Consumer Math

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Consumer Math:

 

Being involved in your local community is important for a variety of reasons. It affords you the opportunity to connect with, help, and strengthen the lives of others. It can give you a sense of satisfaction and accomplishment as you form bonds with your neighbors. If you find a need in your community, it is a good idea to collect data regarding that need. The data may reinforce your idea that there is a need or it may even point you in a different direction of need. Using a data-driven approach to solve a community problem will help you be successful.

 

Initial Response Post:

 

For the Unit 5 Discussion Board, you will write and post an essay about civic participation. Propose a community program that you would like to kick start. Choose something you are passionate about: health care, sports, politics, education, community outreach, crime prevention, beautification, animals, etc. It can be something you do once or something you do on an ongoing basis.

 

Your 250 word minimum essay should include:

 

A brief overview of the community program you would like to kick start.

Proposed budget percentages for your program to help prepare for fundraising (administrative costs, supplies, rent, advertising, etc.).

Proposed number of volunteers needed for your program. Also calculate the percentage of volunteers based on total number of people in the community (number of volunteers ÷ population of community).

Estimated percentage of people (or animals) in the community that would benefit from the program.

Every piece of writing should have an introduction, body, and conclusion. A good way to plan this particular reflective essay is to write an introduction to the essay. Next, write at least three body paragraphs. Finish with your conclusion paragraph.

 

Your essay and outside sources for this essay need to be cited in proper APA format. You can find numerous APA resources in the Academic Success Center Reference Library on the Research, Citation, and Plagiarism page. https://campus2.purdueglobal.edu/page/using-sources

 

Your essay should include a highly developed purpose and viewpoint; it should also be written in Standard English and demonstrate exceptional content, organization, style, grammar, and mechanics. There should be no evidence of plagiarism. If you are unsure about what constitutes plagiarism, please review the plagiarism policy.

 

Peer Reply 1:

 

You are a reporter for the local newspaper or television network in your community. The kick start community program run by your fellow classmate is doing better than expected. Because of that, a new budget is being proposed for the upcoming fiscal year.

 

In your reply, report on an actual percentage of people (or animals) benefiting from the current program, a new percentage of volunteers needed for the program in the future, and new budget percentages for the program for the upcoming fiscal year.

 

 

reply to this!!

Hello Everyone,

 

I live in a community that doesn’t have programs available specifically for disabled children and their families to connect with others in the same situation. A community program I would start is a weekly camp for physically and mentally disabled children. The camp would take place on Saturday mornings from 9 am until noon during the summer. It would give the children a chance to socialize with other children living with disabilities. This type of camp would be geared toward several aspects of growth and development: social skills, motor skills, language skills, and cognitive skills. The activity would be soccer. There would be different stations that focus on different aspects of the sport that allow for every child to be able to participate, no matter their disability. The parent(s) would be required to stay as the volunteers running the camp would not have any medical/behavioral training. With a total budget of $3,000, 80.1% of the budget will be necessary. The rest can be used to replace supplies, additional fundraising, and/or advertising for the next year. The number of volunteers needed would depend on the amount of children. 1 volunteer is needed for every 4 children. If 45 children register, then a minimum of 12 volunteers will be required. The volunteers would be recruited through the local high school which has about 500 students total. The percentage of volunteers based on the high school community would be 2% (12/500). The percentage of volunteers based on the entire community would be 0.2% (12/5822).

 

The people who would benefit from the program would be the children with disabilities who attend, their families, the volunteers, and the families of the volunteers. The average family size is 3.7 (we will round up to 4). Assuming it is one volunteer and one child attending the camp per family, that would make 45 families of 4 people and 12 families of 4 people that would benefit from this program. A total of 3.9% of the community would benefit from this program.

 

If even a small percentage of the community benefits from the program, it is worth it. It is important for children living with disabilities to connect with others who understand what they are going through or have similar cognitive processes. The experience the volunteers get working with these children will open their eyes to those who struggle in day to day life and make them take less in their life for granted. This realization will benefit their parents and their siblings. The siblings of the volunteers might want to volunteer when they reach high school as well. The families of the disabled children will be able to swap experiences, advice, and resources to help each other. It will also be nice for them to connect with families that go through the same or similar situations. The depth at which all involved will benefit makes the program so much more important than the community may realize.

 

 

 

Total Budget for Program: $3,000

 

Expenses:

 

Item:

 

Cost:

 

Quantity:

 

Total:

 

Expense Type

 

Budget %

 

T-shirts

 

$12.00

 

70

 

$840.00

 

One Time

 

28%

 

Regulation Soccer Ball

 

$10.27

 

15

 

$154.00

 

One Time

 

5.1%

 

Large Inflatable Ball

 

$10.00

 

3

 

$30.00

 

One Time

 

1%

 

Mini Soccer Goals

 

$28.00

 

6

 

$168.00

 

One Time

 

5.6%

 

Cones

 

$15.00

 

3 Sets

 

$45.00

 

One Time

 

1.5%

 

Highschool Gym

 

–

 

–

 

–

 

 

 

 

 

Deposit

 

$100.00

 

Once

 

$100.00

 

One Time

 

3.3%

 

Rent

 

$22/hr

 

12 hrs

 

$264.00

 

Monthly for 3 months

 

26.4%

 

Fliers

 

$0.05

 

1000

 

$50

 

One Time

 

1.7%

 

Snacks

 

$7.00

 

25 packs

 

$175

 

Monthly for 3 months

 

17.5%

 

 

 

Monthly Total:

 

$439.00

 

One Time Total:

 

$1,387.00

 

80.1%

 

 

 

45 families*4 people = 180 people

 

12 families*4 people = 48 people

 

180 + 48 = 228 people benefitting from the program

 

228 people/5822 members of community = 0.039

 

3.9% of the community benefits from the program

 

 

 

References:

 

 

 

Biggest U.S. Cities. (2020, Jan 17). Saint Robert, Missouri Population History 1990 –2018).

 

Retrieved From: https://www.biggestuscities.com/city/st-robert-missouri