Loneliness Awareness Week Social Media Campaign

Help engAGED promote the importance of social connection during Loneliness Awareness Week. Taking place June 12-18, our fill-in-the-blank campaign is open to open to anyone who would like to participate—your organization’s staff, volunteers, the consumers you serve and others. As you plan programs and activities for June, we hope you will encourage your staff, volunteers and the consumers you serve to participate.

How to Participate

  1. Print the sign and fill in the blank to complete the sentence, “I stay socially engAGED by…”

    1. Download (PDF)

  2. Think about how you stay #SociallyengAGED and encourage your staff, volunteers and the consumers you serve to do the same. This may be through volunteering, using technology, lifelong learning, spending time with family or friends, reading to children, participating in group art classes or more!

  3. Take a photo of yourself, your organization’s staff or volunteers, or the older adults you serve holding the sign. If you prefer to make a video, that works too!

  4. Tweet your picture or video using #engAGEDandConnected or post it to Facebook. Don’t forget to tag @engAGEDCenter in your posts! See below for some post ideas!

    Questions? Contact info@engagingolderadults.org.

Sample Social Media Posts

Twitter

  • [Name of Participant] stays #SociallyengAGED by [Insert the activity.] #engAGEDandConnected #LonelinessAwarenessWeek

  • This is how members of [Name of Organization] stay #SociallyengAGED! How about you? #engAGEDandConnected #LonelinessAwarenessWeek

  • We’re participating in @engAGEDCenter’s #LonelinessAwarenessWeek fill-in-the-blank campaign! We asked our [staff/members/volunteers/consumers] to share how they stay #SociallyengAGED. Their answers were pretty great!

Facebook

  • [Name of Participant] stays socially engAGED by [Insert the activity.] (@engAGEDCenter)

  • This is how members of [Name of Organization] stay socially engAGED! How about you? (@engAGEDCenter)

  • We’re participating in @engAGEDCenter’s Loneliness Awareness Week fill-in-the-blank campaign! We asked our [staff/members/volunteers/consumers] to share how they stay socially engAGED. Their answers were pretty great!