Tzedakah Fair Planning Guide

Our group includes the following people:

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Part I: Brainstorming
Refer to the list made by the class.  Which ideas interest the members of this group for a project?  Write down all the ideas that sound good to anyone.
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What are the interests, talents, and temperaments of your group members (sports, crafts, strengths, preferences, activity level)?

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What are some issues that interest you (or really bother you)? Think about areas such as hunger, health, children, poverty, environment, and animals.

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Discuss all of these and come to a consensus about a project. 
“Our group has decided to prepare a presentation on ___________________  for the tzedakah fair.”

Part II: Find Out More
How can you find out more about your charity?  Plan each person’s responsibilities for gathering information.  (Contact an organization by phone.  Read about an issue on the Internet.  Gather brochures about an agency.  Gather statistics about how money is used.  Read about the success stories.  Find out ways people can help by giving time, talent, or treasure.)

 
Name:                                     Responsibility:

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Take careful notes about the organization or issue.  Write down the following information for each contact because you may need to verify facts later.

Person or organization contacted: ________________________________

How contacted: ________________________________

Name:________________________________

Date: ________________________________

Where located: ________________________________

Why help is needed: ________________________________

What good or service it provides: ________________________________

Mission statement:

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Other interesting facts or stories about the charity:

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How can people help?
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Part III: The Plan
Your group must make a display about your charity for the tzedakah fair.  It should be interesting, informative, attractive, and inspiring to the visitors.
Describe the plan for the display.Your group must make a display about your charity for the tzedakah fair.  It should be interesting, informative, attractive, and inspiring to the visitors.Describe the plan for the display.

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Your group must make a display about your charity for the tzedakah fair.  It should be interesting, informative, attractive, and inspiring to the visitors.Describe the plan for the display.

List the materials needed to do this display.

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Assign responsibilities to each member of the group to create the display.

Name:                           Responsibility:                       Time-line:                   Check when complete:

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Part IV: Evaluation
What was the overall response of the visitors?  (You may wish to have a comments notebook available for visitors to write in.)

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What was the overall response of the visitors?  (You may wish to have a comments notebook available for visitors to write in.)

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Do you feel that your work on this project has made a difference?  Explain.

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What else would you like to do related to this project?

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Write a letter to the organization you helped and explain your project.