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GivingPoint Project Report
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created, the students congregate and vote on the best design. Once the design is chosen, the students set forth and promote the designed logo by handing out fliers and putting them up throughout the campus. This would provide a unique way in promoting the organization and creating a unique design for merchandise. It would also benefit the students and cause them to put in their best effort because this project is worth a grade within their class. This would also help to foster a relationship with the students in the art department because they helped in creating the image. Other Universities may provide a similar project and/or program that Giving Point can join with.
Another possibly successful event would be a Doggie-Drive. This would be a day when a non-profit organization brings in dogs/puppies for students to interact with. Colleges are a stressful environment for students and consist of “a large population who could potentially greatly benefit from the use of... animals in an educational setting”viii. Students respond highly to animals and gravitate towards them. Animals can provide feelings of comfort, reduced stress levels, and an overall satisfying time for relief. A study was investigated by Daltry and Mehr (2015) on a dog therapy outreach program connected with the counseling center of West Chester University. Students were allowed to hug, pet, and play with the dogs provided in the student union center. Initially, the student center brought the dogs at the end of the semester but the students enjoyed it so much that the host the event once every month now. “In terms of interacting with the dog(s), 53% of the individuals said they stopped by solely because they saw a dog in the student union and the other 41% of individuals heard about the dog being present in the student union via some sort of advertisement or from a friend”ix. Approximately 94% of students indicated that if they had not seen a dog, then they would not have stopped by to gather information. This study shows that if a dog is actively there to advertise the event then students are more likely to take interest. Taking this one step further, GivingPoint could partner with a shelter and bring dogs to local universities. This would benefit both the shelter dogs—in finding forever homes, and GivingPoint— in raising awareness of their programs and raising some funds. This event can either be free or charged at a reasonable fee for college students. Considering some universities, like Georgia State University, have thousands of students, this calls for a massive target market. Students would also benefit from this event because it causes a stress-free environment and a possibility to become active in non-profits. Other universities who bring dogs to school include: Kent State University in Ohio,
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