Final packet

Gotta Have Sole Shoe Drive Packet

[2014]

This packet was created for the next Management 200 group to work with Gotta Have Sole for their Service Learning Project. It has everything you need to run a successful shoe drive for Gotta Have Sole!

Sole Solutions

Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS........................................................................................................................................... 2 WELCOME: ......................................................................................................................................................... 4 CONTACT INFORMATION:................................................................................................................................... 4 HOW-TO RUN A SHOE DRIVE: ............................................................................................................................. 5 POSSIBLE SCHOOLS TO CONTACT: ....................................................................................................................... 6 LETTERHEAD FOR EMAILING SCHOOLS:............................................................................................................... 6 PRIZE IDEAS: ....................................................................................................................................................... 7 LETTER HEAD TO ASK FOR FUNDING FROM LOCAL STORES:.................................................................................9 HOW TO CREATE A GOFUNDME PAGE:.............................................................................................................. 10 EXAMPLE MESSAGE:...................................................................................................................................................12 LETTER HEAD FOR GOFUNDME:......................................................................................................................... 12 INFORMAL (FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY):..........................................................................................................................12 FORMAL (FOR ANYONE ELSE):.......................................................................................................................................13 SAMPLE NEWSPAPER ARTICLE: ......................................................................................................................... 13 HELPFUL HINTS:................................................................................................................................................. 14 FOR SCHOOLS:...........................................................................................................................................................14 FOR PRIZES:.............................................................................................................................................................. 15 FOR SURVEYS:........................................................................................................................................................... 16 IN GENERAL:............................................................................................................................................................. 16 PROBLEM/SOLUTION GUIDE:............................................................................................................................ 17 MARTINSON SURVEY RESULTS- STUDENTS (9)................................................................................................... 18 SURVEY ANALYSIS- STUDENTS:......................................................................................................................................20 MARTINSON SURVEY RESULTS- ADVISORS (2).................................................................................................... 21 SURVEY ANALYSIS – ADVISORS:.....................................................................................................................................23 IMPACT SURVEY RESULTS- STUDENTS (9)........................................................................................................... 24 IMPACT SURVEY ANALYSIS:...........................................................................................................................................26 NEW CHAPTER GUIDE........................................................................................................................................ 27 NEW CHAPTER SURVEY QUESTIONS...............................................................................................................................28

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Welcome: Hi! My name is Nicole DiCenso and I was the previous team leader for the Management 200 group that worked with Gotta Have Sole for our project! Our team, Sole Solutions, consisted of Matt Lukasik, Christian DeBeauport, Laura Echezabal, and me. By now, you have contacted Lori Lowinger at Gotta Have Sole and she has chosen to work with your group for this semester’s project. Congratulations! Lori is an awesome sponsor to work with.

My team’s project was to create a shoe-drive for elementary schools in order to increase the inventory for Gotta Have Sole’s back to school orders. Our team ran our pilot shoe-drive at Martinson Elementary School in Marshfield, Massachusetts and we collected 64 pairs of shoes! This packet will give you everything you need to run successful shoe drives this semester.

We created this packet as our “learning” portion of the project. Our hope is that your team will use this packet to run numerous shoe drives this semester since our team worked out most of the kinks!

We also created a learning project for your team to execute. Lori wants to start another Gotta Have Sole chapter somewhere else in the United States. Your goal is conduct the surveys that we created at elementary, middle, and high schools, as well as colleges, to find the ideal place to start the new chapter! In the appendix of this packet, you will find the surveys we created to send to schools. Feel free to edit them as you feel necessary.

We believe that this packet includes almost everything you need for your project; however you will need to contact us or ask Lori for the posters and flyers that we had created. A copy of them is attached, but you will need the original file to edit.

Good luck!

-Sole Solutions

Contact Information: Name: Nicole DiCenso Email: ndicenso@bryant.edu Name: Matt Lukasik Email: mlukasik@bryant.edu Name: Christian DeBeauport Email: cdebeauport@gmail.com Name: Laura Echezabal Email: lechezabal@gmail.com 4|Page

How-To Run A Shoe Drive: Step by step list 1. Create GoFundMe Page 2. Email GoFundMe Page to friends and family 3. Research local schools to work with 4. Email or call the schools with letterhead provided below 5. Finalize schools 6. Talk to schools about plans for shoe drive a. Figure out date, advertising, prize, etc‌ 7. Edit provided PDF posters and flyers with appropriate information 8. Print and sort flyers, posters, and tally sheets 9. Deliver handouts to school 10. Meet with school representatives to finalize plans and present relevant information 11. Write an article for the local newspaper 12. Wait for kick off date of shoe drive 13. Check in with schools regularly 14. Collect shoes from school 15. Deliver shoes to Gotta Have Sole 16. Send thank you notes to donors and school

