Need some help coming up with ideas for your August social media updates, blog posts, or newsletter articles? We have you covered. These writing ideas for August come from our Monthly Nonprofit Writing Prompts email newsletter. Fill out the form below to get September’s prompts emailed to you next week.
On the Calendar
08/04: Friendship Day. Give a big shout to friends and supporters of your cause or highlight staff, volunteer or client friendships.
8/09: Book Lover’s Day. Review a book or suggest books to your followers that shed some light on your cause.
8/12: International Youth Day. What role do young people play in your cause?
08/17: National Nonprofit Day. Create awareness for your cause by using the hashtag #nationalnonprofitday, thank supporters, or kick off fall fundraising a little early.
8/18: Bad Poetry Day. Have a little fun and write a (bad) poem about your nonprofit.
08/19: World Photography Day. Perfect for Instagram and other social media channels, this is a chance to post your best pictures.
8/21: Senior Citizen’s Day. Does your cause help older people? Honor an older volunteer or staff member.
8/22: Be an Angel Day. Do you have a special person working with you who always goes above and beyond? Who in your field are real angels to people in need?
8/26: Women’s Equality Day. How has women having the right to vote affected your cause?
Also in August:
- National Minority Donor Awareness Day (1st)
- Sisters Day (4th)
- International Cat Day (8th)
- National Women’s Day (9th)
- International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (9th)
- International Youth Day (12th)
- World Humanitarian Day (19th)
- International Dog Day (26th)
- Family Fun Month
- National Breastfeeding Month (United States)
- Water Quality Month
- National Immunization Awareness Month
- National Wellness Month
Metaphor of the Month
Pop Culture, Events, and News
August is back to school time for lots of folks.
Preseason NFL games will start back in August.
The 2024 Black Girls Rock! Awards take place on the 1st.
The 73rd Miss USA Pageant is on the 4th.
The 2024 Summer Olympics will be wrapping up with the closing ceremony will be held on the 11th.
The Perseids Meteor Shower will peak on the 12th-13th.
The Democratic Convention will be held the 19th – 22nd.
The US Open in tennis starts the 26th.
Movies coming out in August include Harold and the Purple Crayon, Kneecap, Trap, Borderlands, It Ends with Us, Cuckoo, Flint Strong, Alien: Romulus, Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 2, Blink Twice, The Crow, The Forge, Slingshot, Afraid, Reagan, You Gotta Believe, They Listen and Kraven the Hunter.
On streaming platforms, we have Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie, One Fast Move, The Instigators, Daughters, Jackpot, The Union, Incoming, The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat, and The Deliverance.
TV Premieres include Batman: Caped Crusader, A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, Hard Knocks: Training Camp With the Chicago Bears, The Umbrella Academy, Industry, Houses of Horror: Secrets of College Greek Life, Bel-Air, Emily in Paris, Reasonable Doubt, Only Murders in the Building, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, and Terminator Zero.
Source of the Month
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