State Farm Neighborhood Assist

We are SUPER excited to have been selected out of 4,000 entries to be one of 200 in the running for a $25,000 grant.

Please help us win! Here's how:

1. VOTE! You have 10 votes per day, and you can submit them all with 1 click! Vote at https://bit.ly/assistutah

2. SIGN-UP for text reminders to make sure you remember to vote every day for 10 days (through May 6th)

3. SHARE on your social media sites. You can find some fun graphics, including videoclips HERE.

4. INVITE friends, family . . . everyone you know . . . to vote.

Get some ideas on how to be most effective below:

Advertising media:

Video for announcement screens. You can also find it on YouTube: CLICK HERE.

Social media posts. Please share them on your social media and encourage everyone you know to share as well:

• Facebook: CLICK HERE

• Instagram: CLICK HERE

Texting Campaign:

We think our community needs some extra funding to make suicide prevention events and programs possible. A $25K grant should do it! You can help us make a difference! Vote for 'I See You' at Unique URL Code: https://bit.ly/assistutah

Things to remember:

• Voters must be U.S. residents who are 18 years or older and have a valid email address.

• Each person can vote up to 10 times per day.

• Since the 100 winning causes will be selected by popular vote, we need to spread the word. In addition to campaigning for this important cause via word-of-mouth, social media can be a valuable tool in generating attention for your submission and drumming up votes. Remember, any social channel is a good channel for sharing!

Posting Ideas:

Facebook

• Notify friends and family through status updates that you need support for this project. You can choose to make certain posts public or single out individual friends or groups of friends by changing the privacy settings beneath the status update box.

• Include the title of the cause (I See You! - Connect. Bond. Love.) along with the unique URL (https://bit.ly/assistutah) to link directly to our page so supporters can easily vote.

• Include key information in your posts such as the grant amount ($25,000), why people should vote for this cause (suicide prevention is a HUGE need in Utah communities!), what the grant money will go toward (suicide prevention programs) and that people can vote up to 10 times per day from April 27 through May 6.

• Please post regularly to help us stay top of mind, and interact with anyone who engages with your post and votes for the project to thank them and keep them engaged.

• Include #SFNeighborhoodAssist and tag @statefarm to make it easier for people to find your post.

• Encourage your friends and family to share this important cause information through their Facebook page and other social media platforms.

Sample Posts:

We think our community needs some extra funding to make suicide prevention events and programs possible. A $25K grant should do it! You can help us make a difference! Vote for 'I See You' at Unique URL Code: https://bit.ly/assistutah

This year, State Farm Neighborhood Assist® is giving out more grants than ever before, and you can help our neighborhood win a $25K grant. Vote for 'I See You!' here: https://bit.ly/assistutah #SFNeighborhoodAssist

The voting period just started (or is halfway over, etc.). We are so close to winning a $25K grant, but we still need those votes! Vote for 'I See You!' here: https://bit.ly/assistutah #SFNeighborhoodAssist

Instagram:

• Tag @statefarm in your photos so State Farm can engage with your Instagram account.

• Include the hashtag #SFNeighborhoodAssist to make it easier for people to find your Instagram.

• Update your bio to include the unique URL and a bit about this cause because URL links are not clickable in Instagram posts.

• Include the title of our cause so supporters can easily search for it: 'I See You!'.

• Use Stories to create variety and more engaging content. Include key information in your posts such as the grant total amount ($25,000), why you think people should vote for this project, what the grant money will go toward (suicide prevention) and that people can vote up to 10 times per day from April 27 through May 6.

• Encourage your friends and family to share this cause information through their Instagram accounts.

• Share State Farm Neighborhood Assist® posts from the State Farm Instagram page (@statefarm) to your account.