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Possible Schools to Contact: Robinson Elementary School 245 East St Mansfield MA, 02048 (508) 261-7513 John Nieratko (Principal, West Office) John.Nieratko@mansfieldschools.com Joanne Jordan (Principal, East Office) Joanne.Jordan@mansfieldschools.com Eames Way Elementary School 165 Eames Way Marshfield Massachusetts, 02050 (781) 834-5090 William Campia (Principal) wcampia@mpsd.org Stephen Olney Elementary School 11378 Douglas Avenue North Providence, RI 02904 (401) 233-1160 Mrs. Palmisciano (Secretary) mpalmisciano@northprovschools.org

Letterhead for Emailing Schools: 6|Page

To whom this may concern, My name is ___________, and I am a management student at Bryant University working diligently with my group and Gotta Have Sole for our service learning project.

Gotta Have Sole is a non-profit organization which collects and donates brand new sneakers to homeless and underprivileged children throughout the United States. My group and I are contacting you to see if (enter school name) would be interested in hosting a shoe drive for a duration of two weeks (date to be determined). If interested, we would like to further discuss the information and details with you either in person, over the phone, or via video chat. This is something that we are extremely excited and passionate about and we hope that you feel the same way.

If this is something that you are interested in and plan on pursuing you can reply to this email to set up an in person meeting, or schedule a video chat. If this is something you would like to further discuss over the phone, you can contact us at xxx-xxx-xxxx.

For more information about Gotta Have Sole and their mission, you can visit their website: http://www.gottahavesole.org/ghs/.

Or you checkout their Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GottaHaveSoleFoundation Thank you so much for your time and we look forward to hearing from you!

Prize Ideas: 1.

½ Day of School / Extended Recess – encourages a healthy lifestyle 7|Page

Ask Principle / teachers if this is possible at their school / if they are willing to do this • Offer to provide healthy snacks, for example vegetables and fruit – encourages healthy eating practices • Offer to provide sports drinks, for example Gatorade and PowerAde – encourages getting active and not drinking Soda / beverages with high sugar • Organize games, like ultimate Frisbee or kickball (using the Gotta Have Sole Foundation kick balls that Lori will provide for you), and you or the teachers can be referees • Funding – use the GoFundMe page to help with funding or ask local grocery stores, restaurants, retail stores, athletic equipment stores, etc… to sponsor you directly or indirectly 2. Art Day / Art Time – good if raining for Extended Recess / Art School / Alternative • Can be individual art or collective mural that school / winning grade / winning class does together • Encourages creative thinking, unity, and team work • Can be done outside / inside if it is a rainy day • Make sure if this prize is chosen that parents are aware of when it is so they can properly dress their children with clothes to paint in • Use paint that can be washed out of clothes • Offer to supply paint brushes, paint, crayons, paper, etc…

• Ask during the art time, “Paint / draw what you do in your sneakers!”

• Funding – use the GoFundMe page to help with funding or ask local art schools, art teachers, Hobby Lobby, Michaels, Target, etc… to donate supplies 3. Movie Day / Movie Time – good if raining for Extended Recess, etc…

• Ask the winning class, grade, etc… what movie they would like to watch – try to give them a list of choices to choose from that encourage being active / sports / sneakers / non – profits / etc…

• Supply the movie • Supply snacks – ranging from popcorn to healthier alternatives depending on what the school asks for • Funding – use the GoFundMe page to help with funding or ask local stores to donate supplies 4. Raffle – good for younger children (age 11 and under) • For every shoe a class donates they get a raffle ticket • The class that collects the most shoes has more of a chance of winning and this will spur competition among classes, grades, etc…

• Research raffle prizes depending on age groups, younger children like different things compared to older children so make sure you know what age group you are targeting with your prize (elementary school, middle school, high school) • Funding – use the GoFundMe page to help with funding or ask local stores to donate prizes •

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Dance – good prize for an entire grade Organizing an extra school wide dance Admittance will be based upon one sneaker donation 8|Page

Can also do this based upon which grade donates the most sneakers Teachers / you can help chaperone Every few songs during the dance you can read out facts about homelessness or children without sneakers • Every few songs during the dance you can do sneaker trivia and hand out prizes for correct answers to trivia questions • Funding – use the GoFundMe page to help with funding or ask local stores to donate to the dance directly or indirectly 6. Teachers / Principal Prize – good for older children (high school) • Must have teacher / principal consent to offer this prize • If students donate a certain amount of sneakers then the teachers / principal will do something out of the ordinary • Example of “out of the ordinary”: staff car wash • Funding – use GoFundMe page to help with funding or ask local car washes, Target, etc… for supplies 7. Trip Off Campus – good for older children (high school) • Must have teacher / principal consent to offer this prize • Examples of Trips Off Campus: Amusement Park, Water Park, Public Park, Sporting Event (Baseball Game, Hockey Game, etc…)

• Must get signed permission slips from all parents if winning class students want to participate in the Trip Off Campus • Class that donates the most sneakers wins prize • Can help teachers chaperone trip (then you get to go too!)

