Regional Winner |
Month: November 2005 |
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Community Service Program of the Month |
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Knitting Knights |
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| School: |
Truman State University |
Region: |
MACURH |
| Person in charge: |
Laura Casey |
Nominator: |
Phil Campbell |
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| Target Population: 2900 |
Time Needed to Organize: one month |
| Number of People in Attendance: 30+ |
Date(s) of Program: November 19 and November 30, 2005 |
| Number of People Needed to Organize: 3 |
Cost of Program: $200.00 |
| On-Campus Population: 2900 |
Chapter Size: 29 |
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| Origin of Program: The SAs seemed to have thought of similar programs independently and
then pooled and developed their thoughts into what the program became.
Word Count: 23 |
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| Please give a short description of the program: Knitting Knights is a campus-wide program held for 4-8 hours at a time
in an open-house style where participants can come and go as they
please. Yarn, knitting needles, and crochet hooks are provided, and
participants then make scarves or hats which will be donated to a local
women's shelter via Victim Support Services. On the 19th, the program
was held in the Centennial Main Lounge with movies, cookies, and hot
chocolate to encourage community as well as service. On the 30th, the
program was held in the SUB Down Under as part of Late Night
Programming and thereby supporting other campus efforts to make ResLife
and Truman life in general more appealing to students.
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| Goals of the program: The program was designed to support the local Kirksville community by
sending the proceeds (scarves and hats individually/hand-made by Truman
students) to Victim Support Services. Another goal was to emphasize
community on campus by keeping students active and on campus, and also
by creating an event where people could utilize their talent/hobby for
a good cause and also spend time with people of similar interests.
Movies, etc created a comfortable atmosphere for building community as
well.Word Count: 76 |
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| Positive and lasting effects of the program: Supporting VSS and the local community strengthens the connection
between Kirksville and Truman in general, but also the personal impact
and relationship of the university with the recipients of the items.Word Count: 31 |
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| Short evaluation of the program: Although advertising for the first round of the program went out late
(two days before the program), the program was extremely successful.
Some particpants even learned to knit or crochet simply to make a
donation. With almost a week left to accept donations, they have
currently collected 2 hats and 19 beautiful scarves. VSS is very
excited to receive the donations and pass them on to women in need.
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| How could this program be adapted to other campuses? To adapt this program should be easy. Follow similar planning efforts
- at least two nights or a deadline for donations incase some
participants don't finish their donations, providing yarn and needles,
donate to a similar institution, etc.Word Count: 38 |
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