Good afternoon communicators, 

 

UT’s fourth annual Grateful Vol Day (GVD) is next Wednesday, September 15! The goal of this event is to celebrate the generosity of donors to UT Knoxville by providing students an opportunity to thank them. 

 

 There are two parts to the event that we’d love your assistance in promoting. A PDF toolkit is attached, and here is a link to the digital files. 

 

1. Leading up to Grateful Vol Day (September 8-15) — ENCOURAGE STUDENT TO ATTEND

Leading up to GVD, please help encourage students to attend the event on September 15 from 10am-2pm on Humanities Plaza to write thank you notes to donors and receive a free t-shirt. Students who attend will also be entered to win prizes and receive additional swag. 

 

To help promote, please: 

• Promote GVD in any student newsletters, social media, or digital outlets in your college or unit. 
• Put up GVD posters in your college or unit buildings (PDF included in Dropbox)
• Use the digital display graphics to run them on any digital display boards in your unit’s buildings. 

2. Day of (September 15) — SHOW GRATITUDE TO DONORS

On this day, we will be expressing gratitude to our generous donors by sending them thank you videos we received from students and celebrating their philanthropy on social media using the hashtag #GratefulVol. 

 

To help promote, please: 

• Share any donor impact stories on your college or unit social media pages using #GratefulVol
• Share the campaign posts from UT Knoxville Alumni accounts: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook

We hope you’ll help promote this fun effort to show our gratitude to those who choose to give to UT. As a reminder, the PDF toolkit is attached and the graphics and resources for you use can be found here: tiny.utk.edu/GratefulVol

  

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out. Thank you in advance for your help!