MAD- Warrior

The solution our group came up with was to create a “Confidence Carnival” outside of Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for patients and their families throughout the Delaware community. The carnival is a special day devoted to building confidence in patients. The day would include having celebrity speakers visiting the patients. Visitors would include well known athletes at the University of Delaware such as football players. This will show the devotion that our schools athletic program has to bettering the community. Another visitor would include the recent recipient of Miss Delaware. The confidence that Miss Delaware embodies will be a great influence on the children. Besides the speakers, a field day with sports and activities will prove to the children they are just like every other kid. Our targeted age group will be children in middle school and high school. These are the children who most need a confidence boost. The confidence carnival will take place at the Alfred I. DuPont Children’s Hospital.
We estimated that 1000 people would attend our event between the hours of 12-3 on a Saturday. Using 1000 people as guidance, we estimated costs for: tents ($650), custodian services ($450), stage and sound equipment ($1200), tables and chairs ($350), projector and screen rental ($150), decorations ($600), 8 port-a-potties ($1000), video game rentals ($400), and beauty supplies ($400). The total equipment cost will be $5200. The food costs will include: 25 cases of water ($200), 50 cases of soda ($150), 600 hamburgers and rolls ($750), 600 hotdogs and rolls ($500), 100 veggie burgers and rolls ($80), popcorn and machine ($100), cotton candy and machine ($150), 30 boxes of cookies ($100), paper plates, cups, napkins, utensils, condiments ($250), and miscellaneous food and supplies ($350). Total food cost is $2630 and the total cost for the event is $7830. We will need to receive funding to cover these expenses. Funding will include government grants, corporate grants, individual donations, and corporate sponsors.
Volunteers will consist of athletes, fraternities, sororities, and clubs at the University of Delaware as well as any other members of the community. Besides volunteers, we need celebrities, athletes, and heroes to be guest speakers. We also need the children and their families to want to attend our event. Our program will benefit everyone involved; volunteers and speakers will feel fulfilled for helping children and the children and their families will gain confidence. Most notably, the children participating in the program take away important lessons from the day. By seeing that there are other kids going though similarly difficult situations, they will be reassured that they are not alone. The celebrity visits will make them feel special and boost their confidence.
Our plan would fail if we cannot get funding, volunteers, speakers, or children to attend. We will encourage children to come and volunteers to help by advertising our event through UD and nurses and guidance offices in middle schools and high schools. We believe that as long as people know about our event, they will want to attend or volunteer. We want this event to be so successful that it continues every year.