Action Plan/Implementation
Part B
In this section, we got to work organizing and fundraising to meet our minimum requirement of $500 for Do it for Daron. The main two fundraisers we planned were bottle drives and an online cutest pet competition. We have one more fundraiser planned in a raffle at Carlingwood Retirement Community Bazaar.
Organizing and Planning
Throughout this whole process, we've been in contact with Lauren to ensure we've remained on track. Our conflicts were all external set backs which were still frustrating as they were significant roadblocks we had to navigate around. We had originally planned to run a raffle on campus, but were unable to as our organization didn't have a lottery license. We therefore had to scrap that idea and focus on other fundraisers. We also struggled with many community partners such as businesses who had originally agreed to work with us and got sidetracked.
Bottle Drive
Our main fundraiser was a bottle drive in Barrhaven community. Before we went door-to-door, we postered advertisements in the community on mailboxes, online on Facebook and Instagram, and had a bottle drop-off location at Dovercourt Recreation Centre, and the Meredith Centre. We were able to use the van from Dovercourt to transport all of the empty bottles we acquired. Going door-to-door was a great way start off our fundraising initiatives and was very well received in the community with many neighbors donating cash alongside with bottles.
Cutest Pet Competition
Our cutest initiative by far was our online cutest pet competition. In this fundraiser, anyone had the chance to submit their photos to our website and donate a $3 submission fee. Anyone was then able to vote an unlimited amount of times on their favorite, with the pet with prizes for first, second, and third places to a local spa, and a restaurant. For this initiative, we made posters and posted them in the college, around the college, and online through Facebook and Instagram, with DIFD adding our advertisements to their pages. This initiative has generated a lot of interest in the community, and has been a very positive and well-received fundraiser.
Evaluation
Our formative evaluations during this whole process acted as informal check-ins between all group members, and progress. We held regular meetings where we'd discuss any new developments whether it be setbacks or positive feedback and evaluate our next steps and put new plans into place. Throughout the whole process, we received a lot of positive feedback from members of the community, through conversations with neighbours during the bottle drive and family and friends excited to share their pets for our cutest pet competition and feel like they were supporting us with more than a simple donation. This assignment held many learning curves, and looking back we would make several changes such as deciding on more realistic activities so that we wouldn't waste time trying to chase down potential sponsors, and creating more realistic standards. Overall, we are all satisfied with the work we all did, as not only did we raise over the minimum, but we also feel as though we've made a difference in our communities.
Upcoming Fundraiser
Our upcoming and final fundraising initiative will take place at Carlingwood Retirement Community on November 26th and will be a Bazaar raffle. We will be raffling a beautiful piece of art from a local artist who has generously donated a piece of her work to us to support our fundraising goals.
