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20 low-cost/no cost ways
To use these ads & materials

 

Top 20 ideas

  1. Use healing/educational ads, bookmarks or message cards in bulletins, schools, churches, offices, etc. as an ad or a printed card to distribute.
     

  2. Ask your local station to run free radio Public Service Announcements (PSAs). Use any of our 4 "The UnChoice" radio ads. Or, run them as paid ads during popular programs for even better results.
     

  3. Distribute Portraits of Coercion, a simple but poignant flyer with stories plus new  facts.
     

  4. Distribute ads and fact sheets as flyers at fairs, events, on-line groups, etc.
     

  5. Run small-space ads in low-cost local publications
     

  6. Distribute copies of our Forced Abortion report to local pastors, political and other leaders.
     

  7. Schedule a speaker, show a video or DVD at your church or civic group; include  handouts.
     

  8. Place small ads or text-only ads in small local publications, newsletters, classifieds, etc.
     

  9. Educate leaders of civic or religious groups with our ads and flyers, info kits, etc.
     

  10. Plan a local fundraiser to raise money to run an ad campaign locally, or donate to support urgent academic research, education and outreach.
     

  11. Join forces with other individuals, civic groups, businesses or churches to multiply your impact and help reach out to teens and women close to home.
     

  12. Ask a local business or organization to sponsor a campaign with their logo or "sponsored by" message in a co-op ad.
     

  13. Promote "TheUnchoice" campaign via bumper stickers, T-shirts, etc.
     

  14. Schedule a meeting at your church or civic group and give a brief, no-frills talk.
    Use  TV ads, radio ads, top 10 reasons, pop quiz, or key messages as an introduction to this issue. Then hand out materials and ask people to go to www.TheUnChoice.com to learn more, find help or get involved. You can also:

    * use ads & facts in a simple Power-Point presentation or DVD
    *
    set our broadcast ads on "continuous-loop" feature to run automatically at tradeshows, fairs, meetings, etc.
    *
    if you've done an intro talk, later you can give talks that focus on one theme or topic, e.g.,
    1) widespread coercion, 2) forced abortion in U.S., 3) teens at risk, 4) suicide risk, 5) hard cases/new answers 6) hope/healing

     

  15. Keep information current and handy for yourself or to share with leaders. Create Information Kits with tabbed binders. Sample themes include:  general/introductory kit, youth groups/education, healing/outreach, political/advocacy projects, etc.

      

  16. Run the UnChoice TV spots as free public service announcements or low-cost ads on low-cost local or cable networks
     

  17. Provide resources and kits to educators, librarians and students. Encourage students and educators to use materials in class speeches, essays, etc. If you're an educator, incorporate these resources and information into lesson plans.
     

  18. Inform pastors about widespread unwanted abortions. Ask them to educate parishioners about widespread coercion, unwanted abortions and post-abortion healing. Provide Portraits of Coercion as a simple introduction to the issue of widespread unwanted abortions and a compassionate non-controversial way to talk about post-abortion hope & healing.
     

  19. Write a letter to the editor. Tie into timely events by checking our PR Calendar.
     

  20. Write a letter to political leaders ... tell them about widespread coerced or unwanted abortions and other ways that abortion endangers and hurts teens and all women.

 

Things to do always

 

* Pray

* Link to The UnChoice.com on your web site, blog or social networking site. Send links to our site to others.

* Tell a friend, local leader or someone else you know about the free resources and new research in user-friendly downloadable formats at TheUnChoice.com.

* Join our e-list for timely articles, news and resources. Invite others to sign up too.

* Donate to support our work.

* Donate copies of our books to civic, public, school and church libraries, or give them to leaders, educators, media writers & others

 

 Please let us know how and where you've used these ads & other materials.

  • Where, when and how you have used the ads and other materials

  • How these ads have touched you or someone you know

  • Any feedback or other results

 

 

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