Social Media Toolkit for Skin Cancer Prevention
As part of the Vermont Community Sunscreen Dispenser Program
Visit the program page to download the zip file with all images.
6 Tips to Reduce Cancer
Right click on each image to “Save Image As”
Sun Safety for Kids
Right click on each image to “Save Image As”
2025 Sun Safety Social Media Toolkit For Sunscreen Dispenser Recipients
Download the toolkit for access the following:
- Toolkit Guide (explains the content of the toolkit & provides sample sun safety social media messaging)
- 6 Tips to Reduce Skin Cancer (downloadable social media images)
- Sun Safety for Kids (downloadable social media images)
- Four images of the sunscreen dispenser (to use in promotional materials)
Let us know if you use this toolkit on social media or in the press by emailing Hanna Snyder, Coalition Coordinator, at coordinator@vtaac.org.
Sun Safety Fact Sheets and Videos
- Skin Cancer (Including Melanoma) Information and Resources (National Cancer Institute)
- Facts About Melanoma (IMPACT Melanoma)
- Skin Cancer Overview (CDC)
- Something New Under the Sun article (UVM Cancer Center)
- Dear 16-Year-Old Me (DCMF Canada)
- Melanoma Patient Voices: Jackie’s Story (Novartis)
- Skin of color: How to prevent and detect skin cancer (American Academy of Dermatology)
- Sun Safety Quiz (American Cancer Society)
- Support Services: Informational flyer (IMPACT Melanoma)
- The Hard Truth about Tanning video (IMPACT Melanoma)
Sun Safety Resources
Winter Sun Safety Resources
- Vermont Community Sunscreen Dispenser Program (VTAAC)
- Map of Free Sunscreen Dispensers in Vermont
- Social Media Toolkit
- Simple Summer Safety Tips (Vermont Department of Health)
- Be Sun Safe Campaign: Resources and Upcoming Events (UVM Cancer Center)
- All About Sunscreen (UVM Cancer Center)
- 9 Things I’d Never Do as a Dermatologist (UVM Cancer Center)
- Winter Sun Safety: What to know about protecting yourself during colder months (Skin Cancer Foundation)
- The Surprising Truth About Winter Sun article (UVM Cancer Center)
Outreach Programs and Resources
- Love the Skin You’re In: Sun Safe in the Middle School Years Toolkit (Dartmouth Cancer Center). For more resource from Dartmouth Cancer Center, please email nccc.community.outreach@dartmouth.edu.
- Your Skin Is In (IMPACT Melanoma): An award-winning program encouraging students (middle, high school, and college) to care for their skin and to love the skin they’re in year-round.
- Sun Protection Outreach Teaching by Students (SPOTS) is a community outreach program designed to teach students from preschool through high school about the importance of early detection and prevention of skin cancer. Medical students visit local schools to instruct students about sun safe habits, avoiding artificial tanning beds, and skin self-exams.
- American Academy of Dermatology Association Shade Structure Grants awards grants of up to $8,000 to public schools and non-profit organizations for installing permanent shade structures for outdoor locations that are not protected from the sun, such as playgrounds, pools, or recreation spaces.
- IMPACT Dermatology Interest Group Association (DIGA): The Dermatology Interest Group Association (DIGA) is a national student-run organization committed to providing volunteering, networking, and research opportunities to medical students interested in a career in dermatology.
- New England Dermatological Society is a not-for-profit educational organization whose members are physicians, dermatopathologists, NP’s, PA’s and scientists with a special interest in skin disease.
- Regional Dermatology Conferences: 36th Annual Eastern winter Dermatology Conference and Dermatology Updates for Primary Care