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The Healthy Living Group

The Healthy Living Group. Mathew Ridge Concordia University MHS: 570. What will we do?. The Healthy Living Group. The purpose The purpose of this event is to let the community know who the organization is, what the mission is, and the goals that align with the mission. The Mission

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The Healthy Living Group

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  1. The Healthy Living Group Mathew Ridge Concordia University MHS: 570

  2. What will we do?

  3. The Healthy Living Group • The purpose • The purpose of thisevent is to let the community know who the organization is, what the mission is, and thegoals that align with themission. • TheMission • The organization is to promote healthy living by providing education and activities for both mental and physical health.

  4. Event description • Event education centers • Event Activities • Event Main stage • Entrance and Exit

  5. Our goals • Long term goals • Educating adolescents about healthy living • Committed volunteers • Creating change • Short Term goals • Community activities • Achieve high enrollment • Community participation

  6. Why we need volunteers by generational expertise • Why we need older volunteers • Why we need volunteers within the community • Why we need younger volunteers • How will the volunteers stay engaged?

  7. Types of volunteer that are needed • Day-to-day • Special Event (Episodic) • Managerial • Governance volunteers

  8. Positions that will be held • Educational positions • Heat exhaustion booth • Heat Stroke booth • Damages to health booth • Main entrance • Main Stage • Activity positions • Balloon toss • Slip and Slide • Help set up and take down • Handing out goodie bags

  9. Who will meet the needs? You

  10. Who will hold particular positions • Heat exhaustion booth: • Heat stroke booth: • Working the entrance/exit (handing out goodie bags) • Handing out flyers: • The damage the sun can have on the human body: • Help set up and take down: • Work water balloon toss: • Slip and Side:

  11. Explanation of generational choice • Why the organization chose each generation for each position • Older adults • Adolescents • Young adults

  12. How we will work? • Training • Risk management • Preparations

  13. Training • Policies • Policies can set the outside boundaries for behavior, inside of which action is acceptable (Connors, 2012, p 152) • Procedures • Procedures are the proper steps that are taken in order to stay in compliance with the policy.

  14. Training continued • Learning Styles • Visual learners • Learn by seeing and looking (Connors, 2012, p 240) • Auditory learners • Learn by hearing and listening (Connors, 2012, p 240) • Kinesthetic learners • Learn by touching and doing (Connors, 2012, p 240)

  15. Risk management • Risk is defined as a potential loss or harm. The loss or harm may be direct or indirect: it may be personal or organization; physical, financial, or reputational; it may be large or small, likely or more remote (Connors 2012, p 323).

  16. Preparation • Layout of the community event • Liabilities • Risks that need to be addressed

  17. How will we grow? • Evaluations • Individual • Meeting the Needs • Activities • Community Event

  18. Evaluations • Why the organization will evaluate • Community activity • Individual basis • End of the evaluation

  19. Evaluations continued • What will be determined by the evaluation? • Did the volunteers meet the needs of the focus group • Volunteer performance

  20. References Bourke, C. (2009). Working with older volunteers: opportunities and potential. Allis, 22(4), 181-183. Connors, T. D. (2012). The volunteer management handbook leadership strategies for success(2nd ed.). Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons Inc. Dhami, M. K., & Joy, P. (2007). Challenges to Establishing Volunteer-Run, Community-Based Restorative Justice Programs. Contemporary Justice Review, 10(1), 9-22. doi:10.1080/10282580601157455. Nenga, S. (2012). Not the community, but a community: transforming youth into citizens through volunteer work. Journal Of Youth Studies, 15(8), 1063-1077. doi 10.1080/13676261.2012.697135.

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