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Making the Most of your Dedications

Making the Most of your Dedications. Let’s celebrate!. Firsts Other milestone(s) Donors Volunteers City/government support New homebuilding method(s) Partner family story. Plan the Party. Building a house is no small accomplishment – it’s a story worth telling

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Making the Most of your Dedications

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  1. Making the Most of your Dedications

  2. Let’s celebrate! • Firsts • Other milestone(s) • Donors • Volunteers • City/government support • New homebuilding method(s) • Partner family story

  3. Plan the Party • Building a house is no small accomplishment – it’s a story worth telling • Make your celebration unique • Include Thrivent Financial Representatives • Use this opportunity to educate the community • Special tools for your use at www.thriventbuilds.com/resources Note: you will need to type this address into your Web browser. You cannot reach this address from www.thriventbuilds.com Featured Tools: Dedication Quick Reference Guide Dedication Planning Worksheet

  4. Firsts • First Thrivent Builds home • First in a particular city, town or suburb • First in a certain neighborhood • First home completed under leadership of a new executive director or construction supervisor Featured Tool: Dedication News Release template

  5. Other milestones • 5th, 50th, 500th home built by your affiliate • 2nd, 5th, 15th Thrivent Builds home • House was built in shortest number of days or weeks Featured Tool: Program template

  6. Donors Make them feel special: • Framed photo of partner family in front of house • Habitat for Humanity children’s book • Place signs where appropriate for in-kind donations • “Name” each room of the house after a contributing group Featured Tool: Bulletin insert

  7. Volunteers Make them feel special: • Point out the contributions of each group as part of the program • Display photos of each group taken during the construction of the house • Thrivent Builds logoed gift item • Plant a tree or bush as part of the dedication in honor of each group that helped build. Featured Tool/Example: Volunteer Thank You Certificate

  8. City/government support • Invite city and other government leaders • Ask them to speak during the program • Take their photo with the partner family • Media are always interested Featured Tool/Example: Dedication Invitation Template

  9. New home-building methods • First time building a twinhome, triplex, etc. • Using “green” construction method(s) • Incorporating new construction technology • Using “blitz build” format Featured Tool/Example: Newsletter/Web text

  10. Partner family story • Family stories continue to get most attention in the media • Partner family is the reason we do what we do • Partner family can be great ambassadors Featured Tool/Example: Family Bio Guidelines

  11. Dedication tools available on Thrivent Builds Resources • www.thriventbuilds.com/resources • Under Thrivent Builds Homes • Dedication Event • Media Contact and Promotion

  12. If you have questions about this training: Cheryl Winget (Habitat for Humanity International) Media Relations Specialist Cheryl.winget@thrivent.com 612-844-5025 Minneapolis, MN Nicole Doebert (Thrivent Financial for Lutherans) Web & Marketing Specialist Nicole.doebert@thrivent.com 920-628-4403 Appleton, WI

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