Canva and Google Workspace Action Ideas for Districts - Marketing Tools

Sep 11, 2026

Letter-style action guidance for MD4 district marketing leadership, inviting district vice governors to share their selected marketing chair for 2025/26 and to coordinate outreach efforts early. Recommends two nonprofit-friendly tools—Canva and Google Workspace for Nonprofits—to help clubs thrive with flyers, social media content, collaboration, document creation, scheduling, and video meetings. Emphasizes obtaining a 501(c)3 point person for Canva nonprofit access and links to support and feature comparisons.

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Canva

Canva for Teams and Non-Profit account tips

Google Workspace for Nonprofits

Benefits and collaboration capabilities

Implementation support

Point-person requirement and contact channels

April 7, 2025 Dear MD4 1st and 2nd Vice District Governors 24/25 Recently you received a document from 2 nd VDG Lion Dave Kaplow on behalf of the MD4 California Lions Marketing Committee. Contained within the email document were suggestions for you to consider while you are deciding who would be a solid Marketing Chair on your DG 25/26 district cabinet for LY 25/26 . Some of you may have assigned this position already. If you have, we would very much like to ask if you would kindly share with us so that we may contact them and start communicating marketing goals of the multiple district and invite them to sit in on current project developments. By involving them now and asking for their participation in helping us outreach now it will assist in preparing them for their LY25/26 . It is our goal to welcome them to our team and collaborate best practices to maximize marketing efforts on behalf of California Lions and beyond. Please email your appointed district marketing lead name and contact to me at [LaHabraLionQueen@rocketmail.com](LaHabraLionQueen@rocketmail.com) Below you will find a suggestion for two marketing tools that can help your district marketing goals thrive and help your clubs with theirs as well. If you have any questions, please reach out and we would be happy to help you connect with the tools. The key to adopting these two tools in the nonprofit rate is to find a strong club in your district that has a 501(c)3 that is willing to sponsor the project for the district. The Canva account will permit 50 users which should be significant allocation to the marketing chair for each club in your district. The MD4 Marketing team will be supporting members with use by request. Canva: Canva is a great platform to make all sorts of marketing materials for the Lions Clubs in MD4 . Including flyers, banners, postcards, promotional items, social media posts and many more. There is a not-for-profit version of Canva that gives full capability to work as a team across the clubs in your district. This would allow for the creation of customizable Lions marketing designs that could be shared across your district. For example, take an initiative like the Lions Cancer month in February. District or club level marketing creates a Canva flyer template for Childhood Cancer and then invite District Marketing Leads, or a Club Marketing Lead to that team to modify if for their community projects. The beauty of Canva is that the Canva for Teams version allows a faster start with many pre-made templates and art designs that are not available in the free version. While both the free and nonprofit versions allow for team collaboration, the nonprofit version provides more capabilities. Apply for a Canva Non-Profit account and enjoy the benefits of creating and sharing. We're here to help ([canva.com](canva.com) ) Tips: before applying be sure and ask your club or district the name and contact for the point person who is a contact for the 501(c)3 that you will be using to apply, That person will be contacted by Canva to ask for your permission to use the number for the subscription. This will give that individual a heads up to approve your request. Google Workspace for Nonprofits Enable your teams to collaborate, iterate, and innovate together, from anywhere, in real time, with our cloud-based productivity suite. Get the basic features of Google Workspace at no cost with Google Workspace for Nonprofits, or upgrade to the discounted Google Workspace Business or Enterprise editions to take advantage of additional features for your organization. Benefits • Stay in touch with volunteers, supporters, and your community with unlimited email addresses at your custom domain via Gmail. • Keep everyone on the same page with Google Docs – create and edit grant proposals, meeting agendas, and more in real time from anywhere. • Keep schedules organized and appointments updated with Google Calendar. • Make sure ev

FAQs

What should district leadership do regarding the 2025/26 marketing chair selection?

District leaders are asked to share the appointed district marketing lead name and contact so the MD4 marketing team can begin communicating marketing goals and coordinate early outreach.

Why is a 501(c)3 point person important for Canva nonprofit access?

Canva will contact the 501(c)3 point person to request permission for the subscription number, giving that individual advance notice to approve the request.

What collaboration benefits does Google Workspace for Nonprofits provide?

It enables real-time collaboration across Google Docs, Calendar, Meet, and other tools, supports a custom-domain email setup via Gmail, and includes 30GB storage per user plus 24/7 support.

Sep 11, 2026

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