Horse power is a non profit organization serving the Piedmont Triad community since 1995. They are premier North American Riding for Hanidicapped Association center. The mission of Horse power is "to promote and enhance the welfare of individuals with disabilities by providing a program of therapeutic, educational and recreational value, and further, to empower individuals who are mentally, physically or emotionally challenged through the use of horses, while providing therapeutic benifits in a safe and controlled atmosphere." We think horse power makes a difference in the life of it's students, which is making difference in community. While working as a volunteer with horse power when you see a child/adult coming out of their car on wheelchair or in arms of a parent, suddenly first thing comes in mind how they are going to ride, but as soon as they see their favorite horse ready for journey and the smile this moment brings on their face is priceless. At that very moment you'll feel horse power is doing great job, during our experience with horse power we were able to meet kids who are speech impaired, but while riding on horse they will make sounds, wave their hands and at that very moment their parents who are watching all this get emotional. Horse power is helping these individuals to gain confidence and command so they can move in community. Horsepower not only makes a difference with their students, but also with the volunteers. They are able to come out and get the full experience of being a therapeutic provider of horse therapy. Horsepower is a wonderful example of how to show a difference in the community.
The best way for a social enterprise, and in our case the Salvation Army, can convince the community to buy into and believe the social value and change they say they’ll bring to the community is by action, marketing, and example. By first marketing and advertising what you bring to the community, in the Salvation Army’s case through advertising and giving back to the community by helping the less fortunate, people are invited to participate in a very understandable way. By giving dates, requirements and specifics to how you will bring about this goal of giving back, people are encouraged to buy into it and, if, through action, the community partner achieves that goal, and then familiarity and a successful interaction will spread and lead to more business. Our particular partner, The Salvation Army, has been around since the early 1900’s and has built up their brand name and image to be trusted by the communities worldwide they serve, all through leading by example and building up trust through successful interaction in the community. Paul Brady, Dennis Andrews, Chris Ruffin, Whitney Buchanan
Acquiring social capital is not just a concern for social entrepreneurs but for commercial businesses as well. For social organizations, it is important to consider the community in which it operates in and understand what the community values. Being able to influence the people around you and gain their acceptance is an essential part of business. In the context of social enterprises, it is critical that the surrounding community knows and believes in your mission. This usually involves some type of community engagement. In order to persuade a community of the social value that LifeSpan creates, we would write a letter addressed to all its residents. The letter would entail basic information about the mission of LifeSpan and detail the ways in which social value is created within the organization. Additionally, it would identify volunteer opportunities; encouraging members of the community to become acquainted with the facility. This letter would give explanation to who LifeSpan serves, what their organizational goals and objectives are, when they are open, where the facility is located, and how they reach their mission. The following five points expand on the questions of who, what, when, where, and how; questions that LifeSpan’s neighboring community should know: • WHO?- The children and adults at LifeSpan as well as each individual’s family • WHAT?- Through continued care and life-long support by providing vocational and educational training, programs, and job placements within the community • WHEN?- Monday through Friday • WHERE?- Working with the individuals at the facilities and within the community • HOW? - Through continuous support, vocational training courses, and enrichment programs. Enhancing the overall well-being of each individual by improving their health, relationships, and education. Posted by Catherine Langley and Morgan Vickers
The best way to explain to someone about a social entrepreneur, in our case FoodAssistance.Inc, who's trying to really make a difference in a community, is to help them understand what kind of PASSION they have. A social entrepreneur has to have a passion for some kind of social problem. You have to identify the problem and develop a plan to fix it. The easy thing about this process is that it only takes passion, of course money too, but passion gives you the upper hand on a societal problem. Food Assistance is all about experiencing community and helping senior citizens' problem with hunger. You have to develop many relationships such as investors and other businesses for supply, set up a distribution center, be hands-on with your senior participants. This is just a sample of what goes on when trying to help hungry people. I believe Jane Carlson and Food Assistance won't stop until they have fixed this problem around the Greensboro area. I also believe it's important to explain to someone what type of leader Mrs. Carlson is just by setting up this kind of social venture. It takes a lot of solid leadership qualities such as compassion, supportiveness, vision, charisma, and intelligence. Food Assistance is about giving people hope, but also giving friendship to someone who needs it. If this doesn't persuade one of my community citizens here in Greensboro then I don't know what will. Go to http://www.foodassistancenc.com/aboutus.html to learn more! Posted by Koula, Amanda and Matt
