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Your Nonprofit Writing Prompts for June 2024
On the Calendar
06/01: Dare Day. Now would be a great time to dare your supporters to stand up for your cause. Or you could share content that is a little out of your comfort zone. Say I triple-dog-dared you!
6/1: Official Start of Hurricane Season in the US. If you work anywhere near the Gulf or Atlantic Coasts, you know all about Hurricane season, which starts June 1st and goes through November. How can you relate your work to hurricane preparedness, or the power of water and wind?
6/3: Repeat Day. Use this day to resend an email to people who didn’t open it the first time or republish a blog post that did well.
6/3: Repeat Day. Use this day to resend an email to people who didn’t open it the first time or republish a blog post that did well.
6/5: World Environment Day. It’s sort of like a global Earth Day headed by the United Nations Environment Programme. This year’s theme is Beat Plastic Pollution.
6/8: Best Friends Day. Who are your organization’s best friends? Feature your most passionate supporters and volunteers.
6/14: Flag Day. Design a flag for your organization. If you serve kids or families, hold a contest asking them to draw a flag that represents your cause. Veterans groups can take a more literal view of the holiday and ask their clients what the American flag means to them.
6/15: Smile Power Day. This screams photo spread! Get the camera out and take some pics of your staff, volunteers or clients.
6/15: Father’s Day. Just like Mother’s Day in May — plenty of opportunities here. Who is the “father” of your cause or organization? How can your supporters honor their fathers in a way that’s consistent with your cause?
6/18: National Splurge Day. What would you do if you could suddenly purchase anything you wanted for your cause?
06/19: Juneteenth. Focus on genuine support for the Black community, but stay away from performative gestures.
6/20: First Day of Summer. Think about ways to relate your cause to summer vacations or anything else summery.
6/20: Take Your Dog to Work Day. This one speaks for itself. Post pics of your pups or ask your supporters to share some of their dogs at work.
06/21: National Selfie Day. Post pics of your staff, clients, volunteers. Or do a selfie campaign asking people to send in photos of themselves doing something related to your mission.
06/30: Social Media Day. Share your thoughts on what social media has done for your organization (good or bad or both).
Other special events in June include D-Day (6th), Eid ul-Adha (starts the 6th) World Oceans Day (8th), and Loving Day (12th).
It’s also:
- Great Outdoors Month
- Gay Pride Month
- Caribbean American Heritage Month
- National Adopt a Cat Month
- National Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Month
- Student Safety Month
- Zoo and Aquarium Month
Metaphor of the Month
Pop Culture, Events, and News
Politics and administration policies will continue to dominate the U.S. news cycle.
The NBA and NHL playoffs will continue through June.
Several music festivals like Glastonbury and Bonnaroo happen in June
The French Open ends June 8th.
The Tony Awards are on the 8th.
The BET Awards are the 9th.
June has a Friday the 13th.
The U.S. Open of golf will be held June 12th-15th at the Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, PA.
Wimbledon starts the 30th.
Expect new music from Cynthia Erivo, The Cure, Haim, and Lorde.
Movies being released in theaters include Dangerous Animals, The Ritual, From the World of John Wick: Ballerina, The Phoenician Scheme, How to Train Your Dragon, Materialists, Everything’s Going to Be Great, 28 Years Later, Elio, Bride Hard, Sovereign, F1, and M3GAN 2.0.
Streaming movies include Deep Cover, Echo Valley, Sally, Straw, American Thunder: NASCAR to Le Mans, and Predator: Killer of Killers.
TV premieres in June include Below Deck, The Quiz with Balls, Love Island, USA, Next Gen NYC, Stick, Ginny & Georgia, Phineas and Ferb, Resident Alien, The 1% Club, The Real Housewives of Miami, FUBAR, The Chosen, Patience, The Buccaneers, We Were Liars, The Waterfront, The Gilded Age, Ironheart, Countdown, Squid Game, and Nautilus.
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