Surviving in the Hood Presentation

Surviving in the Hood Presentation

The National Community Network, INC.

 

RE: Application for Event Grant from Main Street CRA

 

Contact Info:

Rev. Frank Paul Jones

923 South A Avenue

Avon Park, FL. 33825

Office: (863) 657-2407

Cell: (863) 458-0396

E-Mail: revfrankpauljones@thenationalcommunitynetwork.org

 

Date of Event: 29 November 2014

 

Surviving in the Hood Presentation @ The Avon Park Community Center:

From: 6 PM  to 10 PM for the youth and until closing or 2AM for the adults.

 

We have the community center tentatively book for 29 November 2014. 

 

Our Request for funding from the Main Street CRA is  $550 be used our rent $700 deposit for both up and downstairs, with alcohol being served upstairs in an all adult environment with the children downstairs.  Therefore we also need insurance coverage Liquor Liability Insurance: $243.24 and Renters Insurance: $134.25.  For total of $1,627.49 with $700 returned to the CRA =  $927.49 total grant request.

 

 

A) Upstairs we want the 51-100 capacity = We plan for about 50+ guest plus 15 volunteers at this time which is subject to change if interest in our program increases (w/tables) for $200, plus alcohol served = Deposit of $700. 

 

B) Downstairs we want 101-200 guest capacity for $350 = We plan for about 200-  guest and it will be best on security concerns and funding, I am leaning towards insured crowd control and think we should go with 150 guest.

 

Total Rent = $550 + $700 Deposit:

 

We will consider to hiring Lillie Italy Italian Restaurant and other local restaurants who are located on or around Main Street to handle all food. We will assign a budget for food and refreshments at about $3,000+ or about $20+ per person in a bulk purchase.  This covers only downstairs events for the kids. If they cannot handle all of our business in that day with a month advanced notice, we will consider other venders as added support and added diversity to our menus using venders on or near Main Street.  We will also consider searching for some type of  in-kind contributions to provide our food services needs, which is remove some of the cost for the labor required to provide our food services and thereby increase food supplies and level of services to for our kids and allow some tax deductibility to our venders as in-kind contributions.

 

We will submit applications for grants towards helping feed the hungry at several stores located on Highway 27 between Avon Park and Sebring, FL.  We have a list of over 20 potential donors who support local grants, which are relatively easy to get in increments of $500 to $2,500.  Between 26 August and 30 August, we plan to really focus on applying for grants from the many big  corporations located on Highway 27, which is a reflection of big corporate America, whose function is to support local charities and have local funding set aside.  We plan to request for about $10,000 in for supplies and food to feed the hungry.  We rather have too much than not enough, by leaving room for expanding this event based on  interest in the community.

Plus we will search for other sponsors to make the event be as enjoyable as possible.  On the list of ideas is live entertainment by a popular artist downstairs for a one hour performance open only to all participants of this event at closing. This would require searching for an artist willing to support our agenda, in this case disadvantaged youth and the redevelopment community and AIDS research and prevention/Crime Prevention and the reduction of recidivism.

 

Part of our program is the PTS Movement, who a group of convicted felons, who want to reach out to the youth so that they do not make the same mistakes, but to learn from their mistakes instead.  We are starting a recording project on 4 September 2014, called The Recording Studio Project and our goal is produce a non commercial media project to include a CD and Community Oriented Movie to be filmed in Avon Park, dealing with the real life social issues of the day from AIDS to Drug use and criminalization of the black male.. It is called "Social Impact."

 

It is our goal to raise at least $10,000 for the closing show, but more is better. #1: We do not know if it will the PTS Movement, which would only require transportation and some equipment setup because events like this is what they are designed to present to,#2:  the participants of our recording studio project, #3: local entertainers or #4: some big name artist out to help a few needy kids the day after Black Friday.  Regardless we are committed to giving these kids something they will remember that is fun in closing to thank them for giving us a chance to save their lives.  Total Cost: $10,000

 

Total Food, Rent, Deposit & miscellaneous expenses= $3,000 + $2,500 + $550 Rent + $700 + $500 = $7,250. 

