community service proposal

COMMUNITY SERVICE PROPOSAL

By:Dalal AbedJacob Doan

Yousef Karyouti Amani Alkayyali

TEAM MEMBERS

Amani Alkayyali ( Biomedical Engineering )

Dalal Abed ( Electrical Engineering )

Jacob Doan ( Electrical Engineering )

Yousef Karyouti ( 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

SURVEY FOR PEOPLE WHO DO NOT VOLUNTEER

WHY DON’T YOUR DO COMMUNITY SERVICE IN DETROIT

No Time

Not Safe

Lazy

No Interest

Other

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

WHAT TIMES WOULD BE BEST FOR THE EVENTS

Summer

Weekends

After-noons

Not Time

WHO WOULD YOU RATHER VOLUNTEER WITH

90% said with an organization

10% said on their own

SURVEY FOR PEOPLE WHO DO VOLUNTEER

WHY IS COMMUNITY SERVICE IMPORTANT

Brings the Community Together

Cleans the Environment

Makes the City Look Nicer

To Help the Homeless

To Help Senior Citizens

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16

DO YOU FEEL SAFE WHEN YOU VOLUNTEER

Yes

No

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14

WHAT DO YOU LIKE BEST ABOUT VOLUNTEERING

Free Food

Free T-Shirts

It's Fun

Hang out with Friends

To Help Senior Citizens

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

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.

Volunteering in groups to make volunteering better.

SOLUTIONS

Solutions

1.Incentives

2. Volunteer

Opportunities

3. Online Registrati

on

4.Network

Accounts

5.Increase Security

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

Food Initial Cost Monthly Cost

Yearly Cost

Bagel $15.00* $75.00 $900.00Pizza $30.00** $150.00 $1800.00

Item Initial Cost Monthly Cost

Yearly Cost

T-Shirt $136.80*** $684.00 $8208.00

(S1) INCENTIVES-IMPLEMENTATION Need people to:

Pick up food/t-shirts from storeOrganize food/t-shirts on tablesDistribute 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 volunteerOnly 18% of volunteers take that into

considerationOnly 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

(S3) ONLINE REGISTRATION

(S3) ONLINE REGISTRATION

(S3) ONLINE REGISTRATION

(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

Various types of security determine cost

Have security present throughout event

Allows people to feel safer while volunteering

Minimizes chance of threat

1.Safety

Recommended Solutions

2.Social Network

s

SOLUTIONS MEET OBJECTIVESSafety

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)

Three ways to provide Safety: Police Officers Security Guards Working in

Groups

SAFETY1. Police Officers

Public Event ( Free) Private Event ( PAID )

2. Security Guards Provide guards at a price of

($80 to $100) for 8 hours service.

Angels Night volunteer campaign

SAFETYContact :

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

SAFETYTimeline

Call ahead of Every event

No need for contract

Can be provided immediately

WORKING IN GROUPS Working in groups would give a feeling

of safety It will repel any thieves At no cost Immediate implementation

SOCIAL NETWORK(IMPLEMENTATION , CONTACT ,

TIMELINE) Two popular Social Networks :

1. Facebook2. Twitter

Posting community service events online will help inform people about these events and help attract more people to come volunteer

SOCIAL NETWORKSImplementation:

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

Three recommended solutions : 1. Increase security2. Social networks

Solutions meet objectives Easy implementation Either Free or low cost

SUMMARY OF PROPOSAL Primary Sources

o Survey

o Interviews John George – Blight Busters President “People are busy with other things”Greening of Detroit Volunteer Coordinator “The 3 most important things to an

organization are: Money, Volunteers, and Time”

SUMMARY OF PROPOSAL

Secondary Sourceso British Journal of Social Work – “Who

Volunteers?”o Studies show more volunteer

opportunities motivate people to volunteer more

o Law Technology – “Utilizing Social Networking as a Business Marketing Tool for NGOs”

o Benefits to using social network sites

CONCLUSION

Solutions

Solutions

1.Incentives

2. Volunteer Opportunit

ies

3. Online Registrati

on

4.Network

Accounts

5.Increase

Security

THANK YOU !

ANY QUESTIONS ?