Project Idea for High School Seniors and Scouts Earning Community Service Badges
Coordinate a Partner Shelter Pet Walk-A-Thon/Adoption
Here is what you will need to do:
- Contact your shelter partner to let them know that you want to hold a Walk-A-Thon/Pet Adoption to raise funds for their organization.
- Coordinate a date and time with the shelter so that you can work as a team.
- Once you do this, your shelter partner will work with you to arrange an adoption at the site the day of the event.
- Ask an adult/teacher/Troop Leader to be the event sponsor.
- Secure a walking location in your area like a track at a school or local park. (Keep in mind that there will be animals at the Pet Walk-A-Thon)
- Send out a flier to promote the event via Facebook or e-mail. See attached sample.
- Contact local grocers/vendors for food donations like Jet’s Pizza, Chik-Fil-A or Subway to provide food that can be sold on site for $2.00 including a bag of chips and a drink.
- Charge a $10.00 admission fee that would include five raffle tickets.
- Set up games of chance so that participants can earn more raffle tickets.
Examples: Bean Bag Toss, Cup Stacking, Hula-Hoop contest, etc.
- Get donated raffle prizes. Suggestions: Gift cards and theme gift bags/baskets for cats, dogs, moms, dads, and children.
- Enlist classmates, family, Troop Leaders or teachers to sell the admission tickets, supervise the games, sell food and clean up.
- If this is a Senior High School Project try to coordinate the event with a middle or elementary school pet club.
- Clean up after the event.
- Give all of the proceeds from the event to the shelter partner representative the day of the event.
Items needed for the event:
Raffle tickets
Raffle Prizes
A secure money box with change
Tables for the Walk-A-Thon check in, to display raffle prizes and to sell food and drinks
A cooler with ice for water bottles or soft drinks
Water and bowls for the dogs
Plastic bags to pick up after the dogs
Paper plates and napkins
Decorated shoe boxes for raffle tickets (placed in front of the raffle item)
Food and drinks for sale
Games of chance
Trash barrels/trash bags