Ten Thousand Villages is a serious fair trade organization and is already quite big. On the surface the topic of fair trade pertains to the principle of fairness within the exchange of goods, when further examined, fair trade aims to create sustainability practices that attempt to bring extensive benefits to the producers, consumers, and the community. Fair trade is aimed at providing better trading conditions, promoting sustainability, and guarantees a minimum price of no less than the price of production. Artisans that would have normally gotten next to nothing for their products are now getting fair wages, which has allowed them the ability to build a savings and (possibly) even send their children to get an education so they can have a better life. Ten Thousand Villages is making the the domestic community aware of situations of these artisans. By making people more aware of the foreign world, Ten Thousand Villages is broadening the understanding of the importance of fair trade. This is building the foundation for a better, fairer world for all. Ten Thousand Villages, a non-profit organization, promoting the principle of fair trade by working with their global team of artisans to ensure that each of the artisans is receiving a fair price for their work. On the social aspect, Ten Thousand Villages is empowering the opportunity for a feasible trading system, while, at the same time, is helping their consumers gain access to support the principle of fair trade in their community. Fair trade is based on the idea of fair revenue for the producer. It tends to give more equality in the international trade. Ten thousand villages is a large fair trade organization that works with disadvantaged artisans worldwide. It's different in a way it is incontrovertibly fair with its partners and it also tries to use sustainable practices and natural and recycled material.
Horse power is a non profit organization serving the Piedmont Triad community since 1995. They are premier North American Riding for Hanidicapped Association center. The mission of Horse power is "to promote and enhance the welfare of individuals with disabilities by providing a program of therapeutic, educational and recreational value, and further, to empower individuals who are mentally, physically or emotionally challenged through the use of horses, while providing therapeutic benifits in a safe and controlled atmosphere."
ReplyDeleteWe think horse power makes a difference in the life of it's students, which is making difference in community. While working as a volunteer with horse power when you see a child/adult coming out of their car on wheelchair or in arms of a parent, suddenly first thing comes in mind how they are going to ride, but as soon as they see their favorite horse ready for journey and the smile this moment brings on their face is priceless. At that very moment you'll feel horse power is doing great job, during our experience with horse power we were able to meet kids who are speech impaired, but while riding on horse they will make sounds, wave their hands and at that very moment their parents who are watching all this get emotional. Horse power is helping these individuals to gain confidence and command so they can move in community.
Horsepower not only makes a difference with their students, but also with the volunteers. They are able to come out and get the full experience of being a therapeutic provider of horse therapy. Horsepower is a wonderful example of how to show a difference in the community.
Ayesha Khan, Tony A, Adam S, Ashley H.
The best way for a social enterprise, and in our case the Salvation Army, can convince the community to buy into and believe the social value and change they say they’ll bring to the community is by action, marketing, and example. By first marketing and advertising what you bring to the community, in the Salvation Army’s case through advertising and giving back to the community by helping the less fortunate, people are invited to participate in a very understandable way. By giving dates, requirements and specifics to how you will bring about this goal of giving back, people are encouraged to buy into it and, if, through action, the community partner achieves that goal, and then familiarity and a successful interaction will spread and lead to more business. Our particular partner, The Salvation Army, has been around since the early 1900’s and has built up their brand name and image to be trusted by the communities worldwide they serve, all through leading by example and building up trust through successful interaction in the community. Paul Brady, Dennis Andrews, Chris Ruffin, Whitney Buchanan
ReplyDeleteAcquiring social capital is not just a concern for social entrepreneurs but for commercial businesses as well. For social organizations, it is important to consider the community in which it operates in and understand what the community values. Being able to influence the people around you and gain their acceptance is an essential part of business. In the context of social enterprises, it is critical that the surrounding community knows and believes in your mission. This usually involves some type of community engagement.
