Sample Messages
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Join Me in Strides for Pride!
Hey friends! Do you have plans for Pride month yet?
Will you consider joining me in taking Strides for Pride with Covenant House? We will:
- Log 40 minutes of activity every day from June 24-30, 2024 (Pride marches, dance parties, afternoon walks, and yoga all count!)
- Raise $120 (or more!) to shelter and care for youth overcoming homelessness
- Celebrate LGBTQ+ youth overcoming homelessness at Covenant House!
Here's the link to join my team: <INSERT TEAM PAGE LINK>
I hope you'll say yes! P.S. If you're not able to join this year, please consider supporting me with a donation instead! It is 100% tax-deductible and goes directly into providing shelter and loving care for youth overcoming homelessness at Covenant House, nearly half of whom identify as LGBTQ+. Thanks! -
Donate to my campaign!
Message 01
This Pride month, I'm taking strides to help LGBTQ+ youth overcoming homelessness at Covenant House.
40% of all young people facing homelessness in the United States identify as LGBTQ+. In fact, LGBTQ+ youth are 120% more likely to experience homelessness as their non-LGBTQ+ peers.
I believe that love is love, and have committed to move with The Cov for 40 minutes a day. I am working to raise $120 in honor of LGBTQ+ youth experiencing homelessness. Will you support me with a donation to my page?
Every dollar I raise goes directly to Covenant House, a non-profit organization providing shelter, food, clothing, healthcare, education, legal aid, and loving care to youth facing homelessness. For many LGBTQ+ youth, judgement and stigma around their gender identity, expression, or orientation leads them to become homeless, and Covenant House has programs targeted to meet their specific needs. Their staff takes great care to ensure that every young person who walks through the doors is accepted, welcomed, loved, and celebrated.
Thank you for supporting me and LGBTQ+ youth overcoming homelessness!
Message 02
Did you know that LGBTQ+ youth comprise 40% of all youth experiencing homelessness, while only making up 7% of the total youth population in the U.S.? While facing homelessness, LGBTQ+ youth are also more likely to experience hardships such as assault, trauma, exchanging sex for basic needs, and early death.
Covenant House provides a welcoming and affirming environment for LGBTQ+ and all youth. This Pride month, I'm joining Covenant House's Strides for Pride Challenge. I'm committing to be active for 40 minutes each day for a week (Pride parade marches! Dancing! Walking! Spinning!) and raising at least $120 to help provide shelter and loving care for these young people. Will you support me with a donation to my fundraising page?
Message 03
As you know, this Pride month, I'm taking strides to help LGBTQ+ youth overcoming homelessness at Covenant House. And I'm $INSERT DOLLAR AMOUNT away from reaching my fundraising goal! Will you help me get there by making a donation to my personal fundraising page?
Every dollar helps provide shelter and loving care to youth overcoming homelessness, 40% of who identify as LGBTQ+. These young people are more than twice as likely to face homelessness as their non-LGBTQ+ peers, and Covenant House has programs designed to support and celebrate them on their journeys to independence.
Thank you for supporting me and LGBTQ+ youth overcoming homelessness!
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Thank You!
Message 1
Thank you so much for your donation in support of my Strides for Pride!
Covenant House is open 24/7 for young people facing homelessness, nearly half of whom identify as LGBTQ+. Your gift helps their staff protect and care for every young person who walks through the doors, to keep them healthy, and to meet the many challenges they face. Thank you.
Message 2
Thank you for your generous donation in support of my Strides for Pride! Your donation supports young people seeking safe shelter at Covenant House. These young people find more than shelter there: Covenant House offers young people sanctuary, and a continuum of care that is guided and defined by the principles of absolute respect and unconditional love: staff see young people the way they deserve to be seen, not as the label they’ve come with, and commit to a relentless relationship, to a covenant of support and care. Thank you for supporting this critical mission.