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Title SAVAN CLEAN-UP & RESTORATION PROJECT

Location Savan Basketball Court

Beneficiaries Residents of Savan, St. Thomas US VI Community

Partners

(In addition to this

list of partners, we

have a running

database of

individual

sponsors)

Lead Organization Community Action NOW! Inc. www.communityactionnow.org

Nonprofit

Organizations

Environmental Association of St. Thomas, St. John www.eastvi.org

Sankofa Saturdays www.daramonifah.com

Committed

Government

Agencies

Department of Economic Development

UVI Cooperative Extension Office

Committed

Corporate Entities

Carty’s Trucking & Trash Removal Service, Pate’Mon, Muhammad Juices

Proposed Partners Waste Management, Department of Parks & Recs…underway, this list is updated daily.

Duration The initial project will take 3 weeks. July 9-25, 2015

Budget

$48,000 EST. Funding sources are currently being researched.

Some funding opportunities may be presented in the form of in-kind donation of services and/or products.

Priority Issue Solid waste disposal and beautification of the Savan Community

Goal

The goal is to re-awaken a sense of pride among the residents of the Savan Community.

Objective(s)

1. Educate residents on the history of Savan, and the importance of preserving it.

2. Raise the level of awareness among Virgin Islanders, specifically Savaneros, about dumping waste, littering and crime in

Savan.

3. Involve residents and community partners in removing trash from within the community.

4. Involve residents in creating and maintaining a community garden.

5. Provide skilled volunteers to assist in light repairs and beautification of homes in the area. Written permission from owners is

required.

6. Provide residents with onsite resources of services.

7. Create community a watch program led by community residents in partnership with local law enforcement agency.

8. Provide a re-dedication of the Savan Community to the Savan residents by elected officials.

9. Mobilize local nonprofit organizations; begin providing services and implementing programs within Savan.

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Activities

Research, identify and document areas of need via visual images. Create an online presence via social media showcasing the areas of identified need in Savan and to stimulate interest and

create awareness of community needs. Hold community meetings in Savan to gather a sense of community needs from local residents.

Implement beginning stages of community garden-identify location, secure volunteers to manage location and obtain

approval for site via the Cooperative Extension.

Involve the media, invite media from the beginning stages throughout duration of project implementation.

Action Items: We need to fully discuss and share the proposal with the above mentioned community partners, specifically the lead partners identified to include: Department of Economic Development, Department of Parks & Recreation, UVI Cooperative Extension, Sankofa Saturdays and E.A.S.T. We must secure written commitments from all partners as well as written commitments from other community partners providing services and/or products to further this project’s mission. All written commitments are due no later than Friday June 19, 2015.

The Savan Basketball court must be reserved via Dept. of Parks & Rec. We will need to reserve for July 8-25th

(I have contacted Ms. Dewitt at this office and will follow up with the assistance commissioner of this dept. on 5/20/15.)

We will need to check for special events permitting if required.

Public Safety must be onsite during the entire duration of project.

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WEEK 1

EDUCATIONAL

SERIES

DATE:

JULY 9-11

TIME:

TBA

# OF

VOLUNTEERS

NEEDED:

TBA

Lead Organization Economic Development Office

OVERVIEW

This component will be handled by the Economic Development office. This office will provide a 3-day educational series on the

history of Savan and provide an open forum for discussion on Savan. This event is scheduled to take place on July 9-11th. Location

and time are TBA.

Specific logistics of event, TBA

Contact Person(s): Nadine Marchena Keen or Raheem Smith 770.714.1700

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WEEK 2

CLEAN-UP

DATE:

JULY 13-17

TIME:

7AM-12PM

# OF

VOLUNTEERS

NEEDED:

100

Lead Organization Community Action NOW! Inc.

www.communityactionnow.org

OVERVIEW

This component will be led by Community Action NOW! In partnership with community partners.

DAY 1 (7-8am) Volunteer orientation- BASKETBALL COURT, lower court.

(8-12pm) Area of primary focus: Savan Ghut. All volunteers will be dispatched to remove trash from GHUT area.

