Participant Analysis of Charity Walk

thespian Analysis of Charity WalkService Learning Project2014 Dalton Walk to determination Alzheimers envisionCarrie HatcherI decided to work with the Alzheimers link for my do learning project beca typify it is an organization that has do a huge difference in the local community where I live and also my family has been stirred by Alzheimers in the past. I wanted to work with an organization that strives to make not scarce a difference in the lives of volume who suffer from Alzheimers but also in the lives of the caregivers of the patients. I re all t sure-enough(a)y like the moto that is used for the offer e trulyone has a reason to strait and that to me is true. E reallyone knows of someone that is affected in some way by Alzheimers disease. Even if you befool not been personally affected by Alzheimers you know someone who has or someone who is a caregiver to a patient with Alzheimers.My intent with this project was to show how far people are willing to travel, from w here they live, to participate in the 2014 Dalton Walk to End Alzheimers. After talking with the director of the Alzheimers office I fix out that they were also provoke in finding out some other demographics about their passing players so I also have included within the project factors to look at such as the male to female balance of the mountain pass participants as well as the old ages of the walk participants. To complete this project I worked as a volunteer for the walk and administered a survey as the walkers signed in that squirrel awayed demographics such as the home fasten code, age of the walker and if the walker was male or female. The three statute mile walk took place on September 27th and the starting point for the 2014 Dalton Walk to End Alzheimers was the parking lot of the historic Dalton Depot. The streets of downtown Dalton were blocked for the walk and the walk was escorted by the local Dalton city police department through the streets in town. My work as a volunteer started hours before the walk actually started. I arrived early to work with the other volunteers to overhaul set up various tables and assistant with other set up duties before the walkers started to arrive. When the walkers started arriving I started collecting my data for my project through the use of the survey at the sign in table. I am glad that I decided to go with using a survey to collect data instead of walking around with a metre board like I had thought about doing because I soon realized that the walk becomes very hectic and chaotic once the walkers start arriving. If I had not used a survey to collect the data from each walker as they signed in then I feel positive(p) that I would have missed a lot of the walkers and would not have been able to collect veracious and complete data. After the regist ration and sign in was complete and the demographic data had been collected I continued to work as a volunteer at the tongueless auction table. Working the silent auction table was a new experience for me. Trying to help keep track of the walkers bids was challenging but fun at the same cartridge holder. The silent auction was a very successful part of the walk this year. The Silent auction alone brought in over $800 for the Alzheimers Association. The walk was more like a block party than a walk to raise money and sensation of Alzheimers disease. There was live entertainment, a bake sale, silent auction and a BBQ lunch was interchange by the Dalton Depot restaurant with the proceeds discharge to the Alzheimers Association. There was also a particular(a) appearance by the 2009 Miss Tennessee, Stefanie Wittler. Different v stopping pointors were also on hand to help raise knowingness of the resources available to the caregivers of the patients with Alzheimers. There was one accident at the walk and after talking with the director of the walk I found out that the accident was the first one to happen at a walk for as long as she had been the director. After the walk I also helped with the clean-up of the area and the breakdown of the tables and decorations. I also helped to deliver the walk materials back to the local office in Dalton and continued to work in the office serving the staff count and sort the money that was collected and verifying donations that were received. In all on the day of the walk I volunteered 8 hours and then spent an additional 5 hours going through the surveys and analyzing the data collected and creating a map showing the cities that people traveled from to participate in the Dalton Walk to End Alzheimers and then creating a report to give to the Alzheimers office.I discovered some interesting facts and observations from the data that I collected and the Alzheimers office was interested as well. The total number of the walkers at the 2014 Dalton Walk to End Alzheimers was 227 and out of that number 32 were volunteers that contributed their day to help make the walk a success. The walk was dominated by females as the total number of walkers that were male numbered 52 whereas the total numbers of females were 175. So the male to female ratio of the walkers was 13 or three female walkers for every one male walker registered in the walk. I found this fact interesting that the majority of the walkers were female and that more males were not interested in participating in the walk. Out of the 227 walk participants 179 were adults and 48 were children. The average age of the walkers was 38 old age old with the oldest walker being 83 years old and the youngest walker being 2 years old. I enjoyed seeing the youngest and smallest walker that even though was unregistered brought a lot of joy and excitement to the walk. She was 2 months old and came with her mom in her very own tiny walk tee shirt. I found out from the surveys that the person that traveled the farthest to participate in the walk came from Cumming, atomic number 31 which is 86.44 miles from Dalton, gallium. Also, the average miles that people traveled from their home zip code to participate in the walk was 39 miles. At the end of this report I have included three tables from the survey data that show walk participants zip codes and mileage traveled, the number of male and female walkers and the ages of the walk participants. I have also included the map that shows the cities that people traveled from to participate in the walk.I enjoyed this volunteer experience and I feel that it taught me a lot about the demographics and hard work of hosting fund raising walks. I already knew what services the Alzheimers Association provided but I did not realize how more work went into each fundraiser that they do. You would think that when you go through of a fund raising walk that it would not take a lot of work to co-ordinate and host the walk to be able collect the donations. I was wrong To hold one of these walks in that respect is an amazing effort put forth not only by the staff of the Alzheimers Association but also by the board of trustees and the numerous volunteers that devote their day and sacrifice their time to help make this walk a success. When you think of volunteers for an event you think of someone who is just giving of their time and not personally connected to the event. However, the majority of the volunteers that I encountered at the 2014 Dalton Walk to End Alzheimers devote not only their time but also have a personal connection to the Alzheimers Association as well. They truly believe in the Alzheimers Association and want to be a part of making a difference in the lives of the patients with Alzheimers as well as helping the caregivers of the patients to cope with the day to day struggles that they encounter as the Alzheimers disease progresses within their loved ones. This service learning project was a wonderful and enjoyable experience for me and it helped to open my eyes and helped me to realize how much work, dedication, sacrifice an d love goes into coordinating, participating and hosting a fund raising walk that is truly successful in more ways that just monetary.Acworth, Georgia (58.25miles)7Adairsville, Georgia (32.21 miles)3Ball Ground, Georgia (55.24 miles)4Calhoun, Georgia (21.47 miles)11Canton, Georgia (63.82 miles)8Chatsworth, Georgia (12.72 miles)17Chattanooga, Tennessee (32.55 miles)4Chickamauga, Georgia (27.56 miles)6Cohutta, Georgia (15.10 miles)7Collegedale, Tennessee (36.08 miles)1Cumming, Georgia (86.44 miles)1Dalton, Georgia (0 miles)94Ellijay, Georgia (36.88 miles)4Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia (24.49 miles)14Jasper, Georgia (48.86 miles)8LaFayette, Georgia (27.06 miles)2Marietta, Georgia (71.88 miles)1Mineral Bluff, Georgia (59.08 miles)2Oolewah, Tennessee (26.96 miles)1Ringgold, Georgia (15.66 miles)10Rock Springs, Georgia (20.99 miles)2Rome, Georgia (48.05 miles)4Rossville, Georgia (26.89 miles)5Sugar Valley, Georgia (20.68 miles)1Summerville, Georgia (39.94 miles)2Talking Rock, Georgia (42.96 mi les)5Woodstock, Georgia (71.73 miles)3Table 1 Walk participants zip codes and distances in parenthesis from each city to Dalton, Georgia young-bearing(prenominal)175Male52Table 2 Gender of walk participants0-10 years of age1911-20 years of age2921-30 years of age4931-40 years of age3841-50 years of age4351-60 years of age2561-70 years of age2171-80 years of age281-90 years of age1Table 3 Age of walk participants1