• Funding – use GoFundMe page to help with funding, ask Off Campus prize destination if they are willing to sell tickets at a discount in bulk or donate some / all tickets (do not need to do for public park), ask bus company if they will donate free / discounted transportation 8. More Simple Prizes • Ice cream party • Pizza party • Pajama party • • •

Letter Head to Ask for Funding from Local Stores: Dear ENTER NAME HERE, I am a ENTER YOUR NAME HERE and am attending Bryant University located in Smithfield, Rhode Island. I am currently a ENTER CLASS STANDING & INTENDED GRADUATION YEAR HERE and am studying ENTER MAJOR / MINOR HERE. 9|Page

I am working with the non – profit organization, Gotta Have Sole, to help bring sneakers to homeless children in need for a Management 200 class project. My team and I are holding a sneaker drive at your local school, ENTER SCHOOL NAME HERE. Here’s where we need YOUR help! In order to increase participation with ENTER SCHOOL NAME HERE students at the sneaker drive, we would like to reward the winning class with a ENTER PRIZE HERE! Unfortunately, we do not have the funds to buy the supplies. We are asking for donations of ENTER ITEMS YOU ARE IN NEED OF HERE, or any monetary donations that YOU could supply to aid in the national fight against children without sneakers. Any left over funding will be directly given to the non – profit organization, Gotta Have Sole, to help buy new sneakers for children in need and help them get active in their communities!

Who knows, maybe your next customer is someone who is going to benefit from your contribution to the sneaker drive being held at ENTER SCHOOL NAME HERE and Gotta Have Sole. Thank you so much for supporting the cause and spreading awareness among your neighborhood, friends, and family!

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Contact Information Contact Name: Your Name Phone Number:Your Phone Number Email: Your Email Gotta Have Sole Contact Information: Contact Name: Lori Lowinger Email: gottahavesole@gmail.com Phone Number: (401) 944 8770 Website: gottahavesole.org Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/GottaHaveSoleFoundation Mailing Address: Gotta Have Sole Foundation PO Box 8379 Cranston, RI 02920

How to Create a GoFundMe Page: 1. Go to the website gofundme.com 2. On the top right corner of the screen, click the button that says “Sign Up” 3. Sign up with either your email address or through your Facebook account o We recommend using your email address 4. Choose the Personal Campaign Type in the right corner 10 | P a g e

5. Fill out your Goal amount to fundraise o Choose a number that isn’t too unobtainable but still high enough to fill current needs 6. Choose a title for your page o Example: Gotta Have Sole Shoe-Drive Fundraiser!

7. Next choose a color for the background of your page 8. Upload a photo to use for the home page of your personal gofundme link o Choose a photo either of the members of your group or of the Gotta Have Sole Logo o Make sure the photo is professional and clear 9. Enter the Bryant University zip code o 02917 10. Create a message that explains what this page was created for o See below for example 11. Choose whether or not to offer reward levels o We recommend offering reward levels because it provides incentive to donate 12. If you choose to offer reward levels, read the following information. If not, skip to number 13 o In the first box, enter the donation amount. We suggest using $25.00 as the starting amount o Enter a name for that particular level o We suggest leaving the Quantity field blank o In the description, enter the reward the donor will receive for donating that particular amount of money  We suggest offering a hand written thank you note o Save these changes o Add the next reward level by clicking “Add New Level” under “Reward Levels” o Repeat these steps until you are satisfied with the amount of reward levels 13. Click Continue 14. Skip the following steps until you reach the Dashboard 15. On your dashboard, you can Explore the Features of using your GoFundMe site 16. The link for your page is located on the task bar on the right side of the page 17. Add photos and videos of Gotta Have Sole to your Activity Feed 18. Once your page has been proof read and approved by Gotta Have Sole, copy and send your personal link to friends and family members. o If you chose to email this link, use the GoFundMe letterhead example provided below o You may also choose to display the link on your Facebook and Twitter pages 19. Use this link to see an example of a previous Gotta Have Sole Shoe Drive Fundraiser GoFundMe page: http://www.gofundme.com/6t6fm0

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Example Message: Hi everyone! Thank you so much for stopping by our page! This ENTER SEASON HERE, as part of a Management 200 class project at Bryant University, ENTER TEAM MEMBER NAMES have teamed up with the non-profit Gotta Have Sole to carry out an awesome shoe drive at local elementary schools. Here's where we need your help! In order to increase participation with the elementary school students at the shoe drive, we would like to reward the winning classes with a ENTER PRIZE HERE! Unfortunately, we do not have the funds to buy the supplies. We are asking for donations to a great cause and any left over funding will go to buying brand new sneakers for children in need.

