#GivingTuesday: Facebook fundraiser for PRIDE
November 27, 2017 by clackey
This photo shows students from Wolfe County High School learning how to test water quality in Swift Water Creek in the Red River Gorge. A PRIDE grant helped pay for the supplies needed for the project.
In honor of #GivingTuesday, Facebook and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are contributing up to $2 million ($50,000 limit per organization) will match donations made through Facebook on Nov. 28. How can you help? As a supporter of PRIDE, we’d be honored if you would take this opportunity to show your commitment to our work by creating a Facebook fundraiser and sharing with your friends on #GivingTuesday.
Creating a fundraiser is easy and we welcome fundraisers with any goal amount. Here’s how to create a fundraiser:
– Log in to Facebook and click Fundraisers in the left menu of your News Feed.
– Click Raise Money.
– Select Nonprofit/Charity.
– Select Eastern Kentucky Pride. You can paste in our text and use our image (scroll down), or you can share your own story and photo that illustrate why PRIDE is a worthy cause.
Or, Donate Now
To donate now, please click the DONATE button on the top right of this page. Thank you!
Text for Your Fundraiser
“This is how we do it here.” Back in 1997, that was an excuse heard in southern and eastern Kentucky for dumping trash over the hill and throwing litter out the car window. That old saying has new meaning today, thanks to PRIDE. Now the region’s young people say, “This is how my parents do it,” and “This is what I learned at school,” when they talk about recycling, volunteering, and protecting waterways.
Over the past 20 years, PRIDE has redefined how southern and eastern Kentuckians think about environmental stewardship, solid waste, and water quality. Our new understanding has led to better habits, cleaner scenery, and healthier waterways. #AGenerationOfChange
Let’s keep up the momentum! Your donation will pay for hands-on environmental education activities for students, as well as volunteers’ trash bags and trash disposal fees.
