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Dear NeighborWoods Month Partner,
October is
National NeighborWoods Month! Have you assembled your team and chosen your activity?
Schedule Your Event.
Remember to consider other activities taking place in
the community and how they might affect your event. Have you scheduled
your event at a convenient time for everyone involved? Will the
schedule allow you to maximize opportunities for attendance and media
coverage?
Location, Location, Location.
Hold your event in a location accessible to the whole
community. By bringing your partners into your organization's target
area, you let them see the effects of your work. Does the
location accomodate your production and attendance needs? Go on a site
visit before making a decision.
Up next....
* Define event goals.
* Plan to get attention.
* Create a budget.
* Plan the work; Work the plan.
* The Big Day.
How can National NeighborWoods
Month benefit you?
* Builds partnerships to enhance, improve, and restore America’s communities.
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Improves
quality of life through hands-on volunteer action.
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Educates people about stewardship by planting and caring for trees.
Find out more
about the benefits
of urban forestry.
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How else can ACT help?
ACT can help you develop a list of local media
contacts. The list should include environmental/outdoors
reporters, local/metro staff, features/calendar/events, news desks,
and editorial page editors from community papers, radio stations, and local television newscasters
. The more relevant your contact, the more likely your event
will be covered. Look for reporters who write about trees,
focus in the neighborhoods where you work, or whose assignment
area/desk fits the story you are pitching.
To start developing a list of local media contacts or for other questions you may have, email
or call ACT.
Sincerely,
Jared Liu
Program Director
Alliance for Community Trees
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