Need some help coming up with ideas for your August social media updates, blog posts, or newsletter articles? We have you covered. These writing ideas for August come from our Monthly Nonprofit Writing Prompts email newsletter. Fill out the form below to get September’s prompts emailed to you next week.
On the Calendar
08/03: Friendship Day. Give a big shout to friends and supporters of your cause or highlight staff, volunteer or client friendships.
8/09: Book Lover’s Day. Review a book or suggest books to your followers that shed some light on your cause.
8/12: International Youth Day. What role do young people play in your cause?
08/17: National Nonprofit Day. Create awareness for your cause by using the hashtag #nationalnonprofitday, thank supporters, or kick off fall fundraising a little early.
8/18: Bad Poetry Day. Have a little fun and write a (bad) poem about your nonprofit.
08/19: World Photography Day. Perfect for Instagram and other social media channels, this is a chance to post your best pictures.
8/21: Senior Citizen’s Day. Does your cause help seniors? Honor a volunteer or staff member who is a senior.
8/22: Be an Angel Day. Do you have a special person working with you who always goes above and beyond? Who in your field are real angels to people in need?
8/26: Women’s Equality Day. How has women having the right to vote affected your cause?
Also in August:
- National Minority Donor Awareness Day (1st)
- Sisters Day (3rd)
- International Cat Day (8th)
- International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (9th)
- World Humanitarian Day (19th)
- National Women’s Equality Day (26th)
- International Dog Day (26th)
- Family Fun Month
- Black Business Month
- National Breastfeeding Month (United States)
- Water Quality Month
- National Immunization Awareness Month
- National Wellness Month
Metaphor of the Month
Pop Culture, Events, and News
This prompt is just becoming permanent at this point: Politics and administration policies will continue to dominate the U.S. news cycle.
August is back to school time for lots of folks.
Preseason NFL games will start back in August.
Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang bring their “Las Culturistas” podcast’s annual awards celebration to TV for the first time on the 5th.
The Perseids Meteor Shower will peak on the 12th-13th.
Stand Up to Cancer specials will broadcast on the 15th.
The US Open in tennis starts the 24th.
Movies coming out in August include The Bad Guys 2, The Naked Gun, Freakier Friday, Shin Godzilla, Nobody 2, Americana, Witchboard, Jimmy and Stiggs, Trust, Honey Don’t! Splitsville, Jaws 50, The Roses. The Toxic Avenger, and Caught Stealing.
On streaming platforms, we have My Oxford Year, The Pickup, and The Thursday Murder Club.
TV Premieres include Built In Birmingham: Brady & the Blues, Chief of War, Deadliest Catch, King of the Hill, Platonic, Wednesday, Necaxa, Outlander: Blood of my Blood, American Prince: JFK Jr, Alien: Earth, Butterfly, The Rainmaker, The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox, Hostage, Peacemaker, Invasion, Upload, The Terminal List: Dark Wolf, and Let the Devil In.
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