This Awareness Day Toolkit will help you and your organization prepare for the launching of your local event and help to evaluate the outcomes as well. Please feel free to use any of its contents.

It includes information on:

• Fill out the Activities Evaluation form and send it to any of the CBA Network Partners. Click here to see the Activities Evaluation.



• Prepare news releases to send to any media outlets that did not cover your event. Include any photos of the event. Fill out a Photo Release form in order to obtain appropriate permission for use of the photo, click here to see an example of a Photo Release form.



• Send thank you letters to leaders, community organizations, media outlets, speakers or others who contributed to or participated in your event.



• Ask the media for copies of the coverage of your event.



• Keep track of the leadership, media, community organizations and others that were invited so you can follow-up for next year’s activities.