Thank you so much for supporting us! Click the link below to find out more about Gotta Have Sole! gottahavesole.org

Letter Head for GoFundMe: Informal (for friends and family): Hello, I am working on a project for my management class where my group and I have paired up with the non-profit organization Gotta Have Sole. Gotta Have Sole is an organization that takes in new shoe donations from various outlets, and passes them on 12 | P a g e

to children in homeless shelters across the country. It is our goal as a group to conduct a shoe drive at local elementary schools in an effort to increase Gotta Have Soles inventory for the back to school season. My team and I have set up a GoFundMe page (Insert Link) that you can visit to learn more about the organization and our project. In addition, we are asking that people please leave us a small donation to help us with any costs we may incur during our project. Any help at all is appreciated!

Thank you,

Formal (for anyone else): Hello, My name is ___________________, and I am a management student from Bryant University. My group and I are currently working closely with the non-profit organization Gotta Have Sole in an effort to conduct a shoe drive at a local elementary school. Gotta Have Sole is an organization that takes new shoe donations and forwards the donations to children in homeless shelters across America. During the end of the Summer is when Gotta Have Sole takes in the most orders as it is the ‘back to school’ season. It is the goal of our management group to accumulate shoe donations from a local elementary school to help aid Gotta Have Sole during this time. Attached is a link to our groups GoFundMe page where you can learn more about the organization and our project. In addition, we would appreciate if you left us a donation to help us overcome any costs that we may incur during our project.

Thank you,

Sample Newspaper Article: Shoe Drive at ENTER SCHOOL NAME HERE! ENTER SCHOOL NAME HERE is sponsoring a shoe drive to benefit the Rhode Island based non-profit, Gotta Have Sole! The shoe drive event will take place ENTER DATES HERE. Students of ABBREVIATED SCHOOL NAME HERE are encouraged to bring in a pair of brand-new sneakers to donate to Gotta Have Sole who will then deliver them to a child in need. This shoe drive is being sponsored by a group of sophomores 13 | P a g e

from Bryant University. They hope that the donations will help to increase Gotta Have Sole's inventory!

Gotta Have Sole is a non-profit that was started in 2010 by Nick Lowinger when he was just 12 years old. Currently, the company is donating brand-new shoes to children in shelters in 35 different states. To find out more about the non-profit visit www.gottahavesole.org.

Helpful Hints: For Schools: •

Research the schools demographics before selecting them to call o Many online resources contain information on a school’s population, the average income of the town and the amount of parental participation

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It is a good idea to find schools that have a population of more than 200, a relatively high average town income and a 5 out of 5 on parental participation Although schools that are close by may be the easiest to contact and meet with, they may not be the ideal schools to run a sneaker drive so make sure that you do your research o Consider schools that are from your hometowns. It is easier to contact a school that you have been to and maybe know some teachers/principal.

Also you can visit the school over breaks to engage with the students and pick up/drop off shoes and posters.

It would be a good idea to contact the schools you are interested in working with at the beginning of the year. This way, they have plenty of notice and can mark the shoe-drive in the calendar so it doesn’t overlap with any other events they have.

Make sure you write a thank you note to each school that runs a sneaker drive If a school says that they cannot run a sneaker-drive in the near future, ask them if they would like to be added to a list of schools that another semesters classes could use a semester or full year from now Elementary schools are the best to use because the children will get help from their parents. By middle school, students do not care as much about school fundraisers and will not give their parents the messages. We would advise against running a sneaker drive at a high school / college.

Make a memo for advisor of PTO/PTA to describe and inform parents at a meeting about Gotta Have Sole and the sneaker drive.

