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Post by Rob on Nov 14, 2010 19:06:05 GMT -5
Let's talk. I know it's calmed down this fall, but back in the summer the talk of "we don't do anything and we won't do anything" was running wild. If you hadn't joined yet, well... lucky you! I'd like to finally make a blatantly obvious thread (THIS ONE) to discuss real world projects to help in our local communities (or even larger communities). I want to not only hear ideas for projects but ideas about what KINDS of projects you could/would actually do. I want discussion, people. And I want it now. Let's take the first steps to make a real difference in our world. We may not have written down a noble cause yet, but we certainly all have the general idea that we want to help better our world in some way. I'd also like to (sometime soon) host a live show purely focused on this discussion. Please let me know what days/times are best and which timezone you are in. Post your real world project ideas AND your honest thoughts on whether or not you would actually come through were a cool project to start.
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Post by Camoon on Nov 14, 2010 20:23:58 GMT -5
WHOOP!
I love you in a manly way rob. (Is there any other way?)
An idea: Buy a homeless person a Christmas gift day.
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Post by qooqǝɯɐƃ on Nov 15, 2010 1:25:40 GMT -5
Well the project would depend on the cause. The cause could be a fundraiser for charity, or a something like a positive prank or maybe something else...
In the case of a fundraiser you could do something as basic as a bake sale or a walk (like they do for breast cancer awareness).
And ideas for positive pranks might be ... I don't know, go wild.
Anyways, I think if we're going to be doing real life community projects then members and their friends in the city should get together and those groups can decide on their causes and make up their own projects. And this board would serve as a place for ideas.
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Post by Camoon on Nov 15, 2010 11:27:32 GMT -5
I'm just gonna go ahead and start a new thread for "National buy a homeless person a Christmas present day".
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Post by Kevak on Nov 16, 2010 2:30:36 GMT -5
We don't have that many homeless people here... at least those that you can see. I mean, we have people without homes, but they're not on streets holding sings or anything like that
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Post by austkyzor on Nov 16, 2010 16:51:40 GMT -5
Regularly donating blood counts, right? If so - way ahead of ya
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Post by Lyserg Zeroz on Nov 17, 2010 17:12:55 GMT -5
{Well, since you asked: My timezone is GMT-4, currently observing DST. My best times are at almost any point after 5PM on weekdays and at almost any point not to extremely late on weekends} The homeless christmas thing sounds cool, but it might be hard for me, since there's really not that much homeless people onmy neighborhood. Hmm... There is some "Have you seen this dog" kind of posters on my neighborhood. What about doing a dog search day. There's not much you really need for this (maybe a bike) besides time. And sometimes people offer rewards in money, which could be used to donate to charities. About the blood. I can't do that yet :/ Anybody knows how many days left until the end of Dan's road trip? And anybody knows which city is the most likely to have more people?. ... I think I have an idea. What about a task like this: "I don't know how much time's left until the end of the road trip. Nor do I know when and where there is going to be a good amount of people attending to any of the gatherings to make this work, but I think I can still attempt to make you attempt this: At the end of one or more gatherings (chosen by you, based on your convenience and estimated amount of people attending, or whatever you want), together, with the pogotribers and/or brownies and/or labelless people attending, go all (who can) to donate your blood. This can also be expanded to everyone, even people who have no idea who you are, simply by making a facebook group/event. On facebook it would be better to make the event start at the time the gathering ends , so that people who don't know the pogotribe won't be so lost about what's happening when they get there, also, the facebook group/event doesn't need to be made by you, it can be made by viewers who will attend the gathering." Any thoughts on that^? Corrections, suggestions? If not, I'm going to propose that on two or three hours. EDIT: revision3.com/dan30/task/road-trip-pogotribe-and-dan-for-blood-donaton-
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Post by Speckley on Nov 19, 2010 21:18:49 GMT -5
Giving blood. Volunteering. (Food banks, soup kitchens, picking up litter, etc.) Giving things to people who need them. (Clothes, food, etc.)
If I had the time for a cool project, I would definitely join in.
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Post by SwimFellow on Nov 19, 2010 22:38:12 GMT -5
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Post by cmc413 (aka Chrissy) on Nov 21, 2010 15:01:09 GMT -5
I would want to join in if we can come up with a cool project. The only thing is I'm not sure if I would be able to donate blood (minimum weight requirement) but if I'm eligible I think I could get over any possible squeamishness to save (or help) someone's life.
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Post by kdphilosophy on Nov 21, 2010 15:14:12 GMT -5
I was going to try to start a club at my college which I was going to use in part better the community.
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Post by UnfairBear on Nov 23, 2010 13:59:34 GMT -5
hmmmm..
ok. bear(rawr) with me here.
