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Wendell Foster’s Field Day

Wendell Foster’s Field Day. Shelby Wathen Emily Linn Siddhi Vora. Project Summary. Raise money/awareness for mentally ill. Community field day for Wendell Foster ’ s Money Activities Advertisement. Project description. Goal: Raise awareness and funds for the Wendell Foster ’ s Center

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Wendell Foster’s Field Day

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  1. Wendell Foster’s Field Day Shelby Wathen Emily Linn Siddhi Vora

  2. Project Summary • Raise money/awareness for mentally ill. • Community field day for Wendell Foster’s • Money • Activities • Advertisement

  3. Project description • Goal: Raise awareness and funds for the Wendell Foster’s Center • Objectives • Host field day • Include educational talks • Raise money

  4. Project description • “...mental retardation in young children is often missed by clinicians” meaning early intervention is hard (AAFP, 2000) • Talks encourage check ups for young children, acceptance, and involvement. • Given by Carolin Ferber

  5. Project description cont’d • LSA booth • LSA students • LSA booth • Activities • Supervision/ answer question • Donation buckets • Attract families • Daviess County Lion’s Club Property • Casey’s Rides • Advertisement

  6. Identified need • Mental retardation is present in “2 to 3 percent of the population” and that is reflected in Kentucky’s population (Legislative Research Commission, 1988). • Of the 3,914,400 people in Kentucky, 12,931 are children under age of 5 with mental retardation (Legislative Research Commission 1988) • Early intervention programs provide immediate benefits(Casto and Mastropieri, 1986).

  7. Benefit provided by project • By raising awareness and funds for Wendell Foster’s • We will help them... • Support in the first five years is needed “to accelerate children’s rates of development if true catch-up is to occur” (Ramey and Ramey, 1998).

  8. implementation • March 15 – Spread word through social media • March 30 – Pay for t-shirts, bounce house, and flyers • April 4 – Put up flyers • All through April – Work out any last minute unexpected details • May -- Put plan in action!

  9. Students’ contribution • Different groups: • Technology group – take care of social media • Advertisement group – put up flyers • LSA Booth group – start preparing a booth for the Life Science Academy • Presenter group – make a brief spiel about LSA and this project • On the day of students will: • Run activities. • Give brief spiel about LSA. • Supervise donations, entry fee, and sign up sheet.

  10. Community collaborators/ obstacles • Community Collaboration: • Wendell Foster Center • Terry’s Tees • Daviess County’s Lion’s Club • All Blown Up Inflatables • Two Rivers Buddy Ball • Casey’s Rides • Obstacles • Weather • A good show of crowd • Advertising

  11. budget Sub-total is $515. 10% Contingency would be $51.50. Total would add up to $565.50. Hope to get funding from Owensboro Health for $645.

  12. Conclusion • Main goal • Awareness/money for Wendell Foster • $645 • Wendell Foster’s Field Day: a way to bridge the gap between two different communities.

  13. Questions?

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