Sample Post:

Vote for us, and [Insert cause title] could win one of 100 $25K grants from State Farm Neighborhood Assist® . Vote here for our cause: https://bit.ly/assistutah #SFNeighborhoodAssist Think of all the great work we could do if we won a $25K grant from State Farm Neighborhood Assist® . Vote for 'I See You!' at the link in my bio! #SFNeighborhoodAssist

Twitter:

• Include @StateFarm and #SFNeighborhoodAssist so State Farm can engage with your Twitter account and make it easier for people to find your tweet.

• Include the title of our cause 'I See You!' and the unique URL to link directly to our cause so supporters can easily vote.

• Include the title 'I See You!' and a photo of our cause when you are inviting people to vote. Include key information in your tweets such as the grant total amount ($25,000), why you think people should care about suicide prevention, what the grant money will go toward (suicide prevention programs) and that people can vote up to 10 times per day from April 27 through May 6.

• Change up what you tweet about because every detail won’t fit in a single tweet.

• Tweet regularly to stay top of mind

• Interact with anyone who votes for our cause to thank them and keep them engaged.

• Tweet information about this important cause to local media outlets to help garner additional awareness. Tell them why you think it is important that we work together to get the grant. Twitter handles @ksl, @kutv2, @abc4, etc.

• Encourage your friends and family to share this important cause information through their Twitter accounts.

• Retweet State Farm Neighborhood Assist® posts

• Retweet State Farm Neighborhood Assist® posts from the State Farm Twitter page (@statefarm) to your account.

Sample Tweet:

Let’s make an impact in our neighborhood. Help us make it happen with a $25K grant from #SFNeighborhoodAssist. Vote for 'I See You' here: https://bit.ly/assistutah

We are trying to earn one of 100 $25K #SFNeighborhoodAssist grants for our area! Help us by voting for 'I See You!' at https://bit.ly/assistutah

Email/e-newsletter:

The following can be used as an email or copied and pasted into an e-newsletter to inform friends, family, employees, volunteers, organizations and community members about this important cause.

Tip: Bold key dates and times to make sure they stand out.

Template:

TO: Target Internal and External Audiences

FROM: First, Last Name, [Organization/Affiliation if applicable]

SUBJECT: Please Help the Discovery Family Coalition bring $25K to Our Community! 'I See You' is one of the top 200 finalists in the State Farm Neighborhood Assist® grant program. This year, 100 winning causes will be chosen, giving us a GREAT chance to win a $25K grant. We need you to rally behind our cause and cast your votes to help us!

Here's how:

• Click https://bit.ly/assistutah and vote for 'I See You'.

• Voting is open from 12:00:00 A.M. ET on April 27 until May 6 at 11:59:59 P.M. ET and you can vote up to 10 times per day, every day for our cause.

• Winners will be announced June 7.

Please forward this to your colleagues, friends and family to vote and help spread the word.

Thanks in advance for your support,

[Personal Signature]

Unique URL Code: https://www.neighborhoodassist.com/entry/2043747 or https://bit.ly/assistutah

Please help us spread the word!

How to Raise $25,000 for Suicide Prevention with just a Click

by Sharilee Griffiths, Director and Meagan Waite, Assistant Director - My Discovery Destination!

The goal of the Discovery Family Adventures is to encourage families to spend time together, strengthening family bonds. Research shows that family attachment is the best prevention for risky behaviors, including suicide.

Ever since the day of its inception, My Discovery Destination! has provided its Discovery Family Adventures program to each and every family FOR FREE. Part of our mission states that we “strengthen families by providing opportunities for FREE Family Fun.”

Discovery Family Adventures are chock-full of free, flexible, fun activities that help parents really connect with their children and do it with a purpose. They are all 100% FREE to every family that wants to participate and will continue to be free to families.

But nothing “free” is ever truly “free.” Someone is paying for it somewhere.

