Campus Campout

Proposal:

ASUNM Campus Campout

• Who: Undergraduate students of UNM

• What: The first annual ASUNM Cardboard Campout is an event created to raise money and awareness for homelessness in the Albuquerque area. ASUNM Community Experience and Student Special Events has teamed up to use this event to promote unity while raising awareness on an issue that greatly affects our community. Students can sign up in groups of 5-7 of which they will be responsible for creating and maintaing a shelter for the night. Teams will be provided with one cardboard box to start off with and must gather supplies from around the community to create a shelter for the entire group. Groups should have their shelters completed by 8:00 p.m. Along with the help of Joy Junction, students will have the opportunity to listen to various personal testimonies dealing with homelessness.

• Where: Johnson Field, UNM Main Campus

• When: Friday, May 11, 2012

            Registration will be from 4:00-5:00 p.m. and the event will take place from 5:00 p.m.-8:00 a.m. the following day.

• How: In order to raise awareness on homelessness in the community, students will be semi-immersed into a world that is most likely foreign to them: homelessness. While the event will shine light on the harsh reality of homelessness, it will not reach the full magnitude of what it is like to be without a home, food or shelter. The entrance fee will be $10, a donation of 20 non-perishable food items or a donation of 10 items of gently-used clothing per participant, all of which will go directly to Joy Junction. Additionally, we will seek outside sponsorships from local businesses in the community to donate food and water for the participants.

• Promotion: We will advertise for Campus Campout using all available media vehicles which include the ASUNM Facebook and Twitter accounts, the ASUNM Website, advertisement on the LCD screens in the SUB, posters hung throughout campus, sending invites to various listervs on campus, sending invitations to all Resident Advisers to share with their residents, sending invitations to the Community Assistants at Lobo Village to share with their residents and through simply handing out flyers across campus.

Flyer:

Brainstorming:

This is the proposal for Bridget and my event to raise awareness for the homeless.  We created a catchy flyer to grab people's attention.  This event is not just to raise money for the homeless, we wanted to make people actually experience somewhat of how they have to live.  This campout will make people more aware of how blessed they are and how much others, such as the homeless, need their assistance and compassion.  The most important part of this event is that it is not going to be luxurious; after the participants get their shelters built, they will hear true accounts from victims of homelessness, just to take home the reality of the situation.  The last part of this post is a brainstorming sheet, it has options for where to get supplies and possibilities of materials to make the shelter, such as cardboard boxes.  There is a picture of Johnson field because that is where this great event is going to occur.  If and when an event of this nature occurs, we are going to come together as  a community to sleep for a solution to homelessness.