Chris' venture seeks to transform the way schools, student groups, and community organizations, recruit students for community and school events. Currently, events are publicized using traditional marketing: posters, flyers, and school announcements. These old ways are ineffective and leave youth disconnected. Using a technology-based platform, this App will more effectively distribute event information making volunteering simple and easy through mobile reminders and notifications.
Chris aims to solve the massive disconnect between connecting youth with the needs of their school and community. There is a tremendous amount of students who would love to get involved with their community and help, but do not volunteer because they are unaware of where the opportunities are due to poor advertising done through posters and word of mouth. These archaic forms of advertising do not have the capability of reaching a large amount of people. It's time to move into the 21st century.
The App will use technology to mobilize youth to take action at a local level and be community changemakers. The system allows community and school event information to be managed and distributed in one central location. Event organizers will be able to target communications with students who care simply by sending out mobile notifications and posting activities on shared calendars. This process will make it significantly easier for people to access information and activate change.
This venture takes a giant step forward in repairing the information disconnect prohibiting millions of youth from serving their school and community. With this new, more effective way to volunteer, students can get involved in causes they are passionate about and make a difference in the world. Our long-term impact goal is to be one of the main driving forces of change among high school and college students, ultimately increasing the amount of young volunteers investing in their community.
