Beyond Events — Creative Ways to Bring Lights On to Your Community
Showcase your program online
Post a video or photos on social media. Record or take photos of students doing activities and share with parents and the community via Snapchat, TikTok, Instagram TV (IGTV), Facebook, Twitter
Use our social tools:
Use the #LightsOnAfterschool tag — see our sample posts for inspiration
Post in your facility’s windows – and provide artwork to families, partners and local businesses to post in their windows
Turn your Lights On posters into yard signs and send home for students to post, or post a gallery of student artwork as yard signs in front of your facility or school
Put up posters on community boards in grocery stores, parks, libraries
Coordinate a car or bike parade for your students
Have students make huge Lights On chalk sidewalk drawings
Post messages on school marquees and signs outside of faith-based institutions
Ask community landmarks to light up for afterschool on October 28, or consider lighting up your program facility, having students light up the outside of their houses with string lights, projectors, or flashlights on phones.