With the new generation, so closely attached to social media, Jay’s Valet is continuously innovating new ways to use social media to benefit nonprofit communities and our partners. Throughout the first half of June, we ran a Facebook Campaign that donated $1.00 for every Facebook “Like” to a nonprofit of our “fan’s” choice. From June 1-14, Jay’s Valet tallied nearly 300 new “Likes,” requesting fans to submit a nonprofit of their choice. We were able to reach nearly 13,000 people at the height of the campaign. On June 14, we posted a poll of the top 5 submitted nonprofits that were then voted on untill June 29th, when the winner, The Chelsea Hutchison Foundation, was announced to receive the $300 donation.

The top 5 nonprofits that made it to the final round of the campaign included The Chelsea Hutchison Foundation, Challenge Aspen, Theatre Aspen, Parkinson Association of the Rockies, and The Tennyson House for Children. The race was close, but The Chelsea Hutchison Foundation received 182 votes, making it the winner of the $300 donation. The Chelsea Hutchison Foundation helps individuals who have epilepsy by raising funds to provide grants for trained seizure-response dogs who may be able to detect an oncoming seizure and provide warnings and/or respond after the onset. For more information about The Chelsea Hutchison Foundation and how to donate, please visit chelseahutchisonfoundation.org.

If you would like more information about the success of this Facebook campaign to use for your business, or if you have any questions or ideas on how we can help your company through social media, please contact Blake Huneycutt at [email protected].