“Hitting for Hope”Evan Gibson
Creekview High School
Do you think that just because your neighborhood is well off, that the people around it are
also? 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
My Research Paper 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
Product and Process “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
Planning 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
My Project Facilitator 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
Challenges
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
Overcoming My Challenges
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
What I Learned 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
Would I go further with this topic?
Yes Very passionate about it Take the issue seriously Possible careers: charity worker/organizer;
overseas missions; public speaker
Act. 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?