 

In-Kind Contributions:   Security is essential when dealing with crowds and especially when the majority of the crowd is 13-17 years old.  Therefore is our goal to recruit at least 15 adults to work as volunteers to maintain order during this event. Parents of these children are on the top of the list of invitations and well as member of the National Community Network, INC.

 

We will assign each person to 8 hours or 8 x 15 x $21.24 = $2,548.8 in Volunteerism based on Florida rates of $21.24 per hour.

 

Plus I will assign hour for those who help me plan and carryout the process of making this happen. 10 hours per week = 212.4 per week or $849.6 per month or about a total of 12 weeks or $10,195.20 total expenses of planning and carrying out our agenda.

 

In-kind Contributions = $12,744

Volunteer Perks: $50 per volunteer x 15 = $750

 

Insurance: $377.49

 

Liquor Insurance: $134.25

Liquor Liability Insurance: $243.24

Renters Insurance: $134.25

Liquor Liability Insurance: $243.24

Food and Supplies: $5,500

Rent and Deposit: $1,250

Volunteer Labor: $12,744 = Both Expenses and revenue to our organization

Entertainment: $10,000

Volunteer Perks and Food Catering Services: $750

Miscellaneous expenses: $500

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Minimum Total Costs: $31,071.49

Grant Request: $927.49

Admission if required:  $2,500 or $50 per admission for upstairs businessman, if we deem funding will be to hard to acquire for that purpose.

 

Program: Surviving in the Hood Presentation

 

A: We will target kids between the ages of 13-17, but will give and take a year or two both ways if necessary to reach our goal in number of participants.

 

B: We will update our database on all organizations and professionals who are involved in the fields of practice and research in AIDS, Educational Grants and Social and economic programs, Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention and treatment, employment and job opportunities and other ideas are welcome.

 

C:  Our main funding sources will be the many big corporation located on Highway 27, to include but not be limited to this list below.  Who will support local charities, where they do business.

 

 

D: We will sought after funding to carryout this event through organizations such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Magic Johnson Foundation, with a scope of a comprehensive agenda towards bringing AIDS research to Highlands County.  We will also do research on this area to insure the proper information is being transmitted and is condoned by our organization.  We do not want to post any disclaimers for our presenters. If necessary we will carryout this program within our organization's staff.

 

 

E: We will design a presentation that will help develop our youth into better and more responsible and productive individuals, by teaching them things in areas of AIDS/HIV facts verse myths, drug and alcohol abuse and prevention, understanding education as a requirement for economic growth, crime prevention techniques, how avoid peer pressure and whatever we can put together that will not require their attention span more past 2 hours and will deliver a meaningful and comprehensive message they will want to remember and therefore will remember and learn a lifelong  and live saving lesson.  We know they are kids and we feel if we highjack them for two hours or three hours of intense learning in a fund environment none school like but business like presentation with refreshments, they deserve at least some recreational activities.  We think catered food, live performance, and  professional instruction would be a fair payoffs for their undivided attention for 2 hours of their time, which may save their lives.

 

F: Upstairs we want to invite community leaders in the non profit and profit sector to both discuss a vision for our future Avon Park and our roles in it.  We will require non profit volunteers to man the doors and supervise these kids in the downstairs event and we will document and calculate all man-hours as revenue to our organization.

 

G: Funding Source for Upstairs: This will require about $50 per individual to provide professional catering services at a minimum or at least $2,500 to cover all costs.  Plus the same accommodations for our 15 volunteers for a total of 65+ people or 2,500 + $750 = $3,250.

 

We will announce four weeks in advance if possible our Agenda of discussion to be known prior to meeting date and time to assure total inclusion and participation in these meetings.

 

This funding resources will have to come from grants that are set aside to redevelop communities, create economic growth, feeding the hungry and many specific social issues that have Funders like AIDS, the marijuana dilemma and crime, we need grants designated towards community unification and planning and Main Street is CRA designated area.  Therefore our plan for community redevelopment and economic growth must include the Main Street CRA, the Airport and The SRA.

 

 

 

For all supporting documents presented please open attachment.

Rev. Frank Paul Jones aka Apostle Paul Castellano