The document provides guidance on developing a community-changing event or organization with a low budget. It advises to identify a target audience and appeal to them, using statistics and visuals to support the message. An example organization called the "Patriots of America Foundation" is described, which helped veterans through donations and volunteers. The assignment challenges students to create their own organization or program to help an area of their local community in need.

1. Using Your Imagination to Help Change a Community

2. What you need to do You need to come up with your own community changing event and figure out a way to get people on board. You must ask yourself questions such as why would people want to be involved in your community changing event? How are you going to get your message across? You will need to be creative here because you will have a low budget. Remember you are not starting as a large organization like the United Way.

3. Your Target Audience Who is the audience that you are trying to appeal to? Where would they be from? What kind of background would they have? Would they be apart of any particular ethnicity? Do not be afraid to stereotype here. You need to in order to effectively find your audience. Be able to explain why you chose the audience that you did. You can have more than one target audience if it applies to your project.

4. An Example to go off Of When I was given this assignment I created an organization called the “Patriots of America Foundation”. This organization intended on helping our communities by collecting donations and volunteers for wounded American veterans. As my organizations was very small, all proceeds went to the “Wounded Warrior Project”.

5. Patriots Of America Foundation

6. Statistics Like in your project you will need to provide statistics. Without statistics your words have no evidence to support them. In my example I gave statistics on the number of wounded/disabled veterans. Be specific in your statistics. Be sure to list out every relevant detail that you can find. Just be sure to justify to your audience why you included those numbers.

7. Visuals It is critical that you include illustrations for your audience. Words are not enough. People need pictures to look at. Some individuals are better engaged with illustrations rather than just words. Make sure your visuals are both relevant and creative. Graphs are also a positive contribution to getting your message across.

8. How can they Help? You need to let your audience know why they are there. How can they help better the community through your organization. Volunteering/Donations? If there are donations be sure to let them know through what portals they can donate.

9. Your Assignment

10. Helping your Local Community Your assignment is to help a much needed cause in your hometown. How can you better your community? Create a volunteer program, donation organization, or any other foundation that could lend a helping hand. Research and creativity will be required for this project. What areas of your local community are in need of help or fixing up? Find a creative way to help that part of your community.

11. You will be Graded On You ability to create an original idea that will better your community. How effectively you are able to connect with your target audience. How creatively you get your idea across. Your use of visuals. The potential success of this idea.

12. This is your chance to make a Difference Be creative Be a leader Be enthusiastic Work hard Have fun!!!