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The Healthy Living GroupMathew RidgeConcordia University MHS: 570

+What will we do?

+The Healthy Living Group

The purpose The purpose of this event is to let the community know who

the organization is, what the mission is, and the goals that align with the mission.

The Mission The organization is to promote healthy living by providing

education and activities for both mental and physical health.

+Event description

Event education centers

Event Activities

Event Main stage

Entrance and Exit

+Our goals

Long term goals Educating adolescents about healthy living Committed volunteers Creating change

Short Term goals Community activities Achieve high enrollment Community participation

+Why we need volunteers by generational expertise

Why we need older volunteers

Why we need volunteers within the community

Why we need younger volunteers

How will the volunteers stay engaged?

+Types of volunteer that are

needed

Day-to-day

Special Event (Episodic)

Managerial

Governance volunteers

+Positions that will be held

Educational positions

Heat exhaustion booth

Heat Stroke booth

Damages to health booth

Main entrance

Main Stage

Activity positions

Balloon toss

Slip and Slide

Help set up and take down

Handing out goodie bags

+Who will meet the needs?

You

+Who will hold particular positions

Heat exhaustion booth:

Heat stroke booth:

Working the entrance/exit (handing out goodie bags)

Handing out flyers:

The damage the sun can have on the human body:

Help set up and take down:

Work water balloon toss:

Slip and Side:

+Explanation of generational choice

Why the organization chose each generation for each position

Older adults

Adolescents

Young adults

+How we will work?

• Training• Risk

management

• Preparations

+Training

Policies Policies can set the outside boundaries for behavior, inside

of which action is acceptable (Connors, 2012, p 152)

Procedures Procedures are the proper steps that are taken in order to

stay in compliance with the policy.

+Training continued

Learning Styles Visual learners

Learn by seeing and looking (Connors, 2012, p 240) Auditory learners

Learn by hearing and listening (Connors, 2012, p 240) Kinesthetic learners

Learn by touching and doing (Connors, 2012, p 240)

+Risk management

Risk is defined as a potential loss or harm. The loss or harm may be direct or indirect: it may be personal or organization; physical, financial, or reputational; it may be large or small, likely or more remote (Connors 2012, p 323).

+Preparation

Layout of the community event

Liabilities

Risks that need to be addressed

+How will we grow?

• Evaluations

• Individual

• Meeting the Needs

• Activities

• Community Event

+Evaluations

Why the organization will evaluate Community activity Individual basis

End of the evaluation

+Evaluations continued

What will be determined by the evaluation?

Did the volunteers meet the needs of the focus group

Volunteer performance

+References

Bourke, C. (2009). Working with older volunteers: opportunities and potential. Allis, 22(4), 181-183.

Connors, T. D. (2012). The volunteer management handbook leadership strategies for success (2nd ed.). Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons Inc.

Dhami, M. K., & Joy, P. (2007). Challenges to Establishing Volunteer-Run, Community-Based Restorative Justice Programs. Contemporary Justice Review, 10(1), 9-22. doi:10.1080/10282580601157455.

Nenga, S. (2012). Not the community, but a community: transforming youth into citizens through volunteer work. Journal Of Youth Studies, 15(8), 1063-1077. doi 10.1080/13676261.2012.697135.