You care about your campus. Make it a better place. Reach out. Here's how.
It's time to tear down the walls. To Save A Life is a powerful indie movie about the challenges and choices of real teen life. And it dares to deal with acceptance, hurt, love, social divisions, school violence, cutting, suicide, underage drinking, teen pregnancy and divorce.
But even more, it's the centerpiece of the biggest teen outreach ever. At some point, everybody has to decide: "What's my life going to be about?" To Save A Life brings that question into your world, encouraging you and your friends to answer it with boldness, honesty and compassion.
TRY THIS:
Your teens and their friends need to see To Save A Life, so make it easy for them to get to the theater!
- Make it an official youth group outing.
- Purchase a ticket block and offer them buy-one-get-one-free for students to bring a friend.
- Coordinate with parents, youth workers, and other partners to provide rides from churches and community centers.
- Schedule a Saturday matinee, when there may be fewer scheduling conflicts with teens' games, practices or club meetings.
- School Groups could even go to an early matinee on Friday.
- Plan now to follow-up the movie night with a seven-week group study and Devo2Go.
Lifeguards are focused on one thing only…saving lives! Their lifeguard towers lift them up to see above the crowd and allow them to spot danger. Lifeguards keep an eye out for others, and when they see signs of someone in need, they GO INTO ACTION. So do Tower Crews, the street teams for To Save A Life.
- Help those in need around you. Get on the front lines of spreading the word about the movie and outreach events to friends, schools, networks and communities.
- Form your own Tower Crew or join one that already exists in your community by clicking here.
- Once you have been accepted to the crew, hit the Crew site to share ideas and get inspiration.
All you need is a little creativity.
- Share trailers and digital resources from ToSaveALifeMovie.com
- Spread the word through Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, Twitter, blogs and other social networks.
- Use our social network widgets.
- Post an announcement on your website.
- Write about it in your school newspaper or website.
- Send email and text blasts. Templates are available.
- Start a text chain and tell your friends to pass on the message.
- Notify local press outlets (newspapers, community magazines, TV and radio stations) about your event.
- Put up film posters at businesses and community common areas.
- Encourage your network to make personal invitations.
- Donate tickets to your favorite radio station for on-air giveaways.
- Recruit some key student leaders to join the film street team and win free stuff while spreading the word. They can sign up for a Tower Crew by clicking here.
Start a conversation about stuff that really matters—by inviting a friend to a movie. It's a no-brainer.
Think of one friend you'd like to bring to To Save A Life—maybe someone you'd like to get to know better, a friend who is struggling or a friend who has questions about faith.
- Coordinate with your Tower Crew and adult leaders to sell tickets in advance, so everyone can attend together.
- Older students invite a younger student to attend with them—for instance, seniors invite freshmen, or college students invite high schoolers of the same gender for a mentoring opportunity.
- Share Conversation Cards to give your group ideas for following up with their friends in meaningful ways.
- Talk with your parents or a group of adults from your church, community or school to sponsor this event by committing to match ticket-for-ticket each purchase a student makes. This way, a student can bring a friend for free!
To Save A Life is about reaching out. Start now by inviting a rival school (or team or club or youth group) to a joint showtime. Then have a party and discussion afterward.
- Connect with other Tower Crews or members of your Crew who attend different schools.
- Get teachers or youth workers involved to help with details and organization.
- Work with a theater to buy tickets ahead of time; then resell them at your schools.
- Have one or several school counselors on hand to lead a group discussion after the movie.