What if everyone picks a charity. It could be a local charity, it could be a national one, a global one, whatever. Anything they like. There could be a part of everyones profile where they can put the name of their charity. Then when things like this come up, suggestions for things you can do, everyone can translate the suggestions into something they can do for their own charity.
For example Cameron's idea of giving a gift to a homeless person. Maybe if you charity was a Dog Rescue Organisation you could bring some doggie toys to their shelter. If it was a child services organisation you could buy a present for one of the kids they support.
I think doing this could be interesting cuz that way we're kind of all on the same page but we're still all doing completely different and personalised things and it'll encourage us to be creative. There could be like, a task a week that we can do for our charities and then we can post about what we did.
thoughts?
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Post by cmc413 (aka Chrissy) on Nov 23, 2010 15:04:01 GMT -5
Unfairbear-
This sounds like a pretty good idea, since not everyone would be dedicated to helping the same charities, but most people here want to help at least one charity of their choice. I like the example of the "give a present to a homeless person" idea because there were people who weren't so interested in giving presents to homeless people, but they might be interested in giving presents to other organizations, like Toys for Tots or their local animal shelter.
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Post by austkyzor on Nov 24, 2010 21:30:48 GMT -5
UnfairBearI like that idea. It certainly is a doable project. for one thing - you could tie it into other projects. For example: I don't know about other countries, but the Canadian Blood Services has this thing where you can name a person or organization for whom you're making your donation in honour of. So, if I made a donation in honour of the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario - everybody who enters that clinic will see it. I suppose the desired result would be to raise awareness towards that particular organization. So, if I made a donation in honour of a lesser known charity (at least, lesser known in my area) - it'd raise awareness towards it - perhaps get people to research it. Sorry if that didn't make much sense - I'm bad at explaining. It's basically a raise-awareness thing.
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Post by Sean on Dec 1, 2010 14:57:41 GMT -5
Where I live I have never heard of Food banks or Soup kitchens... Is it a job, in a warehouse or something?
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Post by Rob on Dec 1, 2010 22:53:42 GMT -5
A soup kitchen is a place where homeless people and those who are less-fortunate can go for a free meal.
Food banks are places where people donate non-perishable food items to give out to the homeless and those who are less-fortunate.
I'd be incredibly surprised if such places did not exist where you live, Sean.
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Post by qooqǝɯɐƃ on Dec 2, 2010 0:41:07 GMT -5
A soup kitchen is a place where homeless people and those who are less-fortunate can go for a free meal. Food banks are places where people donate non-perishable food items to give out to the homeless and those who are less-fortunate. I'd be incredibly surprised if such places did not exist where you live, Sean. Hence, you "Doubt It!"
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Post by Rob on Dec 5, 2010 15:36:28 GMT -5
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Post by idoknow on Dec 5, 2010 16:07:40 GMT -5
we should totally do the buy a homeless a gift day its an amazing idea
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Post by Linus on Dec 5, 2010 16:46:42 GMT -5
A "real world project", for me, isn't for pogotribians to, alone, try to engage in local community charity/help-the-less-fortunate/whatever. A lot of people do that; there's nothing revolutionary about that, and it will certainly not make an impact. Also, the way in which the previous posters have just stated "We should do this, and this" is no different from what things have been before.
We need to RETHINK around the whoooooole project management thing. We need to GATHER up TOGETHER, based around project ideas we are willing to participate in, and pull them through, in the real world. So instead of stating what you think you and others should do INDIVIDUALLY, like "give a homeless person a christmas gift" or whatever, try to start a project in which you gather up with pogotribians in your general area. If we do not move the activity outside the internet, into the real world, THERE WILL NEVER BE A (truly) SUCCESSFUL PROJECT.
The problem that the group wants to solve must be well defined (which is impossible to do if you're trying to gather people from around the whole effing world), and the results must be measurable (like, how are you going to measure the "amount of happiness" or whatever you may have increased when you give a bunch of homeless people a christmas gift?). There must be a follow-up, like a survey amongst the homeless or whatever, and unless you have a physical group to work with, that could never be pulled through correctly. Also, people will never stay motivated unless they feel they are part of such physical group, and all that comes with it ("positive peer pressure", the feeling that you are part of a group and that you're actually doing something that is real, etc. psychological things you can never accomplish with a group consisting of a bunch of screen names on a computer screen).
And I'm not saying EVERYONE have to do this. At the moment, it is most important to have like one successful project like this, and after that people will have an example project to form their own around. It could be anything, like... I don't know, opening (earlier in this thread) proposed soup kitchen, and through that making x amount of homeless peoples' lives a little bit better, a local impact that you can actually SEE and HEAR.
I feel like I'm just rambling right now, but the important thing is: we need to MOVE THE ACTIVITY OUTSIDE OF THE INTERNET, and work physically together, or this community will remain to stomp current ground.
... I'm just sayin'.
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