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Books and Bears from Kids who Care!
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| Brother Nicole McMahon of the Delta Beta Chapter at the University of Oklahoma helps a child stuff and decorate a teddy bear at the Little River Zoo's Kids for Kindness Fair. Over 500 children attended the fair, helping to stuff and decorate 175 bears. The bears were donated to the Kelly Briggs Chapter of Hugs Across America, as well as several local children's organizations. |
| Project Title: | Books and Bears from Kids who Care! |
| Project Date: | 4/22/2007 |
| Contact Name: | Jacob Mayden and Shannon Reynolds (Send Email) |
| Chapter: | Delta Beta |
| School: | University of Oklahoma |
| Region: | VIII |
| Section: | 32 |
| Project Type: | Spring Youth Service Day |
| Area of Service: | Service to the Community |
| Project Location: | Reeves Park, Norman, OK |
| Project Description: | Our chapter, Delta Beta, teamed up with the Hitachi Foundation, Little River Zoo, and Hugs Across America to stuff and decorate bears to donate to children in need. Over 500 children attended the Little River Zoo's Kids for Kindness Fair, and many of them helped us to stuff and decorate 175 bears. |
| Project Results: | 100 bears were donated to the Kelly Briggs Chapter of Hugs Across America, and the rest divided among local children's organizations. |
| Preparation Hours: | 50.00 |
| Total Service Hours: | 133.00 |
| Member Participation: | 25 members with 80.00 total service hours. |
| Non-Member Participation: | 0 non-members with 0.00 total service hours. |
| Participation Percentage: | 25 members out of 55 total 45.45% |
| Average Hours Per Member: | 3.20 |
| Outline of Planning Steps: | 1. Selected 2 chairs who brainstormed possible ideas 3 months prior to the targeted event date. 2. Formed a committee of members and pledges. 3. Researched corporations, products, and grants. 4. Applied for the Hitachi Foundations grant and non-profit price discount on unstuffed bear skins. 5. Received $1000 Hitachi grant and discounted price list. 6. Ordered supplies, shopped locally for materials. 7. Contacted local organizations for volunteer programs and discovered/Registered for the Kids for Kindness Fair. 8. Finalized all purchases and gathered all necessary materials preceding the event. |
| Other Organizations: | Little River Zoo- Hosted the fair in which we participated
Hitachi Foundation- Sponsored our event through a grant
Hugs Across America- Received the majority (100) of our stuffed bears. Cosponsor Name: NA |
| PR generated/details: | We do not have the media contact information, but we were briefly filmed at the fair by local newsmen and had two PR interviews upon donating the bears by different stations. |
| Number of Youth Reached: | 350 |
During the execution of the project, what areas/procedures went well?
All areas described above. The fair was extremely well attended and member/pledge turnout exceeded our expectations. The grant went well, and the bears were all received enthusiastically!
During the execution of the project, what areas/procedures could have been improved?
Our original intention was to record books to donate as well, but the event was far too noisy and recording devices inaccessible. We are still working on completing this part of the plan.
Additional information provided regarding this project:
The day went incredibly well!
