IU Cares Month Planning Guide
- Part 1: Let's Go!
Information, Checklist, & Timeline - Part 2: Develop Your Planning Team
Tips for Involving Chapter Members and Planning Your Project - Part 3: Plan Your Service Project
Ideas & Key Dates for Indiana Chapters - Part 4: Keystones of Excellence
Steps to Success - Part 5: Spread the Word!
Create Chapter Bylaws and Mission Statement - Part 6: Sharing Your Success
Establish Local Bank Account
Think Keystones of Excellence Step 4 of 6
Make the most from your IU Cares Month project by combining another area from one of our Keystones of Excellence in conjunction with your service activities.
Here are some examples:
- Recruitment: Plan a community service project that could involve local high school students (sophomores-seniors) in the activity. Simply pick a high school in your area (admissions can help identify key feeder high schools for IU) and either adopt a classroom or have the school guidance counselor identify students in a certain club or by grade point average to participate with the chapter in this project. Benefits would be that Indiana University would gain exposure in the high school and with the students.
- Recruitment: Work with IUAA and IUB Admissions to plan a preview the following day with high school juniors in key strategic areas. Perhaps student teams can stay overnight and participate in recruitment activities.
- Diversity: Through school, mentoring or literacy programs, think about how the chapter’s project might impact those that are underrepresented in your community. Or, partner with an organization that works with women. For instance, Bloomington has a Middle Way House that houses and counsels women who have been the victims of domestic violence. Find ways to reach out to specific niche groups in your community.
- Lifelong Learning/Recruitment: Alumni chapters, along with the help of local parks and recreation staff and/or the National Park Service, can plan a day of exploration for young people in their community grades six and seven or with their sponsored/adopted classroom. They would learn about environmental stewardship through exploration of city parks and community green spaces in their neighborhoods. This program combines learning of ecological concepts with fun outdoor activities.
Again, think outside the box on this. We want to make the most of this event and we encourage you to think about how we can make the greatest impact on our communities!