1. Anselma Awareness Week

2. The Issue - Who is involved. Why did you choose this issue
The Issue - Who is involved? Why did you choose this issue? Where/when does this problem take place?
Women and children
Domestic violence is a common concern
Takes place in privacy
Between 6PM and 6AM

3. Why is this problem worth solving?
Women and children feel like they belong and have people to talk to
They should feel equal
Spread awareness in the community to help women and children will feel comfortable to reach out for help
Gives them something to look forward to during the holiday season since that don’t have their whole family

4. The Facts How often is a women killed by her intimate partner?
Answer: Every 6 Days
This means there is 60 days a year a woman is killed by their spouse

5. How many children experience domestic violence in their home every year?
Answer: 3,000,000.
The population of children in Canada is 6,000,000 so ½ of children witness domestic violence

6. What percentage of women will experience domestic violence in their lifetime?
Answer: 25% (¼)
This is approximately 4 million women

7. The Details
When?
Occurs from Monday, December 7th, to Monday December 14th
We picked these dates to ensure women and their children have something to look forward to for the Christmas holidays
Where?
Takes place all throughout GRCI in places such as:
Lecture Hall, Cafeteria, Front Foyer, Tuck Shop, Storage Space, & Hallways
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8. What? Our event incorporates a variety of activities including:
Announcements every morning to inform students
Awareness Breakfast w/ guest speaker
Bake sale to collect money
Shopping trip using donated and fundraised money
Delivery trip to Anselma House

9. The Budget List of Materials: Free: Costly: PA system
Microphones & tech facilities
Tables
Bins to collect money
Boxes
Car
Costly:
Total: approx. $1510
Plates, napkins, utensils: $100
Food services for Breakfast: $1390
$20 gas money for car

10. Volunteers & Roles
In total we will need approximately 45 volunteers, plus students from the hospitality class.
We need:
Announcers (2)
Poster Designers (5)
Donation collectors (8)
Set up & clean up crew (15)
Shopping trip & delivery crew (15)
Bake sale contributors (hospitality class; 25+)
We will achieve this by receiving help from:
Me2We club
Student Exec
Offering volunteer hours to students who signed up

11. The Implementation Plan
Schedule of Events:
Thursday, December 10th
Bake Sale
Collecting Donations
Friday, December 11th
Shopping trip
Monday, December 14th
Organizing donations
Delivery trip
Monday, December 7th
Volunteer Meeting
Collecting donations
Tuesday, December 8th
Awareness Breakfast
Collecting Donations
Wednesday, December 9th

12. In Summary… Anselma Awareness Week is an event worth having at GRCI
Abuse involves people surrounding you, whether you are aware of it or not
Domestic violence is common in our society
We can’t end the issue, but we can limit it