raising peoples hopes through community
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Raising People’s Hopes Through Community
Presented by Mark Van Baale
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Economy has hit us hard through:
Home foreclosures Unemployment Illness Stress Overdue bills No health insurance
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This generation is in a state of desperation:
In the Midwest, foreclosure has played a role for 15% of newly homeless people Unemployment rate at 10% in Kansas City area 86.7 million Americans
uninsured over last two years
*Foreclosure to Homelessness 2009 survey by National Coalition for the Homeless
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People are hurting everywhere
Feelings of: Depression Failures Shame Hopelessness Loneliness
They need a helping hand to reach out
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We need each other to help
Humans are social animals:
We crave feeling supported,
valued and connected. We can transform society by
extending a hand to lift
people up through service
to their needs
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How can Communities help?
Olathe Serve Day Christmas in October program
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Olathe Serve Day
In 2009: 45 home projects completed 150 single mothers got free oil
change, car checkup 2 pre-fab homes built for needy families
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Christmas in October program
Founded in 1984 by 2 KC area men Volunteers offer labor/time to make homes
more liveable 6,000 volunteers repair 500 homes annually One of the largest volunteer
programs of its kind in the U.S.
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Online networks can help to change the world
We are social by nature and crave feeling supported, valued, and connected.
Use of tools like Twitter enable us to read about people’s lives and interact with them to provide support/help
The power of many in a network can make a difference in someone’s life
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David Armano helping Daniella's family get back on their feet
David, known as @Armano on Twitter, asked people to helpDaniella and her family
Used the power of his network via Twitter and his blog
$5,000 was goal $17K was raised, 337% of goal
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InvisiblePeople.tv Blog
Mark Horvath set out to change view of homelessness
Homeless portrayed onvideo to give them a faceand a voice
Some homeless even useTwitter to talk about theirdaily struggles (@padschicago)
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Amy Kiel’s support for suicide prevention
Amy openly shares on her blog and Twitter about the need for the mental ill to not be ignored
Amy received support all over the world for Out of the Darkness walks to increase awareness ofsuicide prevention
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Twestival (Using power of Twitter for donations, raise awareness)
Global series of events organized by volunteers around the world under short timescales, which bring people offline for a great cause.
The first Twestival Global was held in Feb. 2009. 200 cities participated. 100% of all proceeds went direct to charity: water. $250,000 was raised in total.
Twestival is run 100% by volunteers and independently from any not-for-profit.
Sponsors donate time/resources for event, usually held on one night worldwide
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ModestNeeds.org
Work to stop the cycle of poverty BEFORE it starts for low-income workers
Grants offered to people to help them deal with short-term expenses
Donors can make financial contributions and allocate where the money is spent to help
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Online Network for Kansas City to help less fortunate get back on track
Similar format to ModestNeeds.org Website database showing all needs People enter in their needs and those who want to
help can search the needs Match those who want to help with those who need
help Those out of work can use skills/time to help others
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Online Network for Kansas City to help less fortunate get back on track contd.
This model would be used locally in KC at first and potential to grow
Bring together communities (churches, individuals, groups) to collectively meet people’s needs through site
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Together we can change the world
"The test of our progress is not whether we add
more to the abundance of those who have too
much . . . it is whether we provide enough for
those who have too little."
- Franklin D Roosevelt