2. Background Gift-filled shoe box that is used to bless the life of a child living in a desperate situation Began in October 1990 with a convoy of trucks filled with medical supplies, food clothing, and Christmas gifts sent to Romanian orphanages
3. Background Continued Now the world’s largest children’s Christmas program Since 1993 more than 68 million shoe box gifts have been delivered to children in over 130 countries Last year 713,294 shoe boxes were collected in Canada and distributed to children in more than 15 countries
4. Objectives Develop a program to organize and promote donations to Operation Christmas Child Advertise the program throughout Conestoga College in order to raise awareness among students and faculty members
5. Success Criteria Collect 75 to 100 boxes Collect a minimum of $100 in cash donations Deliver the filled boxes to the Operation Christmas Child sorting warehouse
6. Success! We distributed over 100 shoe boxes We collected 40 shoe box gifts at our drop off location (CSI office)
7. Success Continued Other shoe boxes we distributed were dropped off personally by people at the Operation Christmas Child collection station We also collected $125 in cash donations
8. Lessons Learned Important to Continuously Work on the Project Some time constraints throughout our project We learned that there are always other parts of the project than can be worked on Importance and Power of Stakeholders Success of our project relied on whether we would receive support from CSI and the students. We learned you should consider all stakeholders and never underestimate them.
9. Lessons Learned Continued Continuous Communication With stakeholders, sponsors and team members. Communication allowed us to stay on track and make any necessary adjustments Effectiveness of Location and Personal Promotion Our advertisements were not as successful compared to us physically/personally handing out boxes We also did much better in high traffic areas.
