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Giving Tuesday is just around the corner! On Tuesday, December 3, we will once again be turning Giving Tuesday into Giving ‘TEESday to support imperiled manatees and their aquatic habitat. Our goal is to raise $45,000 for manatees in recognition of Manatee Awareness Month, which celebrates its 45th anniversary this November. In celebration of this momentous milestone, we’ll be highlighting memories from Save the Manatee Club’s history to show some of the work that has been done to help manatees and the goals we still must achieve on their behalf to safeguard their future.

Help Us Spread The Word

You can help raise awareness for our mission and campaign leading up to and during Giving ‘TEESday! We’ve created some graphics for you to share to help inspire others to care about manatees and their habitat. We recommend sharing these the day of Giving Tuesday. Sharing your personal reason for supporting manatees and SMC is another great way to engage others and grow our community!

Ways to Participate

Throughout the day, we will be highlighting manatee memories and milestones from the past 45 years that will all together complete a manatee puzzle on our website. Below are some ideas for sharing our message and inspiring your own community to join our efforts.

• Change your profile photo using the templates below to show your support for manatees.
• Create your own fundraiser on:
  • Facebook
  • JustGiving
  • Tiltify
• Consider doing a Facebook or Instagram livestream.
• Share some of our sample graphics below or create content that aligns with our mission and goal of protecting and respecting manatees.
• Add our link (savethemanatee.org) to your bio.
• Adopt-A-Manatee® for a friend or family member.

Sample Graphics

You can save any of the below images and profile pictures, which are available in a variety of sizes for different social media platforms.

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Sample Messages

• I’m showing my support for Save the Manatee Club this December 3rd for #GivingTuesday. Learn more about their organization and consider contributing at: savethemanatee.org/givingtuesday
• Join me in supporting manatees and Save the Manatee Club in their mission to protect these gentle giants on this Giving Tuesday! Contribute your puzzle piece at savethemanatee.org/givingtuesday
• Help cherish manatee memories and celebrate important milestones by contributing to the completion of the puzzle on SMC's website! Participate in Save the Manatee Club’s Giving Tuesday campaign on December 3rd at savethemanatee.org/givingtuesday and on social media.
• December 3rd marks Giving Tuesday, and Save the Manatee Club is turning it into Giving TEESday, the biggest giving day of the year for manatees! Follow the campaign online at savethemanatee.org/givingtuesday and help them complete the manatee puzzle on their website!

Tagging and Hashtags

• #GivingTEESday #GivingTuesday #savethemanatee #nonprofit
• Tag us on Instagram (@savethemanateeclub), Facebook (@savethemanateeclub) and X (formerly Twitter @savethemanatee)

More Ideas

• Share why you love manatees and what sparked your passion for protecting and advocating for them! Maybe it was a time you passively observed them at Blue Spring State Park, visited resident manatees at Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park, or viewed manatees on our live webcams.
• If you are an adoptive parent of a manatee in our adoption program, show them off to your friends and family! Share a pic of *your* adopted manatee or certificate of adoption.