Make a handout for the school to hand out to students during class, to give to their parents. This will aid in spreading awareness of the sneaker drive to family members and give parents more information about specifics. o In the handout, remember to put all information about the sneaker drive including information about the Gotta Have Sole foundation. Students and their parents like to know what they are donating to and it will help increase sneaker donations. Put specific Gotta Have Sole information on the handout, such as the website and Facebook page since many parents are now on social networking sites. o

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Talk to the school you are working with before deciding on a prize. They may have a prize they always use or decide to opt out of one. Some schools try to stay away from competition and therefore do not want to reward just one class with a prize. o If this is the case, another option could be donating Gotta Have Sole playground balls to the school to reward them for their participation. Talk to Lori for more details.

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be more participation if there is a prize that the students want rather than one that is picked for them.

If you need funding for prizes try using the GoFundMe page to raise money and awareness for your cause If a prize consists of taking the students away from school grounds, you need to be thoroughly aware of all the schools policies and field trip requirements.

Additionally, you can go to local stores, the smaller / more local the better that are in the area of the school you are working with, and ask them to donate supplies for the sneaker drive Doing these steps helps not just gain funding, but also helps raise awareness about children in need of sneakers and child homelessness For more ideas about prizes, go to the prize section of this packet

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It would be a good idea to make the surveys in an online form. That way you save paper and can reach a greater amount of people. o Surveymonkey.com is an excellent resource If you must use paper surveys, attempt to use mass surveying, as in use one paper survey for an entire class while using more general questions to gain the most accurate feedback from a large pool Some questions might need to be re-formatted a little to make them more comprehensible for the students depending on their age range Survey everybody that was involved with the sneaker drive, including teachers, students, the principal, any advisors etc. The more feedback you get, the more you can improve on future sneaker drives.

Make sure questions are not ambiguous and that their responses will result in actual useful information.

At the end, when you collect all of the surveys, do a survey analysis so that you can use the results to improve and help further develop projects for the Gotta Have Sole Foundation, future Management 200 Groups, and yourselves!

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Before printing all of the take-home flyers, ask the school you are working with if they have a system they use o For example, some schools use a system that makes it so each family only gets one flyer rather than each child at the school. This method saves paper.

Try to get a group of volunteers from the school, you are planning to have donate, help out with the shoe drive When setting a date for the shoe drive, check with the school to make sure that they are not running any other programs during that time, you want your shoe drive to have its own two weeks to ensure maximum exposure and participation.

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Be sure to emphasize that the sneakers need to be brand new, and to inform the parents that if they cannot get the designated size that they were assigned that they can still bring in other sizes, because every sneaker counts and is important to help a child in need.

Use the concepts and skills that you learn in your Management 200 class, they will be very useful in running and improving your project and coming projects.

Apply them to every aspect, and use Devil’s Advocate / debating so that your team can come up with the best ideas to improve a child’s life. This is not just a grade, but a chance to improve another human being’s life and you should not take this opportunity for granted. Learn as much as you can from this project and make it the best as it can be, not for yourself but for others.

Problem/Solution Guide: During the execution with this shoe drive, we did run into a few road bumps along the way. Below is a list of the problems that occurred and how they can be avoided in future shoe drives.

A good amount of the shoe’s brought in were not brand-new Make sure that the students or teachers from the school that are helping you know that the shoe HAVE to be brand new otherwise Gotta Have Sole can’t accept them. Make the words “brand-new” on the posters and flyers bigger and bolder. It needs to be 17 | P a g e

obvious to everyone reading the flyers that the shoes cannot be worn at all. Have the teachers who receive old shoes send those shoes back home with the child who brought them in. (However all shoes that aren’t brand-new get donated to the Salvation Army so they are still going to help people in need).

There was some confusion on the size of shoes the children were allowed to bring in The advisor we worked with at Martinson Elementary School mentioned to us that the size requirements for each grade were somewhat off-putting and confusing. He told us that some parents felt they weren’t allowed to donate shoes outside of the range specific. Lori wanted us to include specific sizes for each grade so that a variety of shoe sizes were brought in, but talk to her about how this problem can be fixed. One idea would be to make it more obvious that the sizes listed on the flyer are just suggestions and not strict guidelines.

Some students felt they didn’t have enough information on why they were running the shoe-drive One of the 5th grade council students mentioned that a lot of her friends were confused as to why they were bringing in brand new shoes. They knew they were going to a charity but they didn’t know why. An idea would be to have the members of the group hold a whole school presentation on why they are running the shoe-drive. They could talk about what exactly Gotta Have Sole does and the effects that not having shoes has on children.

Some parents felt that buying new shoes was too expensive but still wanted to help and didn’t know how Another student brought up a very good idea on how to fix this issue. The suggestion was to make the shoe-drive a shoe-drive/fundraiser. The option to bring in brand-new shoes would still be the first priority however students could also bring in smaller cash amounts and the group collecting the shoes could use the money they collect as well to buy the shoes themselves. This would also save parents a trip to the store; they could donate $20 instead of going out and buying the shoes.

