Email Guide


Thank you for being part of our team as a Giving Day Volunteer! Sarah Lawrence supporters like you—who give and encourage others to do the same—are key to ensuring Sarah Lawrence Giving Day is a success. Below you will find sample emails that you can personalize to demonstrate your Sarah Lawrence pride and spread the word about Giving Day. 

Every Sarah Lawrence Giving Day email you share leading up to and on Giving Day will contribute to the day’s success! 



Sample Emails

Subject: Help Us Make History | Sarah Lawrence Giving Day

[Salutation],

Have you dreamed of making history? Of course, we all have. And now we have a chance to be a part of a Sarah Lawrence day of giving - an opportunity to empower students and honor the transformative education that defines Sarah Lawrence.

We need your help! Giving Day gifts make the greatest impact for Sarah Lawrence students, because our generous trustees and other leadership donors will give the College $50,000 for every 100 participating donors. 

Get ready to give! On April 10, visit givingday.sarahlawrence.edu/ and make a donation to help make this our most successful Giving Day yet. All giving will end at 3:00 am ET on April 11, so make sure to get your gift in on time!

Questions? If you have any questions or would like more information, let us know. [Add your contact information]. Thank you in advance for your generosity to our Sarah Lawrence!

Subject: Ready to Lend a Helping Hand? | Sarah Lawrence Giving Day

[Salutation],

We’re counting down the days to April 10 and Sarah Lawrence Giving Day. We need your help to this year our most successful yet, and we’ve included a few easy ways that you can support us.

Make a gift. Giving Day gifts make the greatest impact for Sarah Lawrence students, because our generous trustees and other leadership donors will give the College $50,000 for every 100 participating donors. Regardless of gift size, there is no better day to give to the Fund for Sarah Lawrence than Giving Day. 

Share and share alike. Online days of giving are successful because of our own networks. Help us grow our network by sending this email to your network and ask your friends to do the same.

Be socially (media) active. Use your social media networks: post on Facebook, tweet about Sarah Lawrence Giving Day, and share your love for your particular passion, whether it’s student scholarships, faculty support, or maintaining our incredible campus. Ask others to do the same.

Become a fundraising champion. Everyone loves a champion, including us! We really need fundraising champions to help drive people to our Sarah Lawrence Giving Day profile on April 10. 

Thank you in advance for your support!

Subject: Today’s the Day | Let's make this our best ever! 

[Salutation],

Sarah Lawrence Giving Day is TODAY, and we are asking you to join us in our efforts to make this the most awesome day of giving Sarah Lawerence College has ever seen!

We are writing to ask you to take five minutes to give to Sarah Lawrence College. After that, you can kick back and watch how high the giving can go at givingday.sarahlawrence.edu/!

Your donation of any amount will support student scholarships, faculty support, or maintaining our incredible campus. For Giving Day only, our trustees and other leadership donors have pledged $50,000 for every 100 donors. Regardless of gift size, there is no better day to give to the Fund for Sarah Lawrence than Giving Day. 

Here’s how you can make a HUGE difference today:

  • Make a donation (link to your Sarah Lawrence Giving Day page!)
  • Spread the word. Text a friend. Forward this email. Post on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram using the hashtag SarahLawrenceGivingDay. Oh, and you can also just tell someone in person – that works, too.

Subject: You’ve helped us get closer to our goal for Sarah Lawrence Giving Day!

[Salutation],

Thanks to your generous donation, we are [$ amount] closer to reaching our goal of [$ amount] raised for Sarah Lawrence Giving Day! To help us cross the finish line, please share the attached ‘I Gave’ graphic across your social media accounts directing your peers to https://givingday.sarahlawrence.edu/.

We appreciate your support, and look forward to providing updates on all the great things we’ll be able to accomplish thanks to your generosity.

Subject: We can’t thank you enough for your generosity!

[Salutation],

We are still in awe of the generosity shown during Sarah Lawrence Giving Day. 

Because of donors like you, we were able to raise [Dollars Raised] to further our mission to graduate world citizens who are diverse in every definition of the word, who take intellectual and creative risks, who cross disciplinary boundaries, and who are able to sustain exceptional academic discipline within a framework of humanistic values and concern for community.

Each gift made today has a meaningful impact - providing student scholarships, faculty support, and maintaining our incredible campus.

With Gratitude,

[Name]

P.S. Your gift receipt was automatically sent to your email from notifications@givegab.com. If you need a copy of your receipt please reach out to [Insert your organization’s support email] for assistance.