Friday, February 28, 2014

Project Ideas



SOCKS FOR THE HOMELESS
PROJECT IDEAS

Companies/Businesses
  • Great for team building and company community service projects
  • Internal - employee socks drive
  • External – socks drop location


Organizations (sororities, fraternities, community, etc…)

  • Great for community service project/volunteer hours
  • Internal – members and friends sock drive
  • External – Sock drive at an event or location *creative*


Schools

  • Can include students, staff, parents, parish, and/or community
  • Great for community service project/volunteer hours
  • Internal – School sock drive
  • Internal – Classroom competition *creative idea*
  • External – Sock drop location


Churches

  • Great for community service project/volunteer hours
  • Internal – Member/visitor sock drive
  • Get creative and make it an event
  • External – sock drop location
  • External – community socks drive


Individuals

  • Create a sock drive at work, with family, in neighborhood, at church, etc…
  • Great for community service project/volunteer hours
  • Neighborhood Sock drive - *creative idea*



SOCKS FOR THE HOMELESS
CHECKLISTS





SAMPLE INTERNAL PROJECT CHECKLIST:

    • Market your socks drive - Publicize your sock drive through flyers, emails, newsletters, announcements, Facebook, or twitter. (Hint:  Be sure to include the who, what, when, where, how and why).
    • Collection Box - You can request a collection box from a Socks for the Homeless representative or if you have access to boxes already you can simply print a poster and create your own collection box - feel free to be creative.
    • Create a collection station(s) - Place sock collection box(es) in a convenient location at your business/organization.  
    • When sock drive is complete – contact and Socks for the Homeless representative to pick up socks.




      SAMPLE EXTERNAL PROJECT CHECKLIST:

        • Market your socks drive - Publicize your sock drive through flyers, emails, newsletters, announcements, Facebook, or twitter. (Hint:  Be sure to include the who, what, when, where, how and why).
        • Collection Box - You can request a collection box from a Socks for the Homeless representative or if you have access to boxes already you can simply print a poster and create your own collection box - feel free to be creative.
        • Create a collection station(s) - Place sock collection box(es) in a convenient location at your business/organization.  
        • Business/Organization will be listed as a sock drop location site on www.socksforthehomeless.blogspot.com and communication emails.




          SAMPLE NEIGHBORHOOD SOCK DRIVE CHECKLIST:

          • Market your socks drive - Publicize your sock drive through flyers, emails, newsletters, announcements, Facebook, or twitter. (Hint:  Be sure to include the who, what, when, where, how and why).
          • Collection Box - You can request a collection box from a Socks for the Homeless representative or if you have access to boxes already you can simply print a poster and create your own collection box - feel free to be creative.
          • Create a collection station(s) - Place sock collection box(es) in a convenient location OR...
          • Creative Suggestions - Let your neighbors know that you are conducting a sock drive and will be around to collect socks for the homeless on a certain date
          • Creative Suggestions - Let your neighbors know that you will set out a table/box on a certain date to collect socks for the homeless.  Set up a tent, play some music, etc…


          SAMPLE SCHOOL SOCK DRIVE CHECKLIST:

          • Market your socks drive - Publicize your sock drive through flyers, emails, newsletters, announcements, Facebook, or twitter. (Hint:  Be sure to include the who, what, when, where, how and why).
          • Collection Box - You can request a collection box from a Socks for the Homeless representative or if you have access to boxes already you can simply print a poster and create your own collection box - feel free to be creative.
          • Create a collection station(s) - Place sock collection box(es) in a convenient location at your school.
          • Creative suggestion - To motivate students develop a classroom competition and offer a prize/party for the winning class. (For example, an ice cream party, and movie party, free time, etc.)







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