1.  Evan Gibson Creekview High School

2.  Discuss reality of nearby family poverty  Explain factors of childhood malnourishment and mistreatment  Introduce ideas and methods in order to help impoverished families within the community

4.  Covered factors in the lives of Underprivileged Children  Product was based on this whole topic  To inspire other people  Give them better understanding of reality  House of Hope alone aids over 70 families with children

9.  “Hitting for Hope” baseball tournament  Familiar with Jr. Grizzlies Baseball organization  Wanted to do something where revenue would be produced easily  Youth baseball tournament involved population of interest

10.  Held meetings with board of Jr. Grizzlies  Flyers posted online and around parks  Planned concessions, trophy ceremony, ending speech, presentation of check to House of Hope  Calculated entry fees  $395 per team  Integrated food drive into tournament  Gate fee of 2 can food items each time entering park

16.  Mrs. Wendy Graham  Founder of Free Home House of Hope  Helped me with facts about struggles within community  Helped me to learn how to construct charity events

18.  Dwight Terry Park needed to be renovated due to failure to drain  Unlevel playing fields  Rain postponed reconstruction of fields and renovation of facilities  Postponement of the park reconstruction was unfortunately inevitable

24.  Spoke with county  Tournament can be scheduled at later date  Focusing on everything leading up to the actual event for presentation  Turning focus on showing more people the conditions of what the needy go through in our community  To inspire people to help  Raise awareness

25.  Unexpected things do happen (learned that the hard way)  Spreading workload out is smart and effective  Childhood poverty is real  Exists everywhere  Awareness of the issue needs to be raised  A little help goes a long way

26.  Yes  Very passionate about it  Take the issue seriously  Possible careers: charity worker/organizer; overseas missions; public speaker

27.  This project has inspired me to do more in helping my community  Inspire and motivate others  What will you do? Thank you for your time Any Questions?