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Building a Better W orld

Building a Better W orld. New Officers. Fundraising Coordinator – Chris Katko Community Involvement Chair – Clay Paul ASCE Liaison – Sarah Beth Hawkins Webmaster – Jeff Glancy

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Building a Better W orld

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  1. Building a Better World

  2. New Officers Fundraising Coordinator – Chris Katko Community Involvement Chair – Clay Paul ASCE Liaison – Sarah Beth Hawkins Webmaster – Jeff Glancy If you are interested in working on a committee, specifically fundraising and community involvement, meet with them after the meeting

  3. Still Available Public Relations Chair • Work with Tech Communications Department on opportunities to communicate with the school and public • Contact alumni for involvement

  4. EWB T-Shirts! • Be sure to sign up to be guaranteed a shirt. • Approximate cost: $12 • Standard dress for most EWB events • Email ttu.ewb@gmail.com with name and shirt size by next Tuesday, October 18.

  5. Check your email for Waiver and Release of Liability form. Fill out and bring to next meeting or email to ttu.ewb@gmail.com • Immediate Needs: Project dates available as soon as next week.

  6. Green Bean Drop This Saturday, at the First United Methodist Church Green Beans dropped off for Food Pantry • Serves 250 families per week/2000 people per month Help spray down the beans, bag them, and load them for food pantries We would start at 8:00 am, and be finished by 2:00 pm School newspaper will be there as well

  7. TAB Chili Cook Off Tailgating Competition Nov. 19th, best chili contest 1stPlace - $250 2nd Place - $150 They provide tents for us If interested in entering, please let us know

  8. Pumpkin Chunkin’ Contest Catapult distance competition Invite other organizations to enter Small entry fee goes to benefit EWB Prize goes to winning team If interested, sign up

  9. Kroger Gift Cards Rechargeable gift cards 4% of added balance to card goes to EWB Kroger Fuel Rewards program $100 = 100 points = 10 cents off per gallon $200 = 200 points = 20 cents off per gallon Once money spent with Kroger reaches $5,000 EWB Receives $200 Every $50 you purchase in Gift Cards, you’ll receive double points ($50 = 100 Points) An opportunity to help just by changing shopping habits. Get some for your family!

  10. Chaguarpamba, Ecuador Issue: Parasitism due to water contamination • Prevents economic gain and production due to time loss from illness Project: potable water. Make healthier population, encouraging participation in future projects to improve quality of life • Benefits 1200 people Other info: support from local community(food, housing, manual labor), Peace Corp, and U of New Haven EWB. Low Travel Risk

  11. Susugaen, Phillippines Issue: sinkholes causing leaks, decreasing irrigation water during dry season, and lack of drinking water Project: fix leaks, accessing second stream for potable water Other info: some housing provided, labor, maintenance, and repairs funded by community • Could potentially benefit more than one community Some travel warning – avoid rural areas of southern and western Mindanao • Southern most island, Susugaen on the Northern most

  12. Relevant Websites National Website – www.EWB-USA.org Facebook Group - http://www.facebook.com/groups/121188964647838/ “Engineers Without Borders – TTU Chapter” Organization email – TTU.EWB@gmail.com My email – rjgriffin42@gmail.com

  13. Become a Member Step 1: Click Join Now in top right Step 2: Click Join now in middle of right side of page Step 3: On new page, under “sign in”, click “click here to create one” Step 4: Enter info, click continue Step 5: Enter more info, click continue Step 6: Select Other-Employer, enter university, enter your discipline Step 7: Select student member, then select university from drop down menu

  14. Come to the Next Meeting! Our next meeting will be on November 10thduring dead hour. Please come back! Either Justin Myrick or the Former Dean of Engineering at Lipscomb University will be speaking to us about his experiences Thanks for Coming!

  15. EWB-USA Building a better world one community at a time. www.ewb-usa.org

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