Community Resources

Introduction

Your great aunt Mila, a very wealthy woman, passed away after a long illness and short stay in hospice. To everyone’s surprise, she generously gifted $50,000 to all of her grand nieces and nephews (all of them are in this class!!)… with one condition: the money must help your community!! The money must be given to a community resource, eg. a charity or a non-profit organization (NPO) in your neighbourhood. The nieces and nephews now have to persuade the rest of the family at a family meeting to donate the money to their choice of community resource.

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Task

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Your group needs to choose a community resource in your neighbourhood (or town) that you would like to support. You will have to create a very convincing presentation to make sure the family chooses to donate money to your community resource.

Process

The first two steps must be done individually before you work with your partner.

1. Define the following words:

Community Resource
Charity / Registered Charity
Non-profit Organization

2. Fill out the handout to help you choose an area of interest. Check the three issues below that mean the most to you.

Animal Welfare
Bullying and Intolerance
Education
Environment
Health & Wellness
Homelessness & Poverty
Hunger
Literacy
Senior Citizens

3. Select a community resource/an organization that you can count on to use your gift wisely. Use these links as help - Resource list Resource List2 and Community resources.

Or choose one that you are already familiar with.

4. Be sure to take a close look at each charity’s website.

What is their mission?
What are their goals and accomplishments?
Are they similar to your idea of making a difference?

Fill out handout "Community Service Organization Research Sheet"

5. Make a presentation about your charity or non-profit organization. Your presentation must include 3 areas:

A Movie Trailer (iMovie) to capture your audience's interest.
Everything you learned! Use the above as a guide line. It is up to you to dig deep and find out as much as you can about your organization. How do you want to present it? - Slideshow? Poster? Video? Documentary? News program?
A persuasive writing piece (every member of the group will complete one). Time will be given in class.

Evaluation

Community Resource Project :

	Organization	Mechanics	Content of Project	Research	Note- taking
Fully meeting	The project is easy to understand – very neatly arranged.	Errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling do not detract from the message.	More areas of the chosen community resource than expected have been researched.	The project shows great effort, and all areas are thoroughly researched.	All boxes are filled out in the graphic organizer. Notes are relevant, short, and thorough.
Meeting	The project is nicely organized.	Errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling detract somewhat from the message.	Many areas of the chosen community resource have been researched.	The project shows good effort, and areas are well researched.	All boxes are filled out in the graphic organizer. Notes are relevant and short, but could be more thorough.
Approa- ching	The project shows some organization.	Errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling detract from the meaning and make it difficult to understand.	Some areas of the chosen community resource have been researched.	The project shows some effort, and areas show some evidence of research.	Some boxes are filled out in the graphic organizer. Notes are too short.
Not Yet Meeting	The project shows poor organization.	Errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling prevent the reader from under- standing any message content.	Only a few areas of the chosen community resource have been researched.	The project shows little effort, and areas show little evidence of research.	No boxes are filled out in the graphic organizer.

Video/Documentary:

Community Resource Project :

	Organization	Content of Project	Research	Note- taking	Creativity
Fully meeting	The project is easy to understand – very neatly arranged.	More areas of the chosen community resource than expected have been researched.	The project shows great effort, and all areas are thoroughly researched.	All boxes are filled out in the graphic organizer. Notes are relevant, short, and thorough.	Student is showing great knowledge of the possibilities using the chosen multimedia.
Meeting	The project is nicely organized.	Many areas of the chosen community resource have been researched.	The project shows good effort, and areas are well researched.	All boxes are filled out in the graphic organizer. Notes are relevant and short, but could be more thorough.	Student is showing good knowledge of the possibilities using the chosen multimedia.
Approa- ching	The project shows some organization.	Some areas of the chosen community resource have been researched.	The project shows some effort, and areas show some evidence of research.	Some boxes are filled out in the graphic organizer. Notes are too short.	Student is showing some knowledge of the possibilities using the chosen multimedia.
Not Yet Meeting	The project shows poor organization.	Only a few areas of the chosen community resource have been researched.	The project shows little effort, and areas show little evidence of research.	No boxes are filled out in the graphic organizer.	Student is showing little knowledge of the possibilities using the chosen multimedia.

Conclusion

You have now done everything you possibly can to convince your family to give the money to your choice of Community Resource. It is now up to them to dicide what they want to do. No matter what happens, you can be proud of your efforts to promote a good cause.