If your organization employs or supports volunteers in work with children or youth, or your organization would like to take an active role in supporting this vital work in communities around the world, we hope you’ll become a partner. Becoming a partner is a simple investment of your organization in the following:
Promote Thank A Youth Worker Day in your networks.
Help spread the message through social media.
If a youth and children serving organization, honor child and youth care workers in your organization on that day.
Participate in partners’ teleconference sessions: (Dates and call-in details TBA.)
As a partner, you’ll receive:
Your logo on the Thank A Youth Worker Day website.
A link from the website to your organization.
Use of all Thank a Youth Worker Day resources, including letters, media releases, ideas for celebrating, logos, etc.
Join the effort to say thanks and make a positive difference in the lives of children and youth in your community! To become a partner, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Put Thank a Youth Worker Day (TAYWD) on your calendar.
Engage your friends and colleagues to get involved and celebrate TAYW Day.
Update your Facebook or Twitter status and include the TAYW Day link. One FB example: “Today is Thank a Youth Worker Day. Make this your status today and thank a youth worker who impacts your life or community.”
Add a TAYW Day tag to your email signature.
Personally ask a local youth serving organization to get involved.
Write or blog about TAYW Day or the importance of youth workers in your community or your life.
Ask local government officials (mayor, city council, county council) to proclaim TAYWD locally. (A sample proclamation is available on the website.)
Contact local youth-serving networks/agencies to promote TAYWD (Community, government, faith based organizations, etc.)
Send a press release to local media outlets, and encourage local media (newspaper, radio, TV if available) to do feature stories on local youth workers. (A sample press release is on the website.)
Host and/or coordinate a community event that celebrates youth workers.
Contact area businesses or organizations with large or electronic sign boards with a request to promote TAYWD.
Post flyers throughout the community to promote TAYWD. (See website flyer.)
Invite youth-serving and government networks/agencies to post TAYWD on their websites.
Enroll parents in the community to create a plan to thank youth workers.
Invite local eateries to run specials/discounts on that day for youth workers.
Distribute orange ribbons to all supporters, including clients, participants, partners, employees, etc. You can order ribbons at Awareness Ribbon http://www.awarenessribbons.com/ribboncat.html
Host a TAYWD event (i.e. luncheon, reception, open house, breakfast, insert your best idea here!)
Ask youth in your organization to plan a thank you for your front-line youth workers.
Gather and send thank you notes from parents, youth, and other staff to every youth worker in your organization.