In order for My Discovery Destination! to keep the Discovery Family Adventures (and other evidence-based prevention tools) FREE to everybody, funding must come from somewhere. Did you know you can help with that? How? By voting, and helping us spread the word about our opportunity to win a $25,000 Neighborhood Assist grant to fund suicide prevention programming. Share the link https://bit.ly/assistutah and invite your friends and neighbors to vote as well. You can vote up to 10 times per day from April 27 through May 6, 2022!

How will this grant impact communities across Utah?

The Discovery Family Coalition will incorporate a new ‘I See You’ initiative into the Discovery Family Adventures and our Summer Passport Program and will provide funding to deliver Discovery Family Adventures and other evidence-based prevention tools to those who need it most in our communities at no cost.

Help us keep the Discovery Family Adventures free for everyone that wants to benefit from this unique, powerful and effective tool.

The Discovery Family Coalition has been selected as a State Farm Neighborhood Assist® Top 200 Finalist and needs your votes!

Logan, Utah (April 25, 2022) The Discovery Family Coalition needs your help by voting for them to receive a $25,000 grant from State Farm® to help with suicide prevention efforts across the state of Utah. Starting April 27 at 12:00am ET, U.S. residents who are 18 and older with a valid email address can vote for their favorite cause at www.neighborhoodassist.com.

The Discovery Family Coalition has until May 6 at 11:59pm ET to rally votes and anyone voting is allowed up to 10 votes per day. On June 7, the top 100 vote-receiving causes will be announced at www.neighborhoodassist.com and a $25,000 grant will be awarded to each of the affiliated nonprofits. Supporters can vote for this cause at https://bit.ly/assistutah

Utah is in the top 10 states for highest suicide rates. In beautiful Cache Valley, suicide rates more than doubled in 2021. In the first two months, there were 10 COVID deaths and 13 deaths by suicide. As a result, leaders and experts gathered to discuss issues and challenges that led to the sudden increase. One of the issues that rose to the top in that meeting was a need for connection…citizens in Cache County, especially youth in our community, need to be able to connect.

Discovery Adventures help families spend quality time together connecting, laughing, bonding and initiating key conversations. They empower parents to be prevention specialists in their own homes and neighborhoods- aware and intentional in how they engage with kids to build resilience and create strong relationships. The ‘I See You’ initiative the grant will help build into the adventures will assist youth and adults in connecting the neighborhood, really SEEing each other, and acknowledging the good in each other

This grant will provide funding to deliver Discovery Adventures and other evidence-based prevention tools to 75,000+ diverse, currently under-served youth throughout Northern Utah.

A State Farm Neighborhood Assist grant will bring much-needed mental health solutions and family support to families throughout Northern Utah. The impact on a family can be immediate and profound. One mother reported her son had been seeing a counselor for years, but completely resolved his anxiety and depression within 2 months after the family started participating in the adventures.

The Adventures have the power to bring families together daily in fun, unique, natural ways that are effective, culturally appropriate, and provide opportunities for youth to engage in prosocial activities. A struggling, disconnected family can now succeed. Independently evaluated data shows that families using the adventures spend more time together, parents are more intentional in their parenting, kids are more engaged in family time and overall family outcomes are significantly improved with young people being empowered to flourish. These impacts will have generational benefits far into the future.

Sharilee Griffiths, Director of the Discovery Family Coalition, "This funding could have a tremendous impact for good on communities all across Utah. The 'I See You' initiative is designed to encourage youth and adults to really see each other-- to notice the good in those around them and to speak up and tell them what they see!'

State Farm Neighborhood Assist is a crowd-sourced philanthropic initiative that empowers communities to identify issues in their neighborhoods The State Farm Review Committee selected the top 200 finalists from 4,000 submissions.

Media Contact: Sharilee Griffiths

Discovery Family Coalition Mission Statement:

Our mission is to bring all sectors of the community together to strengthen families by providing opportunities for FREE Family Fun and connecting parents with programs, resources and information that help them acquire the skills necessary to raise loving, responsible, resilient children.

Please use the following graphics to help us spread the word! The more votes we get the better chance we will have of winning!