Zeak T. Naifeh Director of Student Activities Cameron University MLK Day of Service.

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Zeak T. Naifeh Director of Student Activities Cameron University MLK Day of Service

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Zeak T. Naifeh

Director of Student Activities

Cameron University

MLK Day of Service

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Planning Process•Formed a Committee

▫ Dean of Students▫ Director of Student Activities▫ Director of Student Development▫ 2 students▫ Director of United Way▫ City of Lawton Representative▫ MLK Celebration Committee Representative

•Started meeting in October•Meet every two weeks and then more as

needed

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Planning Process

•Website▫Used for volunteers to sign up online

www.cameron.edu/mlkcelebration/dayofservice

▫Tracked: Special skills, number of volunteers per

group, any request for projects, any limitations, etc.

▫Gave general and updated information about the day as it came closer to time

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Finding Projects•Brainstormed list of ideas and contacts the

group new of•Used local United Way•Narrowed the list down•Contacted each agency on the list •Pre visit to see what exact work would need to

be done and number of volunteers•Revisited past locations- big projects

▫ Boys and Girls Club- cleaners, organizers, helpers

•Made a list of goals at each site

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Projects- sample

•Boys and Girls Club•Lawton Food Bank•Children’s Shelter•Habitat for Humanity•Salivation Army•Battered Women’s Shelter•Cameron Campus- i.e. painting fire

hydrants

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Recruiting Volunteers•Emails•List serves•Flyers•Phone Calls•Personal visits •Student Organizations

▫ Any special talents- i.e. Art Guild•City of Lawton Youth Services

Coordinator emails

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Volunteer Sources

•PLUS•Athletics•SGA/PAC•Housing•CU Faculty/Staff•Student Organizations•Greeks•Lawton/Ft. Sill Community•Family Members

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Planning Process•Set registration deadline

▫ Or else its on going and never ending, but build in some flexibility for those who just show up

•Matched volunteers to sites•Follow up emails/calls to each volunteer

periodically and then days before to verify •Held an organization day Friday before the

actual day with team leads•Each site needs a team lead who has been

involved in the process- student/faculty/staff/community

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Funding/Budget

•2009▫Grant- $1,000

Used to buy materials for project site▫Salivation Army- $1,000▫University Cash-$875

Food, drinks, promotion Things that directly benefited the students

▫University In-Kind- $1,015 Transportation, staff time

▫Total Spent- $2,875

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Funding/Budget• 2010

▫ Grant- $500 Used to buy materials for project sites

▫ University Cash-$1,038 Food, drinks, promotion

Things that directly benefited the students▫ Local Lumber Co. Donation- $257 of supplies▫ Carpet Co.- $175 of carpet ▫ University In-Kind- $2,660

Transportation, staff time▫ Sites purchased their own supplies/materials ▫ Total Spent- $1,538

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Carrying out the projects

•Met with each site several weeks out to see how many volunteers they would actually need and to verify the actual project(s)

•Had a CU staff member at each site•Hospitality crew to check on each site •Hired photographer to document the

day’s activities

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Documenting

•Keep track of numbers, especially if you have grant funding

•Get photo releases/labiality waver▫We did on sign in sheet

•Hard to get everyone to sign in, that’s why it is important to have team leads

•Feedback, still working on a good system

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Misc.• Safety Issues

▫ Some we turned down due to skill level, etc.• Seek out other sources of funding

▫ Most agencies don’t have the money to do most projects

• Great with publicity▫ Great for CU▫ Helped with future years

• Tie it in with something▫ We invited the volunteers to our afternoon MLK

Celebration panel presentation• Reflection at lunch

▫ Something easy to facilitate • Video presentation of pictures

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Results•2009

▫ 275 unduplicated volunteers 185 college 35 faculty/staff 10 adult community 45 youth community 1,598 volunteers hours

▫ 1 project site▫ 8-1:30

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Results

•2010▫394 unduplicated volunteers

241 college 34 faculty/staff 38 adult community 81 youth community 1,970 volunteers hours

▫16 project sites▫8-1

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Questions & Answers

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Contact InformationZeak T. NaifehDirector of Student ActivitiesCameron [email protected]