Martinson Survey Results- Students (9) How well did the take-home flyers display the information

Average Score 4

How informational were the posters for each classroom

4.2

How well did Nicole present the information to you

5

How likely is it that you would recommend planning an event with our team/university to another elementary

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school in your area?

How likely is it that you would organize an event with our team/university in the future?

Do you think the shoe drive should be:

stay the same= 7

How involved was your council in the shoe drive? very= 8

4.4 longer= 2 a little bit= 1

What was the overall response of the school in regards to having a shoe drive?

• “I think a lot of people were glad to participate and were very thoughtful” • “They were very generous” • “Good” • “I think that people noticed what a good cause it was and liked to participate” • “The overall response of the school was they all participated and most of the classes had a great deal so they thought the drive was fair” • “A lot of people thought it was a really cool thing to bring in and give to the charity” • “I think it was good. People brought in a lot of shoes.”

Is there anything that needs to be improved to motivate students and faculty?

• “No” x3 • “I think that if maybe there were a fundraiser tied into the event, that more kids would be interested.”

• “Yes” • “No, I think people were motivated to help out.”

• “No, there is not. I think that all the students and faculty already impressed us by following directions so nothing needs to be improved.”

• “No, there were lots of posters and flyers.”

• “We should’ve reminded people every week or so.”

Do you think more information needed to be presented to you about Gotta Have Sole?

• “No” x3 • “I think the information was just the right amount.”

• “Yes” • “Yes, the information was not that clear.”

• “No, its already a sufficient amount.”

• “No, Nicole told us lots of information about Gotta Have Sole.”

• “Yes, because nobody knew Gotta Have Sole helped.”

Do you think that more information needed to be given about the shoe drive?

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“No, Nicole presented the information very well and the flyers were good.”

“No, there was enough info.”

Do you think that our team should have been more involved in the shoe drive process and if so, how?

• “Maybe. I think that you could have come to speak to the school. But with the overall results, I think you are fine.”

• “I thought your team did not need to be any more involved than you were.”

• “Maybe someone could’ve talked to us to show it’s important for the littler kids.

(Someone from your team.”

• “No” x2 • “No, it was perfect.”

• “No, I think they were very involved.”

• “No, everyone was very involved.”

• “No, it was ok.”

Survey Analysis- Students: For the scaled portion of the survey, the average response was a 4.44 which means that our team did a very successful job at presenting and relaying the information. The lowest score in that section was for how well the take home flyers presented the information which was a 4. The feedback we got on this question was that the flyers should more clearly emphasize that the shoes need to be brand new. The highest scoring question in this section was how well did Nicole present the information to you which was a 5. However, this section was incomplete because only four of the nine students were present at the original presentation. We were very pleased that the council members would consider working with us again.

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The survey results show that a majority of students felt that the shoe drive was just the right length of time and that the council was very involved in the process.

The students felt that the overall response of the school was very positive. Many responded that everyone who participated was very generous and that they felt they were partaking in a good cause.

Most of the students felt that the there wasn’t anything that needed to be improved to help motivate students and faculty. One student, however, commented that she felt if students were also allowed to bring in money for Gotta Have Sole to buy shoes instead of going out and buying shoes themselves that more people would’ve participated. This is a good idea to consider for next semester.

Again, a majority of the student felt that the information presented about Gotta Have Sole was sufficient but a few thought that the information could’ve been clearer and some students weren’t aware of how Gotta Have Sole helped.

Seven of the students responded that there was enough information given about the shoe drive however two said that they felt more could’ve been presented. The problem here, most likely, is that more information was given to the advisor than to the students so to fix this, next semesters group could share all of the information that they are giving to their contact also to the students they work with.

Almost all of the students thought that our team did not have to participate any more than we did however two suggested that members or our team could’ve presented the information to the entire school instead of just the council. This could be an area of improvement for the next group.

Martinson Survey Results- Advisors (2) How well did the take-home flyers display the information

Average Score 4

How informational were the posters for each classroom

3.5

How well did Nicole present the information to you

5

How likely is it that you would recommend planning an event with our team/university to another elementary school in your area?

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How likely is it that you would organize an event with our team/university in the future?

5

How well did the team communicate with the school

5

How professional did the team act with the school

5

Do you think the shoe drive should be: (Circle one)

stay the same= 2

How involved was your council in the shoe drive? (Circle One)

very= 2

What was the overall response of the school in regards to having a shoe drive?

• “Very positive” • “We had a good response. The sizing was a bit confusing for some.”

