Leadership Asheville Learning Team Jane Addams Presentation

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Leadership Asheville Learning Team Jane Addams
Presentation

• Youth In Philanthropy

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Our Introduction

• Jane Addams Team Members
• Julie Damore, John Locke, Christine Sykes Lowe,
  David Plaisance and Tami Ruckman
• Our Task
• To research and evaluate the status of youth
  philanthropy initiatives in our community.
  Based on this research, develop and implement a
  sustainable plan to engage Buncombe County youth
  in philanthropic work, preparing them to serve
  our community in positive ways.

Jane Addams (September 6, 1860 May 21, 1935)
was a founder of the US Settlement House
movement, and one of the first American women to
be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931
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Our Vision

• Create a coalition of interested entities and
  individuals, which can work toward promoting
  youth and philanthropy in our area.
• Youth will recognize the value of giving back as
  springboard toward a lifetime of stewardship and
  philanthropy.
• Build youth self esteem and awareness, realizing
  that any one person can make a difference,
  regardless of age.
• Identify a funding source or sources which can
  support the initiative and, in an ideal scenario,
  create long term sustainability.

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Our Process

• Meet twice monthly to discuss findings and make
  decisions. This regular meeting time built a
  trusting, team oriented approach.
• Conduct background research on youth and
  philanthropy see below.
• We took a cross training approach to the team.
• Teleconferences with the youth serving
  organization we ultimately chose to collaborate
  with.

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Our Background Research
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Our Background Research (Continued)

• Possible stakeholder interviews held in early
  November
• Present were David Bailey, United Way The Ed
  Brenegar Family, Community of Leadership
  Meredith Stone-Switzer, Junior Achievement Bob
  Wagner, The WNC Community Foundation Eric
  Rowles, Leading to Change (via teleconference)
  Gerry Goertz, Leadership Asheville Jane Addams
  Team members.
• The feasibility of attracting and keeping a cadre
  of youth involved in a philanthropy project was
  critical to the discussion.
• Information generated included
• CFWNCs pilot grant program with youth (primarily
  with children of foundation donors).
• All schools have student councils are required to
  adopt a service project during the year, for
  example, MANNA Food bank.
• Church Youth groups
• Shelby Brenegars Random Kids, in which she
  fundraised support for victims of Hurricane
  Katrina buy youth selling key chains.

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Our Background Research(Continued)

• The Leading to Change model (Eric Rowles) is
  funded by Kellogg through 2009 and involves a
  youth serving organization, a funder and Leading
  to Change as the consultantsa sort of three
  legged stool approach which has worked in other
  parts of NC.
• A sustainable component would be to develop a
  partnership with a group/organization that
  already works with youth.
• Potential collaborators could be
• Junior Achievement, Asheville City Schools,
  Buncombe County Schools, YMCA, YWCA, Leadership
  Asheville, the WNC Community Foundation.
• In addition we reviewed website information from
  established youth philanthropy/leadership
  programs.

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Summary Of Our Findings

• A conduit of youth interested in serving their
  community is needed, probably via an existing
  youth serving organization.
• School hours are a much easier time to get youth
  engaged. Inspiration must come from within the
  student.
• A reliable method of funding is needed.
• Training for the youth is needed to understand
  community needs and the concept of philanthropy.
• A sustainable, local entity is needed to
  coordinate this effort.

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Our Decision

• After much deliberation, Team Jane Addams decided
  to work closely with Junior Achievement to help
  develop and expand the philanthropy component of
  their JA Company Program.

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WNC Youth Philanthropy Project (WNCYPP) A
proposed partnership between JA and LA

• The Goal for the High School Student is
• To explore student led enterprise.
• To seek and evaluate local nonprofit grant
  proposals and award funds to the selected 501 c 3
  organizations.
• To understand how to generate a profit through a
  successful business model and in turn direct that
  profit back into the community in a meaningful
  way.

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The Plan

• JA staff member, business community volunteer,
  teacher, student, and Leadership Asheville
  volunteers will work together to complete the
  project within the 10 week school term.
• Participating students will learn how to create a
  student led company.
• Students
• will be challenged to earn 500 or more up to
  3000, which will be matched by JA and given back
  to a community organization in the form of a
  grant.
• will perform market research on their
  product/services for sale.
• will research community organizations, solicit
  proposals, determine which one will be funded,
  design an awards/check presentation ceremony and
  grant monies, with assistance of Leadership
  Asheville Fellows
• will survey the student body regarding their
  concerns/priorities.

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The Plan (Continued)

• Students will participate in a community forum,
  coordinated by Leadership Asheville Fellows
  volunteers.
• JA will identify recruit and train all community
  volunteers and classroom teachers on JA Company
  Program materials and philanthropy curriculum
  supplement.
• Upon completion of course, JA will create and
  distribute a press release to local media outlets
  to raise awareness of WNCYPP and invite
  attendance at the check presentation ceremony.

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The Plan (Continued)

• LA will assist JA with funding by identifying
  potential funding sources.
• LA will assist students with identification of
  critical community needs by researching area non
  profits, presenting a forum of community leaders
  to educate and engage students, will assist the
  students with grant proposal guidelines and will
  assist students in evaluating grant proposals.
• LA will visit the classroom and send
  representative to check presentation ceremony.

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Status of 2009 JA/LA Collaboration

• This year the JA Company Program is at North
  Buncombe HS, serving approximately 24 students.
  Mark Upright, CEO of Eliada Home for Children is
  the JA community volunteer teacher assigned to
  this class.
• The class created a company called Dream Team
  Enterprise selling North Buncombe HS logo
  lanyards.
• The company created a Board of Directors with
  officers, Human Resources, PR/Marketing and
  Production departments.

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Recommendations

• We believe a more formalized approach needs to be
  taken for success of this partnership, but there
  is great potential given the desire by JA to
  expand the philanthropic learning component.
• We propose that Leadership Asheville Forum adopt
  this project to ensure sustainability of the
  partnership, along with providing LA Fellows with
  a gratifying, yet manageable, way to make a
  positive impact on youth in our community.

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Leadership Asheville Learning Team Jane Addams
Video
Marketing Education and DECA Dept Dr. Sandra J.
Anderson, NBCT Sports and Entertainment
Marketing Class
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Thank You!

• Meredith Stone-Switzer, Executive Director,
  Junior Achievement of WNC
• Dr. Sandra J. Anderson, NBCT, North Buncombe High
  School,
• Students in the Sports and Entertainment
  Marketing Class North Buncombe High School
• Mark Upright, CEO, Eliada Home for Children
• Jan Blunt, Director of Communications, Buncombe
  County School System