Florence Bank
Creating A Strategy From The Ground Up
We want to help your organization get the most out of our Customers’ Choice Community Grants program, so we have created a voting toolkit to help you rally your supporters and get as many votes as you can. Remember, it takes as little as 50 votes from Florence Bank customers to receive a grant!
Convenient ways to vote:
Online - Visit florencebank/vote to view the online voting site. Share the link with your supporters, so they can cast their vote online.
Paper Ballots - Encourage your supporters to visit any Florence Bank branch location and cast their vote while they do their banking.
Marketing tools to share with your supporters:
Information Sheet - Print the attached information sheet about the Customers' Choice Program to share with supporters or to have on display.
Press Release - Print a press release with your organization’s information and distribute the release to your Board of Directors, supporters, friends and press contacts.
Flyer - Print a flyer and write in the name of your organization on the line provided. Make photocopies and hang the flyer in highly-visible areas such as your office, drop-off locations, or other fundraising events you may have.
Additional Ballots - Click here to print 3 paper ballots that your organization can prefill, photo copy and distribute to supporters of your organization or leave on a counter or table. Be sure to collect the ballots and mail them to us by December 31st each year, or drop them off at any Florence Bank branch.
A few final tips:
Create - Social Media posts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn, asking your supporters to vote for your organization by providing the link to the voting page.
Below we are providing social post images sized appropriately for each platform, as well as text suggestions that you can use:
Facebook Text - Calling all @FlorenceBank customers - we need your help! Florence Bank is awarding a total of $150,000 to nonprofits throughout the region, based on votes from their Bank customers, and we would like to be among the winners! We need your support. Simply follow this link to cast your vote today: https://bit.ly/CCCGvote
Twitter Text - @Florence_Bank is awarding a total of $150,000 to nonprofits throughout the region, picked by their customers, and we want to be among the winners! We need your support. Follow this link to cast your vote today: https://bit.ly/CCCGvote
Instagram Text - Calling all @FlorenceBank customers - we need your help! Florence Bank is awarding a total of $150,000 to nonprofits throughout the region, based on votes from their Bank customers, and we would like to be among the winners! We need your support. Simply follow this link to cast your vote today: https://bit.ly/CCCGvote
LinkedIn Text - Calling all @FlorenceBank customers - we need your help! Florence Bank is awarding a total of $150,000 to nonprofits throughout the region, based on votes from their Bank customers, and we would like to be among the winners! We need your support. Simply follow this link to cast your vote today: https://bit.ly/CCCGvote
Include - Voting links on your website, in your newsletter, or in your email signature.
Share - The 2-minute Customers’ Choice Community Grants video with your supporters to help them learn more about the program.
Best of luck! And don’t forget, voting continues all year long and ends on December 31st each year. Organizations must receive 50 votes or more, have a current 501(c)(3) non-profit certificate, or equivalent, and agree to spend the money in our market area. Grants are proportional to the number of votes received and the maximum grant is $5,000.