Is there anything that needs to be improved to motivate students and faculty?

• “No” x2 Do you think more information needed to be presented to you about Gotta Have Sole Foundation?

• “No” x2 Do you think that more information needed to be given about the shoe drive?

• “No” • “Sizes per grade.”

Do you think that our team should have been more involved in the shoe drive process and if so, how?

• “No” x2 Did our team provide enough information/assistance throughout the shoe drive?

If not, what other information or assistance can be given?

• “Yes” x2 Do you believe that the team needs to be present (physically at the school) more often throughout the shoe drive?

• “No” x2 Do you have any suggestions for improvement?

• “Adjust sizes for upper grades (smaller).”

• “Open up the sizing. All sizes for all grades.”

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Survey Analysis – Advisors: The average score over all of the questions asked to the advisors was a 4.6. This tells us that before even analyzing the specific responses from the advisors, that their answers were generally very good. The lowest score we received was a 3.5 which we will target as an improvement area for the future.

The first two questions asked the advisors how well they thought that both the take home, and in class posters displayed information. These were the only two questions that did not receive a 5/5. The advisors gave the take home flyers a 4 / 5 and the in class posters a 3.5/5. When asked if they had any suggestions for improvement both advisors made note of the sizes that were specified on the in class posters and the take home flyers, “Open up the sizing. All sizes for all grades.� This shows us that putting barriers on what sizes that each grade had to donate might have hurt our donation 23 | P a g e

number rather than helping it, and is something that we have now taken into account when planning future shoe drives.

Nicole received a score of 5/5 for how well she presented the information about the shoe drive from both advisors.

We also received a 5/5 score when we asked if the advisors would recommend our shoe drive to any other schools or towns. We received the same score when we asked if the school would ever plan another event with our university/team in the future. This is very good news because it leaves the door open for future Management teams to go back to the same school and build a relationship with them, hopefully expanding and improving our shoe drive.

Both advisors answered that the response from the school on having a shoe drive was great, and very positive.

They said that no additional information needed to be given about Gotta Have Sole or about the shoe drive in general. Also the motivation for students to participate was good enough that nothing additional needed to be done.

The final questions alluded to how well our group performed during the shoe drive, and how well we assisted with any issues. For all related questions, we received a 5/5. The advisors responded that we provided enough information that we did not need to be present any more than we were at the school, and that we did not need to be any more involved in the actual shoe drive any more than we already were.

Impact Survey Results- Students (9) By participating in this shoe drive, do you feel that you have made a difference in someone’s life?

• “When I think about it, yes, yes I do.”

• “Well, I think foot-wise, maybe I’ve lifted someone’s hope about playing outside :)” • “Yes! Definitely! Just giving even one person a new [pair] of shoes is awesome!”

• “Yes!” x5 • “Yes it feels good knowing that another child gets to have my shoes.”

What did you gain from this experience?

• “I feel that I may be more generous and give more than take.”

• “I gained a good feeling because [of] donating shoes to people who need shoes.”

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“I felt really good about helping children with no shoes.”

“I gained the feeling that I helped someone.”

“A good feeling.”

“I gained that people can make a change.”

“I gained experience on learning about a very good charity.”

What did you learn from this experience?

• “I learned that there are people in the world without shoes. It is a sad fact to recall.”

• “I learned that doing the right thing such as donating shoes to people in need makes you feel good and want to do more.”

• “I learned that it’s important to help people.”

• “I learned I should be grateful for the little things, like shoes!”

• “That I never knew children needed shoes.”

• “It is really kind to donate shoes to people in need.”

• “I learned that by helping people you will feel a lot better about yourself.”

• “I learned not to complain about things I think are big when some people don’t have shoes.”

Has this shoe drive changed your view or increased your awareness of the needs of children in homeless shelters?

• “I feel that it has a little bit.”

• “Yes” x4 • “Yes, definitely, because it’s really good to help kids just like me who don’t have what I have.”

• “It has increased my awareness.”

• “Yes, it did.”

Would you like to learn more about the effect that not having shoes has on children?

• “Yes. I feel that it would be sad to hear though.”

• “Sometimes it makes you feel bad, sometimes it makes you feel good.”

• “Yes, I don’t know what it feels like.”

• “I think it’s a fairly ‘looked-over’ issue, so you wouldn’t think of it as much.”

• “Yes! Because I think people should know.”

• “Yes” x3 • “Yes since I’ve always had shoes and they seem like such a small thing I never imagined not having them.”

Did this shoe drive make you want to participate in more community service?

• “A little. Maybe the student council could do a day of community service.”

