Charities that creatively hijacked May the Fourth #StarWarsDay

Today is 4th May, or May the Fourth, otherwise known as #StarWarsDay. The joke is a little old, but here are some fresh takes from charities today on making the most of this date on social media.

1. RNLI

On #Maythe4th, we proudly bring you the trailer for Storm Wars: The Crew Awaken.

Happy #StarWarsDay!https://t.co/VAvR3Jfyeq

— RNLI (@RNLI) May 4, 2016

 

2. WaterAid UK

In honour of #MayThe4thBeWithYou, we give you… Stool Wars! Watch all three episodes here: https://t.co/gxGXECr2Mnhttps://t.co/tUt3Yhvzvt

— WaterAid UK (@WaterAidUK) May 4, 2016

 

3. The Running Charity

Yes Luke Skywalker likes our work & so should you! Support homeless young people through running #MayThe4thBeWithYou http://pic.twitter.com/YSs9DYVQF1

— The Running Charity (@Running_Charity) May 4, 2016

 

4. SolarAid

Click here to view the video on YouTube.

 

5. Rainbow House

#MayThe4thBeWithYou: Irvine Star Wars fanatics climb mountain for charity https://t.co/HD2toE3i7s http://pic.twitter.com/LkmYfC2Tw9

— Irvine Herald (@Irvine_Herald) May 4, 2016

6. Keech Hospice Care

Check out this R2D2 created in our children's unit! #MayThe4thBeWithYou #charity http://pic.twitter.com/YvpNEHCq5l

— Keech Hospice Care (@KeechHospice) May 4, 2016

 

7. Star Wars: Force for Change

#MayThe4thBeWithYou on This #StarWarsDay … "Star Wars: Force for Change", the #charity organization https://t.co/EbHiuXDkgu #STXFG

— Maurizio Gioli (@Maurizio_Gioli) May 4, 2016

 

8. Julia’s House

#STARWARSDAY @DorsetTroopers and members of @juliashouse joining us! #NonUniform ALL money raised goes to this incredible charity

— Manor Court Primary (@ManorCourtChard) April 26, 2016

9. Macmillan Cancer Support

Happy #StarWarsDay Do something different for Macmillan and make it #mymacpledgehttps://t.co/d2hzkcVNs8 http://pic.twitter.com/T77WhwG3ei

— MacHantsBerksIOWCI (@MacCentralSouth) May 4, 2016

 

 

More #MayThe4thBeWithYou fundraising

My costume for the day #MayThe4thBeWithYou #StarWars raising money for charity #YPCC http://pic.twitter.com/J2yslAO6sh

— YPCC Jardell Miller (@FutureCop999) May 4, 2016

 

And don’t forget David Burgess at The Management Centre teased out some lessons for fundraisers from Star Wars in a guest blog post on UK Fundraising:

It's #StarWarsDay so of course I'm going to suggest you read this blog on what fundraisers can learn from the films https://t.co/BOxxDFbyY4

— David Burgess (@davidburgessmc) May 4, 2016

 

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