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Zeak T. Naifeh

Zeak T. Naifeh. Director of Student Activities. Cameron University. MLK Day of Service. Planning Process. Formed a Committee Dean of Students Director of Student Activities Director of Student Development 2 students Director of United Way City of Lawton Representative

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Zeak T. Naifeh

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  1. Zeak T. Naifeh Director of Student Activities Cameron University MLK Day of Service

  2. Planning Process • Formed a Committee • Dean of Students • Director of Student Activities • Director of Student Development • 2 students • Director of United Way • City of Lawton Representative • MLK Celebration Committee Representative • Started meeting in October • Meet every two weeks and then more as needed

  3. Planning Process Website • Used for volunteers to sign up online • www.cameron.edu/mlkcelebration/dayofservice • Tracked: • Special skills, number of volunteers per group, any request for projects, any limitations, etc. • Gave general and updated information about the day as it came closer to time

  4. Finding Projects • Brainstormed list of ideas and contacts the group new of • Used local United Way • Narrowed the list down • Contacted each agency on the list • Pre visit to see what exact work would need to be done and number of volunteers • Revisited past locations- big projects • Boys and Girls Club- cleaners, organizers, helpers • Made a list of goals at each site

  5. Projects- sample Boys and Girls Club Lawton Food Bank Children’s Shelter Habitat for Humanity Salivation Army Battered Women’s Shelter Cameron Campus- i.e. painting fire hydrants

  6. Recruiting Volunteers • Emails • List serves • Flyers • Phone Calls • Personal visits • Student Organizations • Any special talents- i.e. Art Guild • City of Lawton Youth Services Coordinator emails

  7. Volunteer Sources PLUS Athletics SGA/PAC Housing CU Faculty/Staff Student Organizations Greeks Lawton/Ft. Sill Community Family Members

  8. Planning Process • Set registration deadline • Or else its on going and never ending, but build in some flexibility for those who just show up • Matched volunteers to sites • Follow up emails/calls to each volunteer periodically and then days before to verify • Held an organization day Friday before the actual day with team leads • Each site needs a team lead who has been involved in the process- student/faculty/staff/community

  9. Funding/Budget 2009 Grant- $1,000 Used to buy materials for project site Salivation Army- $1,000 University Cash-$875 Food, drinks, promotion Things that directly benefited the students University In-Kind- $1,015 Transportation, staff time Total Spent- $2,875

  10. Funding/Budget 2010 Grant- $500 Used to buy materials for project sites University Cash-$1,038 Food, drinks, promotion Things that directly benefited the students Local Lumber Co. Donation- $257 of supplies Carpet Co.- $175 of carpet University In-Kind- $2,660 Transportation, staff time Sites purchased their own supplies/materials Total Spent- $1,538

  11. Carrying out the projects • Met with each site several weeks out to see how many volunteers they would actually need and to verify the actual project(s) • Had a CU staff member at each site • Hospitality crew to check on each site • Hired photographer to document the day’s activities

  12. Keep track of numbers, especially if you have grant funding Get photo releases/labiality waver We did on sign in sheet Hard to get everyone to sign in, that’s why it is important to have team leads Feedback, still working on a good system Documenting

  13. Misc. Safety Issues Some we turned down due to skill level, etc. Seek out other sources of funding Most agencies don’t have the money to do most projects Great with publicity Great for CU Helped with future years Tie it in with something We invited the volunteers to our afternoon MLK Celebration panel presentation Reflection at lunch Something easy to facilitate Video presentation of pictures

  14. Results • 2009 • 275 unduplicated volunteers • 185 college • 35 faculty/staff • 10 adult community • 45 youth community • 1,598 volunteers hours • 1 project site • 8-1:30

  15. Results 2010 394 unduplicated volunteers 241 college 34 faculty/staff 38 adult community 81 youth community 1,970 volunteers hours 16 project sites 8-1

  16. Questions & Answers

  17. Contact Information Zeak T. Naifeh Director of Student Activities Cameron University 580-581-2217 znaifeh@cameron.edu

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