Watertown Helps Out: Communications Toolkit

It’s time for the Watertown Community Foundation’s annual volunteer event—Watertown Helps Out (WHO)! Join us to help spread awareness for this month-long community service initiative in May. With your support, we can get our entire community volunteering for projects that help make Watertown a better place to live and work.

What are we asking you to do?

We need your help to provide as much visibility as possible to encourage those who live and work in Watertown to sign up and volunteer at various projects. To engage your networks and make sharing details as easy as possible, you can use this communications toolkit with:

Just copy, paste, and send! 

When should information be distributed?

The sooner the better! The first project is May 2. To make sure projects have the volunteers they need, we’d like promotion to begin now and continue through May. This will help keep the month-long event top of mind for all your community stakeholders.

You can find a volunteer opportunities sign up sheet here (additional projects will continue to be added). 

Thank you for your partnership and commitment to our Watertown community.

Social Media Posts

Amplify Watertown Helps Out and schedule regular reminders on all your social media channels using the sample posts below. Click here for downloadable graphics. You can also reshare posts from the Watertown Community Foundation's feeds on your own accounts.

Facebook and LinkedIn

Post #1

Are you a Watertown resident, student or employee looking for a fun way to make a difference? Join the @watertowncommunityfoundation for a month of #communityservice in May that connects people who live and work in Watertown to nonprofits that need help. Volunteer for projects, meet other community members, and work together to give back to Watertown. #TogetherWeCanDoSoMuch 💙 Sign up today! https://signup.com/go/uDCBscE

 Post #2

📢 Call for volunteers! 📢Join your friends and neighbors in May for Watertown Helps Out, a dedicated month of #communityservice organized by the @watertowncommunityfoundation. Help local nonprofits with big and small projects, everything from river cleanup and cemetery flag placement to event set up at Eco Fest and Perkins School for the Blind. #TogetherWeCanDoSoMuch 💙 Sign up today! https://signup.com/go/uDCBscE

 Post #3

📢 There’s still time to sign up for Watertown Helps Out! Bring friends, family, and colleagues to this month-long community-wide event and give back to Watertown. Throughout May, the @watertowncommunityfoundation is connecting people who live and work in Watertown to nonprofits that need help. #TogetherWeCanDoSoMuch 💙 Pick a #communityservice project and sign up to volunteer!

https://signup.com/go/uDCBscE

Post #4

Don’t miss an opportunity to sign up for Watertown Helps Out! Join the @watertowncommunityfoundation for a month of #communityservice projects in May that connects people who live and work in Watertown to nonprofits that need help. Small actions lead to big changes. #TogetherWeCanDoSoMuch 💙 Sign up to volunteer!https://signup.com/go/uDCBscE

Instagram

Post #1

Are you a Watertown resident, student or employee looking for a fun way to make a difference? Join the @watertown_community_foundation for a month of #communityservice in May that connects people who live and work in Watertown to nonprofits that need help. Volunteer for projects, meet other community members, and work together to give back to Watertown. #TogetherWeCanDoSoMuch 💙 Visit the link in our bio to sign up!

Link in bio: https://signup.com/go/uDCBscE

Post #2

📢 Call for volunteers! 📢Join your friends and neighbors in May for Watertown Helps Out, a dedicated month of community service organized by the @watertown_community_foundation. Help local nonprofits with big and small projects, everything from river cleanup and cemetery flag placement to event set up at Eco Fest and Perkins School for the Blind. #TogetherWeCanDoSoMuch 💙 Visit the link in our bio to sign up!

Link in bio: https://signup.com/go/uDCBscE

Post #3

📢 There’s still time to sign up for Watertown Helps Out! Bring friends, family, and colleagues to this month-long community-wide event and give back to Watertown. Throughout May, the @watertown_community_foundation is connecting people who live and work in Watertown to nonprofits that need help. #TogetherWeCanDoSoMuch 💙 Pick a #communityservice project and visit the link in our bio to volunteer!

Link in bio: https://signup.com/go/uDCBscE

Post #4

Don’t miss an opportunity to sign up for Watertown Helps Out! Join the @watertown_community_foundation for a month of #communityservice projects in May that connect people who live and work in Watertown to nonprofits that need help. Small actions lead to big changes. #TogetherWeCanDoSoMuch 💙 Visit the link in our bio to volunteer!

Link in bio: https://signup.com/go/uDCBscE

Tagging & Hashtags

Remember to tag @watertowncommunityfoundation on Facebook and LinkedIn, and @watertown_community_foundation on Instagram.

