Lending a hand in Maine
Over the last couple of years, we’ve been fortunate to forge a relationship with The Dempsey Center, an organization based in Portland, Maine working tirelessly to provide comfort, care, and compassion to those whose lives are affected by cancer. Partners Paula and Derek Slayton have been involved with the Center for some time, participating in the Dempsey Challenge in honor of friends and those who can’t participate themselves.
Since becoming involved with the Challenge, we’ve worked with Katelynn Davis, Marketing Director for the Center, to build a set of videos sharing the stories of people whose lives have been impacted by the services of the Center. An emotional and sensitive project that our team poured themselves into, hoping to capture the immensity of the people who were willing to bare their souls to us.
To share the stories of these people and their journeys is a crucial aspect of the Center’s work—not only caring for people impacted directly by a cancer diagnosis but also caregivers, partners, support people, family, and children—anyone who needs support.
Of that video work, Katelynn went on to say,
When we approached Trampoline about the idea of a video storytelling project, they were quick to dive in with support from start to finish. Working with their team to bring our vision to life was a dream.
What impressed me the most working with the Trampoline team was their compassion as we moved through the logistics of the filming and the interviews themselves...They compassionately helped move the interviews forward and crafted beautiful videos that appropriately told the stories of our clients’ journeys with cancer.
Over this last year, we also worked with the Center to assist in its social media outreach efforts, building content and lending a hand where we could ease the pressure of ongoing marketing in the digital fundraising era. As if these organizations didn’t have enough on their plates with sometimes limited staff and funds—feeding the social media content cycle can be a task that gets left behind when more important duties take precedence.
“With a marketing staff of one, having their creative team, partners, and crew to bounce ideas off of was incredibly helpful. Today, our videos continue to help us spread the word about our mission to make life better for people impacted by cancer and provide our potential partners and donors with real connection to those we serve.” —Katelynn Davis
In the first 3 months alone, we created 30 content posts for Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn, all to be used at any time, making it easy on the organization’s end to schedule out posts without worrying about a timeframe. Our goal was to create templates for the Center, images, illustrations, reels, and captions that could be used on varying platforms, all to educate the public on the services that the Center provides. In addition, creating another avenue for people to donate to the Center who may not have been familiar with it before.
We continue to be honored to work with an organization like the Dempsey Center and hope that any of the work we’ve done can help move the needle for anyone impacted by cancer in Maine and beyond.
To find out more about the Dempsey Center, visit their website here.
