Better Life Tennis Spencer Kuzon
Project Description Fundraising Aspect (Nov 14) – Ross School Tennis Center – Raised close to $7000 Wellness/Teaching Aspect – Underprivileged kids in Local Community (grades 1-4) – Weekly Sessions Research Paper – The Effect of Sports on Children
Early Stages Multi-faceted interests Previous Ross Projects My previous ideas – Film – BP Oil Spill
Idea and Preparation My Tennis Background John Graham and Vinicius Carmo – Teaching Tennis – Foundation Teaching Ross Summer Camp – Age Group (volunteer)
Goals and their Revisions Create my own Non-Profit Foundation – Not enough time Teaching tennis three days a week during August. – Underestimation Privately soliciting all of my funds – Not enough money to achieve my goal. Previous Topic: “How to Successfully Run a Fundraiser” – New topic was more relevant
Process Planning a Fundraiser – Determining my Space/Materials/Help Needed – Setting a Realistic Date – Acquiring Food/Monetary Donations (silent auction, 50/50 raffle, donation table) – Making sure the event was publicized Establishing a Clinic – Finding the correct children (age group/gender/need) – Creating a reasonable Schedule Writing a Research Paper: – Becoming familiar with my topic – Finding Valid Sources (actually found a use for the Ross databases!!!!!!!!)
Tennis Clinic Video
Discoveries Love of Public Speaking My love of teaching as well as playing Type of Philanthropy I am interested in – Witnessing the impact first hand
Challenges Procrastination Editing Keeping on Task Doing things way ahead of time
Skills Acquired How to successfully organize and run a fundraiser Talking by Phone – People I don’t know Adapting to the Teacher Position Researching and Writing an intelligent Paper
Conclusion My Future – Got me interested in education Did I accomplish what I set out to do?
Thank You Karin Schroeder John Graham Vinicius Carmo Holly Li Devon Parkes My Parents Eduardo Cole Katzter All my Donors Class of 2011 The Ross School Everyone in this auditorium
Questions?