Profile of a Volunteer

The organization I chose to talk about is "A Child's Haven". They are located in Greenville, SC. There

purpose is to provides therapeutic intervention and prevention services for families and their young children who experience developmental delays as a result of abuse, neglect or poverty. When you choosing a voluteer I chose to an organzitation that I had never heard of before and that was local. On there website that has a section their that says voluteers. In this section it did not list an one voluteer but the did list the areas that a voluteer would be needed. Some of these areas are:

Tuesday Evening Childcare 5:30-7:30

Donations Sorting

Provide Children's Meal - Tuesday & Thursday Evenings

Host a donation drive

This organzation holds a annual "Holiday Happy Hour". This is a time when all families, workers and voluteers come together and celebrate the holidays. At this time you have the opportunity to sponsor a child or a familiy that is apart of this organzation.

I really enjoyed learning about this organziation.

website:
http://www.achildshaven.org/who-we-are

The organization I chose to talk about is "A Child's Haven". They are located in Greenville, SC. There

purpose is to provides therapeutic intervention and prevention services for families and their young children who experience developmental delays as a result of abuse, neglect or poverty. When you choosing a voluteer I chose to an organzitation that I had never heard of before and that was local. On there website that has a section their that says voluteers. In this section it did not list an one voluteer but the did list the areas that a voluteer would be needed. Some of these areas are:

Tuesday Evening Childcare 5:30-7:30

Donations Sorting

Provide Children's Meal - Tuesday & Thursday Evenings

Host a donation drive

This organzation holds a annual "Holiday Happy Hour". This is a time when all families, workers and voluteers come together and celebrate the holidays. At this time you have the opportunity to sponsor a child or a familiy that is apart of this organzation.

I really enjoyed learning about this organziation.

website:
http://www.achildshaven.org/who-we-are

Using Social Media to Get Connected

Provide a brief overview of your past and present experience with social media.


I don't have a lot of experience with social media. I have experienced more information of blogging since being at Walden. I see how a blog allows you to share information in an informal way that reaches a global audience. I also use facebook to stay connected to the world around me. I see how people use facebook as a networking tool that allows one to express themselves and get a response from may different people. This is a good way to have a forum. On facebook you can advertise and hold a forum on this site and anyone that is on facebook can be apart. Another tool that I have recently learned to use if YouTube. I notice that people  use this place as a free networking tool that also reaches many.

Describe what social media tools you feel lend themselves to effective advocacy.

I feel that out of those media tools listed about I would probably use blogging as a way to reach people pertaing to the issue of childhood obesity. I feel that blogging allows you to film yourself and to give people access to the information that you have shared.

Identify how you might use these social media tools to educate and inspire others in your advocacy work.

I would hold forum and also marketing comericals that can direct watches to other researches that have been done by me and others that have research the issue of childhood obesity.

Ask your colleagues for their suggestions and/or their help with using social media as a tool to promote advocacy efforts.

What are some social media that you have used that could benefit my advocacy position?

"Advocacy Messages"

When completing this assignment I decided to find advertising campaigns that also include some form  of imagery. In advertising our campaigns as advocates we have to remember to target all types of audiences. Some people are not able to read and they should not be left out of the information that is being shared. That is why I feel as advocates we have to keep all people in mind and remember that everyone is not like us and we have to meet people were they are. As an advocate I believe one of the great attributes are to me a servant. In serving putting people before us.

I chose two video campaigns that visually catch attention of parents.

 

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"Kiss on the Head"
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"Unwatch"
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"Talk to My Kids"
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In these ads it catches the eye of the target populatoin and it then gives them a reference to were they can go for more information. I feel that the visual catches their eyes and then they are able to choose if they would like to learn more.




Reference:

http://www.commonsensemedia.org/ads

"My Own Capacity"

Which issues impacting young children and their families and/or the field of early childhood fuel your passion?

The field that really fuels my passion is infants and toddlers and also foster care. I feel that I have a direct passion for this age range. I specifically appreciate this age range because this is the most influential time in a child's life. In this time a child can learn so much from speaking to walking. Also they learn how to build relationships. I want to advocate for families with children this age so that I can be a point of contact for information and resources they can use in ensuring that there children get a good start. I also love with a passion fostering children. I know for sure that I will foster and also have a children's home for foster children. Fostering children is something that I have desired as a young child. I feel that the love I received must be shared with others.

What special skills do you have that will contribute to your advocacy efforts? How will you incorporate these skills into your work?

I feel that the skills that I am learning in this class will be the skills that I combine with the passion I have for the issue associated with fostering children. In this class I have learned how to find issues pertaining to early childhood development. I have learned different strategies to address the issues and I have also learned how to research previous research pertaining to the issues that I will address as an advocate. All of these things are important to understand as an early childhood advocate. Another skill that I feel is important is to socialize with people in the communities around us to listen for issues that are pertaining to early childhood development and with that choose the direction of advocacy I can go in.


What resources do you have at your disposal that can benefit your advocacy work?

Two resources that I will use is: Zero to Three's website and also NAEYC resources that are made available on their website. Through out my journey at Walden I have learned many things pertaining to different subjects in the early childhood field.

What knowledge, skills, dispositions, and/or talents do you possess that will contribute to your advocacy work?

The one thing that I feel will help me in my advocacy journey is the desire to help the people around me. I feel that as a advocate I only task is to help address that issue of choice to ultimately makes someone life better.

In what ways do you hope to grow in order to be a more effective advocate?

I would love to learn about more advocates that are addressing the issue of fostering children and the effects of foster children.