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On the Calendar
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.
6/5: World Environment Day. It’s sort of like a global Earth Day headed by the United Nations Environment Programme. This year’s theme is Ecosystem Restoration.
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.
6/18: National Splurge Day. What would you do if you could suddenly purchase anything you wanted for your cause?
6/20: First Day of Summer. Think about ways to relate your cause to summer vacations or anything else summery.
6/19: 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?
6/24: 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.
Other special events in June include D-Day (6th), World Oceans Day (8th), Loving Day (12th), Juneteenth (19th), and Social Media Day (30th).
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
This month’s metaphor is Travel. Think about vacations, planes, trains, cars, cruise ships, tickets, souvenirs, exploring, delays, road trips, tourists, GPS, luggage, business trips, language barriers, and maps. This year, you might also think about canceled trips, refunds, and online tours.
How can you relate these things to your organization?
Pop Culture, Events, and News
The NBA and NHL playoffs will continue through June.
Music Festivals are also starting to return this summer.
The MTV Movie and TV Awards are the 5th.
The French Open finals are June 4th and 5th, then Wimbledon begins the 27th.
The Tony Awards are on the 12th.
The U.S. Open of golf will be held June 16th-19th in Brookline, MA.
The Aspen Food and Wine Classic starts the 17th.
The 48th Daytime Emmy Awards will be the 24th.
Movies being released include Fire Island, Jurassic World Dominion, Lightyear, Spiderhead, The Black Phone, and Elvis.
TV premieres in June include The Real Housewives of Dubai, Borgen, Coroner, The Orville, The Boys, American Ninja Warrior, Roswell, New Mexico, Ms. Marvel, Queer as Folk, 90 Day Fiancé: Love in Paradise, Peaky Blinders, Becoming Elizabeth, Dark Winds, Iron Chef, Love, Victor, The Old Man, The Summer I turned Pretty, Animal Kingdom, The Umbrella Academy, The Chi, and Only Murders in the Building.
Source of the Month
People just love a good quote. You can create a blog post around a quote or simply post one to social media. To make it more share-worthy, lay the text from the quote over an image related to your cause. Goodreads has a popular quotes page, or you can simply search “famous quotes.” Just make sure you double-check your source! Lots of quotes are ascribed to famous people who didn’t actually say them.
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