    • Twitter: I’m taking the plunge with @CCAN to #KeepWinterCold and fight climate change to protect us all from wildfires and more. Will you support my plunge today? #TakethePlunge [Attach your fundraising page’s link]

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    Thanks for all you do to #KeepWinterCold!