Give to the Max Day, the “Great Minnesota Give Together,” is a day for Minnesotans to come together to raise as much money as possible for nonprofits in 24 hours – starting at midnight on November 16 through midnight on November 17.

Of course we’d love you to donate so we can continue to help children in need celebrate their birthday. But you can also help in other ways.

Share from our website
We’ve created a central page on our website explaining what GTMD is and how to donate. At the bottom of this page are various buttons to share via social networks, email, like the page on Facebook and +1 it on Google+. Using these buttons to share will increase the totals displayed for each type of sharing and encourage others to do the same. Use all of them if you like then keep reading for more ways to use social media to help.

“Attend” our virtual event on Facebook
Tell your Facebook friends you’re participating in GTMD and supporting Cheerful Givers by “attending” our virtual event.

Become a Fan of our page on GiveMN.org

1. Go to http://www.cheerfulgivers.org/gtmd (this will redirect you to our GiveMN page) and sign up. You can do it with your Facebook or Google account. It’s just takes a moment.
2. Then go back to our page and become a fan (lower right column)
3. Feel free to use any of the share buttons on this page
4. You could also add a comment if you like

Mention us on Facebook
Follow these instructions to use the Facebook “mention” function from your personal page.

1. Start by visiting the Cheerful Givers Facebook page
2. Click on the “like” button at the top if you’re not already a fan of our page.
3. Now, you can return to your Facebook page and begin posting.
4. To “mention” Cheerful Govers, simply begin typing your message. When you’re ready to mention us, type the @ symbol and Facebook will prompt you to type in the name of a friend or page like Cheerful Givers.
5. Once you finish the post, you’ll notice that Cheerful Givers appears in light blue font. This means it is hyperlinked to the GiveMN Facebook page. And, since you used the @ symbol, the post appears on the Cheerful Givers page as well.
6. Need ideas about what to say? You could simply reshare our posts throughout the day or use some of these:
• Today is Give to the Max Day! @Cheerful Givers provides toy-filled gift bags for children who are living in poverty on their birthday. Please support them with a donation http://www.cheerfulgivers.org/gtmd
• Today is Give to the Max Day in Minnesota, every donation you make gives @Cheerful Givers the chance to win even more money to help needy children celebrate their birthday. http://www.cheerfulgivers.org/gtmd
• Team up with @CheerfulGivers today, Give to the Max Day. Donations can help win even more money & more kids living in poverty can have a Happy Birthday!  http://www.cheerfulgivers.org/gtmd
• Today only every donation provides @CheerfulGivers the chance to win even more money. Help provide for needy children on their birthday! http://www.cheerfulgivers.org/gtmd
• I support @Cheerful Givers and their mission to provide toy-filled gift bags for children who are living in poverty on their birthday. Donate today, Give to the Max Day, at http://www.cheerfulgivers.org/gtmd

Tweet about us

1. Follow us on Twitter @cheerfulgivers
2. Retweet any of our tweets throughout the day
3. Reply to us and tell us how you’re spreading the word, use the hashtag #GTMD11
4. Need more ideas about what to say? Try some of these (the shortened link goes to our GiveMN page):
• Every donation gives @CheerfulGivers a chance to win more $. Help kids living in poverty! http://ow.ly/7t2fY #GTMD11
• Help @CheerfulGivers provide birthday gifts for kids living in poverty. Maximize donations today http://ow.ly/7t2fY #GTMD11
• It’s #GivetotheMaxDay. Team up w/ @CheerfulGivers & help kids living in poverty can have a happy birthday! http://ow.ly/7t2fY

Write a blog post
We’d love it if you wanted to write a blog post about us and GTMD. Here are some resources that might be helpful:

• Cheerful Givers logo
• More Cheerful Givers info
• GTMD media toolkit

Please send us the link to you post so we can include it on our blog.

Whatever you do, thank you for supporting Cheerful Givers!

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