A SEASON OF GIVING

Community Service Project

2018-2019

South Georgia Technical College – Americus

Americus, Georgia

Chapter Number: 8839

“CREATE. LEAD. INSPIRE.”

PREPARED AND PRESENTED BY

SHANTELLE BRITO & ANDREAS EDWARDS

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Table of Contents

A SEASON OF GIVING ..................................................................................................................... 2

Purpose of Project ............................................................................................................................. 2

Statement of Project Goals ................................................................................................................ 2

Service to the Community and Its Citizens ....................................................................................... 3

Planning and Development ................................................................................................................... 3

Implementation ................................................................................................................................. 4

Impact to the Community ................................................................................................................. 4

Evidence of Publicity ............................................................................................................................ 5

APPENDIX: SCRAPBOOK OF SEASON OF GIVING .................................................................... 6

Appendix A: Pictures of Pick Up and Distribution ......................................................................... 6

Appendix B: Results ........................................................................................................................ 8

Appendix C: Informational Flyer. .................................................................................................... 9

Appendix D: Food Drive Flyer. ..................................................................................................... 10

Appendix E: Toys for Tots Flyer. .................................................................................................. 11

Appendix F: Trauma Bear Flyer. ................................................................................................... 12

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A SEASON OF GIVING

Phi Beta Lambda’s (PBL) mission is to bring business and education together in a positive working

relationship through innovative leadership and integrated programs, career development programs,

and curriculum. Phi Beta Lambda is on the leading edge of career and technical education. Promoting

business ethics is critical to our organization and to the future of the community and economy of

Americus, Georgia.

Purpose of Project

The purpose of the “Season of Giving” Community Service Project is to provide much needed

assistance to the organizations and families in Americus, Georgia and to serve the community. We

choose to hold it during the holiday season, hence the name “Season of Giving”, this is the time of

year when these families need extra resources the most. Every year during the holiday season South

Georgia Technical College, Americus Campus, Phi Beta Lambda hosts its annual “Season of Giving”.

The “Season of Giving” is a compilation of three drives that run during the entire holiday season

starting in early November and concluding in December. The three drives we host include a food drive,

a toy drive, and a trauma bear drive. Each drive consists of gathering needed items such as, non-

perishable food items, new packaged toys, and lightly loved stuffed animals, and donating them to our

local Salvation Army, the Americus Fire Department, the Department of Family and Children

Services, and the Harvest of Hope.

Statement of Project Goals

The goals of the Season of Giving are as follows:

1. Donate food to a local food pantry

2. Donate toys for underprivileged children

3. Donate stuffed animal for officials to comfort children during emergency situations

4. Collaborate with local FBLA chapters and professional members

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5. Engaged the campus educational community.

Service to the Community and Its Citizens

Our primary goal for the project includes reaching out to the community during the holiday season

and gathering donated items and taking them to local businesses to be distributed accordingly with

expectations of assisting the less fortunate during times of need. Services that we act on are providing

food for the hungry, donating toys, children on Christmas, and donating bears to provide comfort for

families and children in crisis. Our community is very important to our organization and we take pride

in recognizing local needs and making a difference one day at a time.

Planning and Development

October

November

December

January

Check - in to encourage participation

“Light up your future” Recruitment event

Picked up/counted items for a food drive

Pick up/count & delivery of bears, toys

Report Results

Deliver Trophies & Certificates of Appreciation

Planning

Flyers, boxes, & emails

Distribute boxes/get support

Results were delivered

to our partners and to

the community

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A community service project of this magnitude requires a great deal of planning, dedication, and

commitment. Prior to the timeline provided below, a thorough observation was done within the

community to gain ideas about what we could bring to the table after getting the approval to move

forward from Dr. John Watford, the President of South Georgia Technical College.

Implementation

After decisions had been made and deadlines had been set, the first order of business was preparing

for the start of the drive by getting the necessary resources that we were going to need. We met with

several education programs at South Georgia Technical College to explain our cause and ask for

donations, which they supported and agreed to the fullest. We also partnered with several other local

organizations in the effort to expand our impact. This year we collaborated with our local business

partner, PharmaCentra LLC, along with the Student African American Brotherhood (SAAB) - Georgia

Southwestern State University, Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) – Americus Sumter High

School South Campus (ASHS), and our sister campus SGTC – Cordele. Flyers were created to

advertise drives and members hand wrapped boxes that were placed at different collection points

around SGTC Americus Campus. These boxes were in placed to collect canned food, trauma bears,

and toys. We held a competition for all SGTC educational programs to compete for the most donated

items. The categories consisted of food, trauma bears, and toys for tots. We are so grateful to have

such a supportive students and staff at South Georgia Technical College.

Impact to the Community

“The Season of Giving” kicked off during the month of November until the beginning of December.

Around this time of the year these donations are need more than ever and are greatly appreciated by

the individuals that will be receiving the donations. With the partnerships that we formed this year

with other organizations, we had a phenomenal year. Comparing our total donations from our previous

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year, we more than tripled our total number of contributions to a grand total of 1,282 items. A total of

946 food items that we collected was donate to the Harvest of Hope, 170 trauma bears donated to the

Georgia State Patrol, and 166 toys were donated to the Sumter County Department of Family &

Children Services (DFACS). This year we not only started new partnerships with other organizations

in our surrounding area, but we also created a stronger bond with our community. This project did not

just benefit the community and the people receiving donations, this project was a huge impact on our

community but did a great deal for us as individuals of the organization. “Season of Giving” gave us

a chance to sharpen up our overall leadership skills and grow effectively as a chapter.

Evidence of Publicity

The Season of Giving effort was very successful. The results were published on our school website

and were also shared campus wide via email.

School website publicity

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APPENDIX: SCRAPBOOK OF SEASON OF GIVING

Appendix A: Pictures of Pick Up and Distribution

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Appendix B: Results

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Appendix C: Informational Flyer.

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Appendix D: Food Drive Flyer.

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Appendix E: Toys for Tots Flyer.

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Appendix F: Trauma Bear Flyer.