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Non-profit Signs
  By Sean Kainec
Description: Design and paint signs for non-profit agencies.

Purpose: To spruce up the community and make connections between youth and community-
service agencies.

Suggested hours of credit: 5–8 hours

Materials (tools and materials) needed: Plywood, paint, brushes, paint thinner, signhanging
hardware

People needed

  Participants: 2–10 respondents

  Supervisors: 1–2 per group

Transportation: As needed

SUPERVISOR PREP

  1. Contact local non-profit agencies to arrange for sign painting.
  2. Contact businesses for donations of materials.
  3. Contact a local artist or school art department for help with sign design.
  4. Arrange a central location for designing and painting signs.
  5. Make sure respondents clean up after their work.
  6. When they have finished their project, respondents must complete the Stop and
    Thinkactivity and write an accurate record of their Hours Completed.
  7. Sign the supervisor Check Point.

Who to contact:  Non-profit agencies; school art department; local businesses

Optional:  Have respondents contact community groups and individuals. Learning how
to reach out to the community builds civic-participation skills.

Comments: Ask the non-profit agency to contribute sign-painting materials. If possible,
have respondents work at the non-profit site to get them acquainted with the work of a
community agency.

Project suggested by:  Owego Youth Services, (607) 687-2233

For Youth Instructions, see other side.


Name__________________________________________

YOUTH INSTRUCTIONS


Follow the Action Steps below to complete your Done in a Day project. Before you
begin, you will want to know:

  • Tasks—What needs to be done step-by-step?
  • Time Needed—How much time will each step take?
  • Who Does What—Who is going to do each task?

Important! You may need to complete more than one project to fulfill your youth court
assignment. Check with your supervisor.

ACTION STEPS

  1. Check with your project supervisor for time, place, tools and supplies you will need
    to design and paint signs for community-service agencies.
  2. Contact non-profit agency to determine what the sign should say (name, location,
    slogan, logo, etc.). When you work at the non-profit agency, you will get to meet the
    people who work there. Ask them what they do for the community.
  3. Install the sign.
  4. Clean up after your work. Don’t take away from the job you have done by leaving a
    mess of your own!
  5. When you have finished your project, complete the Stop and Thinkactivity. Keep a
    record of the Hours Completed, the time you spent working on the project.
  6. Have your supervisor sign the Check Point.

STOP AND THINK

  • What did you do today?


  • What did you learn about your community?


  • What did you learn about yourself?


  • If you worked as a team, did you work well together? Why or why not?


  • How could you do this project better next time?

Check Point     Hours Completed__________

________________________________ _______________________
(Supervisor Signature) (date)


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