1. By: Karissa Barrera, Stephanie Lytle, Marium Haneef, and Phillip Holme YOUTH LIFT SERVICE LEADERSHIP PROJECT

2. BY HELPING HOMELESS CHILDREN GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL, YOUTH LIFT INCREASES PROSPECTS FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE.

3. Other Research  Non-profit Volunteers  Similar organizations effectiveness  Raising money  Recruiting Volunteers  Fundraising  How to improve ^^ Our Findings from  Thick description- comments and feedback from interviews  Our own effectiveness  Results from awareness raising  Change in kids?  Approach toward education/goals?  Youth LIFT effectiveness in the past: graduation rates, grade improvement, resources RESEARCH

4.  What we did:  Supervised fieldtrip to Spiff’s World Fair  Exposure to diversity and different cultures  Supervised/solicited business to acquire fieldtrip to Great Explorations:  Established business relationship with Great Explorations to benefit future endeavors  Awarded 10 tickets ($100 value)  Helped cultivate interest in science and experimentation (Dexter’s Lab)  Raised awareness  Passed out approx. 70 brochures in the downtown area to local businesses and people METHODOLOGY

5.  Results/Raw Data: “Quotations from kids about loving us and the fieldtrips and being totally excited about science and learning and stuff.” –Kids  Successes of Youth LIFT in the past  Any response from awareness-raising  Tickets/Business relations for future opportunities FINDINGS

6.  What do the data mean:  How do they answer our questions: DISCUSSION

7.  What we would do differently:  Establish long-term volunteers  Recruiting volunteers  Adding Youth LIFT to recommended list of organizations to volunteer at  Future projects that build upon our work:  Bake sale  Building relationships with churches in the community: Soliciting churches to raise money and gain volunteers and transportation  Build relationship with local businesses CONCLUSIONS

8. Ten Tickets from Great Explorations ($100 value)  Opened business relationship that creates future opportunities for children in Youth Lift to experience Great Explorations. ~70 brochures passed out in Downtown St. Pete  We planted the seed to grow awareness during National Hunger and Homeless Awareness Week. DATA AND CONCLUSION