I know TPFers have wonderful and thoughtful hearts, so I thought I can give it a try here to get some good help. So, if you can give a piece of your mind, I would greatly appreciate it. Sorry if this may end up being a little long. And I hope this is allowed here.
Basically, Im part of a community group project that was assigned to us by one of my nursing classes. The projects goal is to plan and set up a one-day fair at a local Senior Center, which is like the Y for the elders. We are still in the beginning steps of brainstorming ideas on what to do and how we can pull it off.
Some of the ideas we jotted down:
We plan to raise money to purchase a Wii for the center, so the seniors can have a taste of the latest technologies and exercise at the same time. We can contact local doctors to participate for a few hours to either give assessments to the seniors, or give a mini speech on basic pointers on how to take care of themselves. For example, I think a podiatrist and a dentist would be important. We, nursing students, will be giving blood pressure tests. We will ask local supermarkets and organizations for donations, which can vary from grocery bags, canned food, coupons, samples, to even money.
Ideas that struck me today were:
Maybe contact big corporate companies, which manufacture healthy products, for small donations, and we can give out their samples and coupons as advertisement for them. Or, them just giving us samples is good enough. Some brands that come to mind is Naked juice/ Dove products (Pro-age?)/Quakers Oatmeal/Tropicana and etc. I would also like to give out mini emergency kits that would include bandaids and alcohol pad. If Traders Joe cannot give us their cloth grocery bags, we can purchase some with the money we raised, and give them out to the winners to the different games we will set up.
The problems are:
How can I convince the doctors to come in the middle of the day for just a few hours, when they have their own private clinics to run, or even set hours at the hospital? How can I get into contact with the corporate company to ask for these donations? And who would I speak with- the Promotions manager? How can I make such a big company care about such a small local event? They wont get much exposure from it. And lastly, what ways are there to raise money besides a regular bake sale? Would you buy crackers and dip?
Everything is just getting started and is a blur, so if anyone has any advice, ideas, or suggestion, please feel free to express yourself! Thank you for reading
Basically, Im part of a community group project that was assigned to us by one of my nursing classes. The projects goal is to plan and set up a one-day fair at a local Senior Center, which is like the Y for the elders. We are still in the beginning steps of brainstorming ideas on what to do and how we can pull it off.
Some of the ideas we jotted down:
We plan to raise money to purchase a Wii for the center, so the seniors can have a taste of the latest technologies and exercise at the same time. We can contact local doctors to participate for a few hours to either give assessments to the seniors, or give a mini speech on basic pointers on how to take care of themselves. For example, I think a podiatrist and a dentist would be important. We, nursing students, will be giving blood pressure tests. We will ask local supermarkets and organizations for donations, which can vary from grocery bags, canned food, coupons, samples, to even money.
Ideas that struck me today were:
Maybe contact big corporate companies, which manufacture healthy products, for small donations, and we can give out their samples and coupons as advertisement for them. Or, them just giving us samples is good enough. Some brands that come to mind is Naked juice/ Dove products (Pro-age?)/Quakers Oatmeal/Tropicana and etc. I would also like to give out mini emergency kits that would include bandaids and alcohol pad. If Traders Joe cannot give us their cloth grocery bags, we can purchase some with the money we raised, and give them out to the winners to the different games we will set up.
The problems are:
How can I convince the doctors to come in the middle of the day for just a few hours, when they have their own private clinics to run, or even set hours at the hospital? How can I get into contact with the corporate company to ask for these donations? And who would I speak with- the Promotions manager? How can I make such a big company care about such a small local event? They wont get much exposure from it. And lastly, what ways are there to raise money besides a regular bake sale? Would you buy crackers and dip?
Everything is just getting started and is a blur, so if anyone has any advice, ideas, or suggestion, please feel free to express yourself! Thank you for reading