ReplyDeleteIn order to persuade a community of the social value that LifeSpan creates, we would write a letter addressed to all its residents. The letter would entail basic information about the mission of LifeSpan and detail the ways in which social value is created within the organization. Additionally, it would identify volunteer opportunities; encouraging members of the community to become acquainted with the facility. This letter would give explanation to who LifeSpan serves, what their organizational goals and objectives are, when they are open, where the facility is located, and how they reach their mission. The following five points expand on the questions of who, what, when, where, and how; questions that LifeSpan’s neighboring community should know:
• WHO?- The children and adults at LifeSpan as well as each individual’s family
• WHAT?- Through continued care and life-long support by providing vocational and educational training, programs, and job placements within the community
• WHEN?- Monday through Friday
• WHERE?- Working with the individuals at the facilities and within the community
• HOW? - Through continuous support, vocational training courses, and enrichment programs. Enhancing the overall well-being of each individual by improving their health, relationships, and education.
Posted by Catherine Langley and Morgan Vickers
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ReplyDeleteThe best way to explain to someone about a social entrepreneur, in our case FoodAssistance.Inc, who's trying to really make a difference in a community, is to help them understand what kind of PASSION they have. A social entrepreneur has to have a passion for some kind of social problem. You have to identify the problem and develop a plan to fix it. The easy thing about this process is that it only takes passion, of course money too, but passion gives you the upper hand on a societal problem. Food Assistance is all about experiencing community and helping senior citizens' problem with hunger. You have to develop many relationships such as investors and other businesses for supply, set up a distribution center, be hands-on with your senior participants. This is just a sample of what goes on when trying to help hungry people. I believe Jane Carlson and Food Assistance won't stop until they have fixed this problem around the Greensboro area. I also believe it's important to explain to someone what type of leader Mrs. Carlson is just by setting up this kind of social venture. It takes a lot of solid leadership qualities such as compassion, supportiveness, vision, charisma, and intelligence. Food Assistance is about giving people hope, but also giving friendship to someone who needs it. If this doesn't persuade one of my community citizens here in Greensboro then I don't know what will. Go to http://www.foodassistancenc.com/aboutus.html to learn more!
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ReplyDeleteTen Thousand Villages is a serious fair trade organization and is already quite big. On the surface the topic of fair trade pertains to the principle of fairness within the exchange of goods, when further examined, fair trade aims to create sustainability practices that attempt to bring extensive benefits to the producers, consumers, and the community. Fair trade is aimed at providing better trading conditions, promoting sustainability, and guarantees a minimum price of no less than the price of production. Artisans that would have normally gotten next to nothing for their products are now getting fair wages, which has allowed them the ability to build a savings and (possibly) even send their children to get an education so they can have a better life. Ten Thousand Villages is making the the domestic community aware of situations of these artisans. By making people more aware of the foreign world, Ten Thousand Villages is broadening the understanding of the importance of fair trade. This is building the foundation for a better, fairer world for all. Ten Thousand Villages, a non-profit organization, promoting the principle of fair trade by working with their global team of artisans to ensure that each of the artisans is receiving a fair price for their work. On the social aspect, Ten Thousand Villages is empowering the opportunity for a feasible trading system, while, at the same time, is helping their consumers gain access to support the principle of fair trade in their community. Fair trade is based on the idea of fair revenue for the producer. It tends to give more equality in the international trade. Ten thousand villages is a large fair trade organization that works with disadvantaged artisans worldwide. It's different in a way it is incontrovertibly fair with its partners and it also tries to use sustainable practices and natural and recycled material.
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