AMSA
AMSA's Local Chapter Project Directory
| PROJECT DESCRIPTION/CONTACT INFORMATION | |
| Project title | Save A Child |
| Project type(s) | Community Service,Fundraiser |
| Date completed | 04/30/2009 |
| Chapter | San Diego State University |
| Project Coordinator | Michelle Baker |
| Summary of project | We put small change boxes on campus and around local eateries to raise money for Chaltu Oli (sponsoring a child in Ethiopia affected by HIV/AIDS through WorldVision.org). We also sent money to Books For Africa to sponsor a set of encyclopedias for a classroom in Africa. We sold red ribbons and sold nachos on World AIDS Day. We handed out pamphelts on AIDS/HIV to raise awareness. We also wrote facts in chalk about HIV/AIDS around campus and set up graves to bring awareness about the impact the disease has on our world. We raised over $680 with all of these awareness fundraisers for Chaltu Oli and Books For Africa. |
| Content area | N/A |
| Number of participants | 100 |
| Participant hours involved | 3 hour(s) |
| PROJECT PLANNING | |
| Coordinator roles | The different roles consisted of: making change boxes, making red ribbons, planning and doing the paper work for on campus event nacho sell, and obtaining facts and pamphlets about HIV/AIDS. I also was in charge of collecting money from the change boxes every couple weeks and allocating the money to HIV/AIDS organizations. |
| Coordinator hours | 25 hour(s) |
| FUNDING & ADVERTISING | |
| Total project cost | $75 |
| Project funding | Local chapter funds,AMSA grant |
| Funding breakdown of sources and/or donations: | BAG OF CHIPS $3.79 each CHEESE DIP CAN $7.39 each JALAPENOS JAR $2.39 each BAG OF BOWLS $5.59 each CHANGE BOXES $5.00 RED RIBBONS(ribbon & bobby pins)were=$20.00. HIV/AIDS Pamphelts from student health services=Free. |
| Project advertising | It was advertised through email, and posters. For the most part I think it was successful. Almsot every member sold a bag of ten ribbons for a 1$ each for every red ribbon which raised most of our money. We got a Health Awareness organization on campus involved in selling ribbons too which was a success. About $450 dollars we raised came from red ribbons. So we sold 450 ribbons, about 80 bowls of nachos, and the rest was made from the change boxes. |
| PROJECT EVALUATION | |
| Success rating (1 = unsuccesful, 5 = very successful) |
4 |
| Lessons/suggestions | We had to pay a campus fee for electricity for the crockpot to heat the nacho cheese--that was a bit expensive. I would suggest getting a portable crockpot at Target so no power is needed. |
| ADDITIONAL COMMENTS | |
| Comments | If you can put a change box at 7/11 you will make a lot of money from change. For the nacho sell plan a month ahead of time there was a lot of campus paper work: reserving the campus space, catering approval form, health safety approval form, power eleactricity form, and table and chairs forms. That is pretty much it:) |
