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Community service proposal. By: Dalal Abed Jacob Doan Yousef Karyouti Amani Alkayyali. Team Members. Amani Alkayyali ( Biomedical Engineering ) Dalal Abed ( Electrical Engineering ) Jacob Doan ( Electrical Engineering ) Yousef Karyouti ( Civil Engineering ). Problem.
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Community service proposal By: Dalal Abed Jacob Doan YousefKaryouti AmaniAlkayyali
Team Members • Amani Alkayyali ( Biomedical Engineering ) • Dalal Abed ( Electrical Engineering ) • Jacob Doan ( Electrical Engineering ) • YousefKaryouti( Civil Engineering )
Problem • Detroit’s visual appeal is low , and its bringing down the city. • Lack of volunteers in Detroit, to help counter all the blight • Lack of awareness of community service events.
Why is this a Problem? • More volunteers will help clean up Detroit’s look. • A cleaner look could increase Detroit’s population. • It will make the community come together.
Members and Roles • Team leader: Amani • Note keeper: Jacob • Schedule keepers : Dalal &Yousef
Team Members Qualifications • Amani - Former Community Service Coordinator at TAU BETA Pi - Volunteered for Blight Busters to Clean Detroit • Dalal - Community Service in High School - Community Service Coordinator at TAU BETA PI Pi
Team Members Qualifications • Yousef -Volunteered for Services ( Setting up ADT Security Alarm System) -Community Service in High School • Jacob -Community Service in High school
Forecast • Research by JACOB • Solutions breakdown by AMANI • Recommended Solutions by DALAL • Conclusion by Yousef
what would make you want to volunteer • Group Activities -Average rating of 2.6 • Incentives-Average rating of 2.7 • Being Informed About Events-Average rating of 2.9 • Better Timing of Events-Average rating of 3.1 • Online Registration Forms-Average rating of 3.9
Who would you rather Volunteer with • 90% said with an organization • 10% said on their own
What Would Make Volunteering Better • Volunteering with Friends or in a Group • The better leadership and organization of events
Interview One: John George • President of Blight Busters • “People are busy with other things” • Social outlook leads to blight • Need to change social outlook
Interview One: Anonymous • Employee at Greening of Detroit • “The 3 most important things to an organization are: Money, Volunteers, and Time” • 300 volunteers now • 500 volunteers needed • Need to clean and keep clean because community does not.
Summary from 1st survey • Main Reason they don’t volunteer was because of safety concerns and time issues. • Group activities, Incentives, and being better informed were ranked high on was to increase volunteerism. • Summer and Weekends are the best times to have an community service event. • People would rather volunteer with an organization.
Summary from 2nd survey • Main benefits of community service are; it cleans the city up, and brings community together. • About 43% felt unsafe while volunteering. • Most people volunteer because its fun, and or to hang out with friends. • To make volunteering better by volunteering in groups, and to make the organization of the events better.
Solution One: Incentives • Free Food: • Morning Event: Breakfast • 8:00 am – 12:00 pm • Bagel • Long Event: Lunch • 9:00am-3:00pm • Pizza • Free T-Shirts • Ask for Sizes at Sign-up
(S1) Incentives-Cost • 5 Events a Month • Food: • T-Shirt: *For 30 people from Kroger **For 32 people any small local pizza place ***For 30 people from imagewearcw.com
(S1) Incentives-Implementation • Need people to: • Pick up food/t-shirts from store • Organize food/t-shirts on tables • Distribute food/t-shirts to volunteers • Can be carried out by volunteers
(S1) Incentives-Effectiveness • People like free food and t-shirts • Not going to make or break one’s decision to volunteer • Only 18% of volunteers take that into consideration • Only 60% of non volunteers might volunteer with incentives
Solution Two: Volunteer Opportunities • Create “Funner” Events • Allow volunteers to play games during breaks • Allow volunteers to work in groups • Increase Number of Events • Winter: Go to schools and teach about importance of cleaning Detroit • British Journal of Social Work
(S2) Volunteer Opportunities-Cost • More events more incentives more money • More events more supplies more money
(S2) Volunteer Opportunities-Implementation and effectiveness • People to organize events • Same people that organize other events • Similar structure to other events • People present at the additional events • Need enough volunteers to carry out event • People willing to donate games • 30% will volunteer with events at different times
Solution three: Online Registration • Online Registration Form • Sends Information into Excel Sheet • Automatically updates contact list • Relieves person from manually looking at handwritten forms
(S4) Online Registration-Cost, Implementation, and Effectiveness • No cost to post form • Post to website • Automatically compiles information without having to worry about decoding hand writing
Solution four: Network Accounts • Facebook • Twitter • Many Users; Wide Variety of Users • Receive Updates Immediately • Law Technology
(S4) Network Accounts-Cost • No cost for accounts • Possible cost for person to update accounts • Person updating it can be same person that sends out emails • Person updating can be volunteer
Solution Five: Increase Security • Have a police officer present at large events • Have a police car patrol the are while the event is taking place • Volunteer in large groups to intimidate possible thieves/attackers
(S5) Increase Security-Cost, Implementation and Effectiveness • Specific types of security determine cost • Have security present throughout event • Allows people to feel safer while volunteering • Minimizes chance of threat
Solutions Meet Objectives Safety • Survey Showed people are concerned about safety issues when volunteering. • Safety would increase the numbers of volunteers
Solutions Meet Objectives Social Networks • maximum number of people are informed about community service events • increase the chance of more people coming to events to volunteer
SAFETY(Implementation , Contact , Timeline) Two ways to provide Safety: Police OfficersSecurity Guards
SAFETY • Police Officers • Public Event ( Free) • Private Event ( PAID) • Security Guards • Provide guards at a price of ($80 to $100) for 8 hours service. • Angels Night volunteer campaign
SAFETY Contact : Police Officers : Call Detroit Police Station Security Companies : 1- H&P protective services 2-TMH services 3-Star US Security 4-Angel’s Night Volunteer Campaign
SAFETY Timeline • Call ahead of Every event • No need for contract • Can be provided immediately
SOCIAL NETWORK(Implementation , Contact , Timeline) • Two popular Social Networks : • Facebook • Twitter
Posting community service events online will help inform people about these events and help attract more people to come volunteer
SOCIAL NETWORKS Implementation: • Social network accounts can be created by any employee in the organization • Needs follow up and updates to keep the profile always updated Time Line: Can be implemented immediately
Summary of Recommended Solutions • Two recommended solutions : • police officers • Security Guards • Solutions meet objectives • Easy implementation • Either Free or low cost