“Hitting for Hope”Evan Gibson

Creekview High School

Do you think that just because your neighborhood is well off, that the people around it are

also? Discuss reality of nearby family poverty Explain factors of childhood malnourishment and

mistreatment Introduce ideas and methods in order to help

impoverished families within the community

My Research Paper Covered factors in the lives of Underprivileged

Children Product was based on this whole topic To inspire other people Give them better understanding of reality House of Hope alone aids over 70 families with

children

Product and Process “Hitting for Hope” baseball tournament Familiar with Jr. Grizzlies Baseball organization Wanted to do something where revenue would be

produced easily Youth baseball tournament involved population of

interest

Planning Held meetings with board of Jr. Grizzlies Flyers posted online and around parks Planned concessions, trophy ceremony, ending

speech, presentation of check to House of Hope Calculated entry fees $395 per team Integrated food drive into tournament Gate fee of 2 can food items each time entering

park

My Project Facilitator Mrs. Wendy Graham Founder of Free Home House of Hope Helped me with facts about struggles within

community Helped me to learn how to construct charity

events

Challenges

Dwight Terry Park needed to be renovated due to failure to drain

Unlevel playing fields Rain postponed reconstruction of fields and

renovation of facilities Postponement of the park reconstruction was

unfortunately inevitable

Overcoming My Challenges

Spoke with county Tournament can be scheduled at later date Focusing on everything leading up to the actual

event for presentation Turning focus on showing more people the

conditions of what the needy go through in our community

To inspire people to help Raise awareness

What I Learned Unexpected things do happen (learned that the

hard way) Spreading workload out is smart and effective Childhood poverty is real Exists everywhere Awareness of the issue needs to be raised A little help goes a long way

Would I go further with this topic?

Yes Very passionate about it Take the issue seriously Possible careers: charity worker/organizer;

overseas missions; public speaker

Act. This project has inspired me to do more in helping

my community Inspire and motivate others What will you do?

Thank you for your time

Any Questions?