STANDFast Event Checklist

Register to STANDFast on December 3rd
Advertise your event on your STAND chapter page
Put your event on the map so that nearby chapters can support your effort
Inform your Regional Outreach Coordinator of your chapter’s event
Use your event as a chance to fundraise for civilian protection, educate others on Darfur and Burma, and draw media attention to these conflicts as well as your chapter’s efforts
Review a list of successful events that other STAND chapters around the world have held in the past to fundraise for civilian protection

Let participants know that100% of STANDFast donations go to GI-NET’s Civilian Protection Program
Have one-pagers on Civilian Protection and the effects of STANDFast donations ready for distribution at your event
$3 allows a woman in Darfur to safely collect firewood for a week
$5 enables urgent warnings of an attack to reach villages in Eastern Burma

Review our fundraising tips and successes
Use our sample STANDFast script and letter to tell family, friends, and community members about your event ask for donations
Invite businesses to participate in STANDFast by sponsoring your event
Use pledge cards and be ready to collect donations at your event
Potential participants will most likely have questions about STANDFast; review the FAQs so you can feel confident in providing the answers they’re looking for

Contact and invite local media to event by writing a media alert
Create and distribute a press release after the event; see our sample STANDFast press release
Publicize the event! Use our sample STANDFast flyer and official STANDFast one-pager to get the word out at student and community meetings about STANDFast and civilian protection
Write an op-ed in your local and school newspapers; see our sample STANDFast op-ed
Invite prominent members of your community (elected officials, celebrities, athletes, educators) to STANDFast on Dec. 3rd by using our template invitation.

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