SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUrship project proposal
Resources
Materials
Teachers
Physical Space
Volunteers
4 Educational Topics for each week:
week #1: Parenting skills
Week #2: Budgeting and money saving tips
Week #3: health & well-being
Week #4: How to be the best empLOyee
gift of education
Angel Tree
The Salvation Army
of Nashville
each week would have 5 different sessions over the same topic:
Monday-Friday
- A faith based non-profit serving Nashville since 1890
- helped 4,092 families
- Over 35,000 gifts were distributed
- “angels”–impoverished children and elderly.
Impact
What more could be done?
How would this work?
Angel Tree Program
- increase in education for the parents of families in poverty
-sense of hope
-increase individual's skill set and well being
-new opportunities
-better family life
-benefit community
The Salvation Army Angel Tree Program annually provides toys, food, gifts, and clothing to the needy in our area during the Christmas season
4 week educational program for parents of "angels"
Take-A-ways
QUESTIONS?
Details
Peter Brinkerhoff's categories: "expanding on an existing product or service"
Target Population: Adults of families under poverty line, specifically parents of "angels"
Geographic area: Nashville area
Social entrepreneurship track: Contemporary social issues
The Issue
- Almost 1/5 of households in nashville are under the poverty line
- that's equal to 122,527 people
-that's enough people to fill all the city's major sports and concert venues all at once- LP Field, bridgestone, Greer stadium, municipal auditorium, Grand Old Opry House, and the Ryman auditorium
-lack of education in the parents of families in poverty