• “Yes” x6 • “Ya, it was really cool thinking that a kid my age, who doesn’t have what I have will get a new pair of shoes.”

• “Yes it felt good helping.”

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Would you like to learn more about Gotta Have Sole Foundation?

• “Yes. It seems like a wonderful foundation.”

• “Yes” x5 • “I’d like to know who started it, what gave them an idea, etc.”

• “I’m good.”

• “Yes it’s an interesting foundation and I think it’s nice of them to send shoes to unfortunate kids.”

Impact Survey Analysis: Based off of the survey analysis that we had nine students answer we uncovered some critical information that will help improve future shoe drives After conducting this shoe drive at Martinson elementary school, all 9 of the students that were surveyed said “yes” they believe that they made a difference in someone’s life. This demonstrated just how positive of an effect this shoe drive had on the students at Martinson.

When the students were asked about the experience gained in being a part of the shoe drive, they all had similar responses revolving around the sense of giving that they gained from participating. They believe they gained a good feeling about donating and learning about an organization that leaves such a positive impact on shoeless children in need. One student in particular discovered they are actually more generous than they thought because they give more than they take.

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The students learned a lot from this experience. Ranging from finding out that children in the United States are shoeless, as well as not taking for granted the things that you have. The thing that most of the students surveyed appeared to learn was that by helping others you truly do feel better about yourself.

All the students believed that by participating in this shoe drive that it has increased their awareness of the needs of children in homeless shelters. Eight of the nine students surveyed said it had significantly whereas one said it has just changed their awareness a little bit, showing that the overall impact was successful.

The students all are interested in learning more about the effect that not having shoes has on children; regardless of the fact that many of them know that it is a sensitive and emotional subject. One of the students believes that it is something that everyone should be aware of and another student also never realized how much of an impact donating a pair of shoes had on someone because they have always had shoes their entire life.

After participating in the shoe drive, all of the students said that it made them want to participate in more community service projects. One of the students suggested that the student council of their school should set a day aside strictly to participate in various community service projects.

When asked if the students would be interested in learning more about the organization Gotta Have Sole they all agreed that they do. They believe that it is a wonderful foundation and want to know more of the details about the history of the foundation as well as their motives behind the organization.

New Chapter Guide Nick and Lori Lowinger would like to start a new Gotta Have Sole chapter at another school in New England. They attempted to start a chapter at a school in Rhode Island; however, the attempt did not go as planned. They soon realized that they needed to do more research into to schools to find the perfect place for a new chapter!

Lori asked our team to get you started on this project. Our idea was to create surveys that can be sent to elementary, middle, and high schools, as well as colleges to see which school was the most capable of starting a chapter. The survey that we 27 | P a g e

created is included below. Feel free to edit the survey as you see necessary. We recommend that you put the survey onto a SurveyMonkey page so that you can send out the surveys more easily and save on the cost of printing.

Once you collect the results, be sure to analyze the information you have to decide which type of school is the best fit for a Gotta Have Sole chapter. After this step has been completed, resurvey just that type of school in a variety of towns/states to find which exact school should start the next chapter. Work with Lori on this decision.

Your job is simply to find out where the best place for a new chapter would be.

You are not responsible for actually starting the chapter there. That would be a good project idea for the following Management 200 group to work on with Lori!

New Chapter Survey Questions 1) Do you have community service programs at your school?

2) If no, would you like to have community service programs at your school? If so, what kinds would you like to see?

3) If yes, what types of community service programs do you have?

4) Check the areas of service your school supports Homeless shelters Children Food Drive Shoe Drive Clothing Drive Other What other areas?

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5) Do you have clubs/sports to support a community service venture physically, financially, or emotionally?

6) Are you looking for a long term venture or short term project to support a community service or charitable organization?

7) Have you heard of the charity Gotta Have Sole?

8) Would you be willing to establish a Gotta Have Sole chapter at your school?

9) If not, what are the reasons that you are not willing to start a Gotta Have Sole chapter?

10) If yes, what are the reasons that you are willing to start a Gotta Have Sole chapter?

11) If not, would you be willing to run a new sneaker drive to benefit Gotta Have Sole?

12) If you cannot run a sneaker drive, are you willing to spread awareness about child homelessness and children without shoes?

13) Can students at your school create a club? In other words, how easy is it for students to start a club of their own?

14) Does your school currently work with any non-profit organizations?

15) How many students attend your school 16) How much time would you have to dedicate to a new club/Gotta Have Sole chapter?

17) How much homework do you generally have a night?

18) Do you have access to resources to help you with a new chapter?

19) Do you think a Gotta Have Sole chapter would be a good fit at your school?

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