Event Planning for Community Recreation and Social Causes
Timeline
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January 6, 2020Program start
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February 1, 2020Project Scope Meeting
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April 1, 2020Program end
Timeline
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January 6, 2020Program start
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February 1, 2020Project Scope Meeting
Meeting between students and company to confirm: Project scope, communication styles, and important dates and to collect data for an internal needs assessment. Date for the recreation programs need to be confirmed with the organization, the student group and the university teaching-team.
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April 1, 2020Program end
Program scope
Categories
Leadership Organizational structure Social sciencesSkills
leadership teamwork decision-making strategyStudent groups work with a community partner to design, implement and evaluate a recreation-based event. The program can relate to using recreation to help raise money for a non-profit organization, or students can provide a recreation program for a specific organization. Students will conduct a short needs assessment or SWOT and based on data, and will design a program to help further the mission of your organization. Note: the recreation programs are often one-time special events.
Learners
Students will set and meet goals and objects based on the needs of your organization's specific program.
Project timeline
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January 6, 2020Program start
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February 1, 2020Project Scope Meeting
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April 1, 2020Program end
Timeline
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January 6, 2020Program start
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February 1, 2020Project Scope Meeting
Meeting between students and company to confirm: Project scope, communication styles, and important dates and to collect data for an internal needs assessment. Date for the recreation programs need to be confirmed with the organization, the student group and the university teaching-team.
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April 1, 2020Program end
Project Examples
Requirements
Project examples include, but are not limited to:
Helping raise awareness and money through recreation programs:
- Yoga for a Cure - In collaboration with Move for a cure https://www.moveforacure.org/
- Project Purple (Alzheimer awareness, donations to Cabrini Hospital)
- Can't Dodge This (Student dodgeball to raise money for the Concordia emergency student relief fund)
Recreation programs to benefit stakeholders:
- Catapult Building: Kahnawake Youth Center winter break workshop
- Watch Us Grow: Inter-generational gardening with Villa Beaupaire and Christmas Park Elementary School
- Body Awareness Training: Concordia Athletics and Champion's For Life
Additional company criteria
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this program:
Timeline
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January 6, 2020Program start
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February 1, 2020Project Scope Meeting
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April 1, 2020Program end
Timeline
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January 6, 2020Program start
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February 1, 2020Project Scope Meeting
Meeting between students and company to confirm: Project scope, communication styles, and important dates and to collect data for an internal needs assessment. Date for the recreation programs need to be confirmed with the organization, the student group and the university teaching-team.
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April 1, 2020Program end