Walk and Serve-a-palooza

After the initial 4-H contact is made, please review the following:

Is at least one person available to attend on October 25, 2014 from 8:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.?

Do you have a portable display that promotes your service? If not, can you create an attractive display?

Are you willing to send out the link to this website to your organization’s contact list through the mail or e-mail and encourage participation?

Can you supply a logo design which may be used in the event brochure?
You may find it beneficial to coordinate with the 4-H club on who will bring table clothes to help create a more polished presentation of your organization.

It is our goal to have a 4-H Club “adopt” your service and they will provide helping hands during this event. It may be beneficial to meet with this club or individuals from the club ahead of time.

Each organization will have a section of one of the fair buildings that will be approximately 16 feet across by 10 feet deep. Some of the supplies were written as detailed line items of a grant. It will depend on the hands-on project and your organization to know if supplies will be available through these means. Otherwise, it is our goal to use purchase the supplies and have the registration fees cover the remaining expenses.

There are many benefits for a non-profit to participate in this event:

Central Ohio residents will be coming to the fairgrounds who are community minded
Your non-profit will receive all items made at the Hands-on station for your organization
4-H Clubs will be preparing the hands-on items
The earlier you commit to participate the more likely it will be that you organization's name will be used in the publicity efforts at Central Ohio schools, community-minded organizations, churches, etc...
People who are participating will learn more about what you do and may be able to network with others who may not be aware of your non-profit and the work that it does or the opportunities to help.
In 2013, we learned that many non-profits found it valuable to network with the non-profits that they met that day.

Partner with a non-profit that has been contacted to participate in the Walk and Serve-a-palooza

Contact them and learn about what they do
Know your budget and purchase supplies
Submit your receipts by October 20th to be reimbursed
Prepare supplies
Prepare 4-H members to teach the participants "how to" do the project. They should also be familiar with the non-profit and tell how the project is going to help them.
Provide plastic or cloth table clothes if needed
Set -up required either Thursday or Friday night (October 23 or 24) from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
E-mail Club t-shirt order no later than October 13
Plan for shifts for members and adults to be at the table from 8:30 - 12:15
Help organization load up completed projects
Clean up your area, fold tables, stack chairs, sweep floor

PRINT FLYERS AND PUBLICIZE!
Schools are more likely to share the info if a student asks for it to be distributed.

It is important to realize

the magnitude of this event...

it has a positive impact

not only on those who help,

but the ripple effect reaches hundreds,

if not thousands.

4-H Slogan - Learning by doing.