Always incorporate our hashtag and tagline #TogetherWeCanDoSoMuch. Use the hashtags #GivingBack, #Volunteer, #DoGood and #CommunityService so we can help fuel the global conversation.

Click here for downloadable graphics.

Newsletter, Email and Website Content

Newsletters, email blasts and websites (homepage or events section) provide an opportunity to promote the month-long initiative with reminders to engage Watertown community members. Accompanying images, such as a graphic or photo, help to stop the scroll, grab attention and increase engagement.

Announcement

Would you like to give back to Watertown? The Watertown Community Foundation is kicking off its annual volunteer event Watertown Helps Out for the 12th straight year. With the support of local company sponsors and the City of Watertown, community service projects throughout the month of May will connect people who live and work in Watertown to nonprofits that need help. Hundreds of volunteers will come together to clean up the Watertown-Cambridge Greenway, assemble and distribute hygiene kits for the homeless, plant Memorial Day cemetery flags, sort clothing donations for Eco Fest, set up for Watertown Pride, and much more. New projects will continue to be added over the next few weeks and throughout May.

Sign up today at https://signup.com/go/uDCBscE to volunteer in our community!

Reminder

Don’t miss out to volunteer for Watertown Helps Out in May! With the support of local company sponsors and the City of Watertown, the Watertown Community Foundation is organizing a month of community service projects that will connect people who live and work in Watertown to nonprofits that need help. Hundreds of volunteers will come together to clean up the Watertown-Cambridge Greenway, assemble and distribute hygiene kits for the homeless, plant Memorial Day cemetery flags, sort clothing donations for Eco Fest, set up for Watertown Pride, and much more. New projects will continue to be added over the next few weeks and throughout May.

Sign up today at https://signup.com/go/uDCBscE to volunteer in our community!

Click here for downloadable graphics.

Graphics and Logos

Graphics

Click on either of the graphics below to download them. The 1:1 graphic can be used across all platforms. The horizontal graphic works for Facebook and LinkedIn.

Online graphics, if possible, should link to the Watertown Helps Out website: www.watertownfoundation.org/watertown-helps-out or the WHO volunteer sign up page: signup.com/go/uDCBscE

Logos

We encourage you to use the Watertown Community Foundation logo in your materials. Click here to link to logo files. If you are a grantee, please be sure to adhere to our publicity requirements.

Fliers

Click to download a PDF flier to print out and share.

Print as a 2-sided flyer or a single page.

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  • LIfe Science/Arsenal Yards volunteers cleaned up along the Charles River.

  • Life Science/Arsenal Yards volunteers found lots of interesting trash along the Charles River during their clean up

  • Despite the rain, Life Science/Arsenal Yards volunteers came out in force to clean up along the Charles River.

  • The Watertown Public Library was one of many donation sites for the WHO Food Drive.

  • WHO Food Drive sponsor, ButcherBox, helped to sort and deliver donations to the Food Pantries.

  • C-4 Therapeutics joins staff and residents at the Watertown Housing Authority.

  • C-4 Therapeutics helps with landscaping.

  • C-4 Therapeutics helps out backstage at the Mosesian.

  • C-4 Therapeutics applies a fresh coat of paint at the Watertown Boys and Girls Club.

  • Community volunteers help clear the Watertown-Cambridge Greenway path, guided by Watertown Community Gardens.

  • Volunteers removing invasive plants along the Greenway.

  • Volunteers painting decorations for the Watertown Community Gardens Shed at Arsenal Yards.

  • Putting the final touches on the newly decorated Watertown Community Gardens storage shed.

  • Volunteers clean up the Sculpture Walk Community Path.

  • Volunteering for the Watertown Community Fridge.

  • The whole family came out to help distribute flyers in Coolidge Square.

  • Helping out at the Miyawaki Forest.

  • Kymera employees donated food and helped sort community donations at the Watertown Food Pantry.

  • Priming flowers for the public art project at Pride.

  • Event Volunteers at Perkins School for the Blind take a break.

  • A volunteer greets concert attendees at Perkins School for the Blind.

  • Volunteers at Perkins School for the Blind concert.

  • Miyawaki Forest volunteer helps to stake trees.

  • A Life Science/Arsenal Yards volunteer excavates a foxhole of footwear along the Charles River!

  • Volunteers gather at cemetery to plant flags in honor of veterans.