Since today was "think day" I spent most of my time wandering around the city, just looking and watching. And the more I looked around, the more things I saw could be fixed - such as graffiti on the walls that needed to be painted over or houses that needed to be fixed up. Then I went about figuring out how they could be changed, and what I came up with was through youth volunteers.
You see, most of my issues with coming up with an idea were the things that I wanted to help find solutions for. I knew that my main focus was on Education - more importantly, the youth that are being left to sit at home alone or find their way outside and into gangs. I wanted to be able to fill that "unused" time with something. But what? And how?
There are "Boys and Girls" Clubs around here. Even some Community Centers in the city. But those are, more often then not, uninhabited by those they are meant to service. The problem is that they just do not offer what their target market is looking for - a way out.
The image that came to my head on an almost constant basis was that of a kid looking for some studio time in order to record a few songs. Maybe he or she was too young to get a job or just wasn't able to transport him or herself too and from a job. Whatever the case was I came to the conclusion that it could be possible, through community service, to earn enough "credits" to get that studio time.
That's when I came up with this:
http://s857.photobucket.com/albums/ab137/EDog_2010/Change%20for%20C...It is a simple concept, really. Go around to sporting events or any one of the many events that are going on in this city at any given time and collect spare change in order help finance the "rewards" given to those who earn enough "credits" to take part in an activity of their choosing.
You give something, you get something. Seemed logical enough.
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