Water+Carrying

March 2013 debrief:
Funds: pennies: $450 Other $ 239.95

-Working through classrooms worked much better -linking to World Water Day helped focus attention and gave focus for water facts -teachers used water facts and having on TV also raised awareness -Students responded positively to everyone getting timbit reward -subway cards were most popular prize chosen -need better organization for teams (official start and stop time) -lap counting with tickets worked -about 50 kids participated this year -change for Change is better than fundraising Shaw TV story [|Choose Water Walkathon under Go! Central]

November debrief:
Total raised: Student team 1: $85 Student Team 2: $26 Teachers:

What worked?
-great turnout from teachers (Richelle worked with Mr. Demale to ensure there was a team (lots of reminders almost every day) -Water jugs from PE were easy to fill and carry - Half full is reasonable to carry -2-5 laps works

What didn't?
-only 2 student teams (both from our group) -people had to complete 4 steps so too many barriers

Ideas for next time?
-work through classroom: Develop resources around water issues worldwide and work with social and science teachers to get participation and issue awareness up (World Water Day this year to start out raising awareness?) -reconnect with teachers who participated this year: Mr. Demale, Mrs. Dezutter, Ms. VanBesouw, Mrs. Clattenberg, Mrs. Parker, M. Malenfant, Mr. Parker, Ms. Elder, Mr. Kerry Tennant, Mrs. Lower. to enlist them in raising teams -encourage people to participate without fundraising (maybe have participant prize draws and fundraiser prize draws?) -Better advertising/more frequent reminders/ personal appeals/recruitment (nagging????) -Each one of us in IB Helpin You should bring a team. (get people not in group to participate with us.)

October 2011
Group Struck to organize event.- Oct 5, 2011 Date Tuesday November 1st-lunch -Talk to PE track gym? -talk to leadership -cover letters -pledge forms (5 people max per team) -water coolers (school) -promotion: leadership, sports teams, announcements, websites, posters, Pep rally mention, video?, monitors, papers -min 2 laps max 5 laps for teacm- gym 3 min 6 max -most money raised Pizza party -at lunch

October 2010
As our first project we are going to set up a competition. People will be given the water and will have to carry it to symbolize what a woman carries everyday in her village.

Sign up forms will be placed at the leadership office and at the administrative office. - 5 people max per team - once the team is registered, they will be given a cover letter and pledge collection form.

The team that raises the most money will be awarded with a pizza party.

Water walk will now occur on October 13th, (the track is unavailable on the 14th, and we meet on wednesdays anyway)

During the event we need pictures taken of people participating so that we can send it in to the advocate for a captioned picture beside the comics. We would want all the details of the activity, what IB helping you is doing, and possible a prompt for halloween, this being mid october.

FINAL THOUGHTS I thought that it went really well but for next year try and get leadership and the sports teams involved. Also try to walk donation packages to people. The amount and the area worked really well and was a low cost fundraiser. Also remember to get the newspaper involved.

We tried walking around the pledge packages to people, no body took any just because none of the team sheets were filled out. Sports teams should have been contacted - my apologies.