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Research. Primary Research Surveys Child surveys Adult surveys. Secondary Research Located in your binder. Child Surveys. Questions How old are you? Please circle 3 activities you like to do: (Swinging/climbing, fishing, bike riding, nature watching, reading, arts and crafts)
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Research • Primary Research • Surveys • Child surveys • Adult surveys • Secondary Research • Located in your binder
Child Surveys • Questions • How old are you? • Please circle 3 activities you like to do: (Swinging/climbing, fishing, bike riding, nature watching, reading, arts and crafts) • If you could use your imagination to go on an adventure, where would you go? (The ocean, forest/jungle, outer space, a castle/kingdom, write your own) • If there was a tree house/playhouse like this in Plattsburgh, would you play there? (Display draw up of tree house)
Child Surveys • Elementary School • Unaware of SRT • Many interested Approval Rating for Children • Middle School • Many knew about SRT • High interest • Features on tree house very important
Adult Surveys • Parents • Concerned with safety, vandalism, upkeep • Most in favor of tree house • Questions • Do you have children? If so, what age? • How familiar are you with the Saranac River Trail? • How often does your family use the Saranac River Trail? • Have you heard of the Max Moore Memorial Treehouse Project? • Looking at this picture, what are your first thoughts about the tree house? • Which of the following features on a scale of 1-3 would encourage you to use the park? (Community room, picnic tables, grilling pits)
Adult Surveys • Questions continued… • How often do you foresee your family using the tree house? • What would be your biggest concern about a community tree house? • Out of the following possible features, which would you be most excited to have as part of the tree house, on a scale of 1-4? (Fishing docks, swings, local nature exhibit, binoculars) • Any further questions or thoughts?
Adult Surveys • Results • 77% of people know about the SRT • 40% of people use the SRT frequently • 85% of people are unaware of the Max Moore Memorial Treehouse project • 69% are enthusiastic about the Max Moore Memorial Treehouse Project
Adult Surveys Adults enthusiasm towards the MMMT Adults unaware of MMMT
Where We Are Today • The biggest problems faced by the Max Moore Memorial Treehouse are the lack of awareness throughout the community and the need for funding of the project.
On the Bright Side! • By holding a race along the Saranac River Trail, we can raise awareness and funding for the project. • This will enable the tree house to be branded as a keystone piece of Plattsburgh recreation.
Goal • To have a successful race, that will lead to funding and greater awareness of the Max Moore Memorial Treehouse
Objectives • To have 250+ runners register by May 2013 • To gain 30+ volunteers by May 2013 • To get 3 media hits on the event by the end of the summer
Key Publics • SUNY Plattsburgh Athletics • PHS Athletics, clubs, and faculty/staff • Medical community • Runners/Cyclists
Objective 1: 250+ Runners • Strategy 1: Face to face interaction with influencers • Met with SUNY Plattsburgh Athletic Director • Contacted head coaches • Connected with Amy Sholtis and Fran Bieber from PHS • Attended PHS Earth Day Celebration • Strategy 2: Traditional media tactics • Full page fliers posted throughout SUNY campus, YMCA, and other targeted organizations • PSA placed in CVPH newsletter • Table toppers placed in CVPH cafeteria
Objective 1: 250+ Runners • Strategy 3: Social media to gain support and participation • Invited friends to event page on Facebook • Outcome
Objective 2: 30+ Volunteers • Strategy 1: Face to face interaction with community organizations • Contacted Project Help and Greek Life • Met with PHS Key Club and PHS Green Team • Strategy 2: Traditional media tactics to gain volunteers • Fraternity/Sorority update email blast • Fliers into organizations’ mailboxes and post in ACC • Outcome
Objective 3:Three Media Hits • Strategy 1: Traditional pitches to media outlets • Secured feature cover story for June edition of Plattsburgh Life • Side bar article in May edition Plattsburgh Life • PSA written and aired over WIRY • Post race article being written in Cardinal Points • Potential article on the project and Zumbathon in the Press Republican
Additional Tactics (Stafford Middle School) (Church Oil Intersection)
Quotes • “It is one more way to make us a community, to say it does not matter who you are or what you can do, you are an important part of the community.” - Dr. Heidi Moore, Max's mother • “As we move forward, I am very confident that the community is going to appreciate the end result of this project, which is going to be something special for the North Country.” - Donald Kasprzak, Mayor of Plattsburgh • “If a 5-year-old cares this much about this project, we need to make it happen so that is why I sort of became the champion of the cause. I just don’t want to let down a 5-year-old.” -Ashley Cousens, The Max Moore Memorial Treehouse Project