Day 2-4-Volunteers will be dispatched in groups of 10 to cover the areas identified below:

Additional area of focus. The general clean-up zone in common area starts from the top of Hill Street @ The Danish Chalet going

down the stairs located directly across from Danish Chalet straight down and ending at the beginning of the Market Square. Starting

at the Danish Chalet making a left down Hill Street reaching every street leading down towards and passing Jane E.Tuitt to include

basketball court, behind court leading back around going towards the old Red Ball and ending at the beginning of the Market

Square. We are removing trashing from common areas ONLY, unless written permission is granted by home owner. (Private

property, with written permission, will be assisted only if property is in SEVERE need of assistance.)

ACTION ITEMS

Orientation must provide continental b-fast for volunteers. (Bagel, fruit and coffee/tea) – must be set-up by 6am. Need in-

kind donation of for breakfast for 100 volunteers.

Local law enforcement unit must be onsite during clean-up project

Paramedic/Fire unit must be onsite at all times during clean-up

Materials Needed

o Gloves for volunteers (At least 2,000 pairs in various sizes)

o Safety vests for volunteers- 250–one size fits all

o Standard Litter pick-up tool – 150

o Rakes- 20

o Trash Bags – 600 heavy duty bags

o Bottled water – 1,800 bottles of water (3 bottles per volunteer per day)

o Energy bars – 1,500 servings

o Fruit- Bananas, Mangoes, etc. for 1,000 servings (200 per day)

Contact Person(s) Iffat M. Walker, National Chapter

Jayson Wimberly, Local Chapter Chair C.A.N.

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SATURDAY

FAMILY FUN

DAY

DATE

JULY 18

TIME

10AM-2PM

#OF

VOLUNTEERS

NEEDED

20

OVERVIEW

This component will be led by Community Action NOW! In partnership with E.A.S.T.

One on one basketball tournament will be used as main attraction (we can use local youth teams and/or local talent to market this

day).

Keep in mind this is the VI Music fest weekend so we can also use local artists that will be on the island to support this event.

DJ (must have PA system w/microphone) – local radio station is preferred

Children’s games, clown, face painting, carnival games like sack hop

Pop corn and cotton candy vendor, snow cones etc. (mostly food vendors giving out samples)

Free hotdogs and drinks for community - We can use local elected officials to grill hot dogs and give out to community

members (beef and turkey hot dogs only), it would be good to have salt fish pate’ as well for vegetarians. This community

has a large population of vegetarians and vegans.

Onsite will be youth focused organizations (10 total)

In addition, we will have a fire truck onsite allowing children to view the fire truck and take pictures with firemen.

The Fire Unit will also provide free fire detectors for homes.

A Police Unit will be onsite with free giveaways for community members including information on how to start a

community watch program.

Action Items:

All vendors must be set-up no later than 8:30 a.m. Set-up begins at 7:00 a.m.

Clean-up must begin promptly at 12:00pm and completed by 1pm. A committee must be set up specifically for this. (Vendor

packet will be forwarded by Community Action NOW Inc. to each vendor).

All vendors must provide written confirmation of commitment. In-kind donations from each vendor must accommodate at

least 100 people per vendor. Vendors are encouraged to provide sample portions of food donations.

If vendors require electricity, they must provide their own generators.

Vendor tables are not to exceed 4 feet in length.

Parking must be considered and coordinated with Jane E.Tuitt Elementary School.

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WEEK 3

RESTORATION

DATE:

JULY 20-24

TIME:

7AM-12PM

# OF

VOLUNTEERS

NEEDED:

50

OVERVIEW

This component will be led by Community Action NOW! In

partnership with the Economic Development Empowerment Zone,

Sankofa Saturdays and UVI Cooperative Extension Office.

Skilled volunteers and companies providing in-kind donations

of services are needed.

o Volunteers in this area include community citizens,

painters, carpenters, electricians and companies such as

HOME DEPOT and other hardware stores.

Food vendors as volunteers are also needed to provide

in-kind donations of food for volunteers.

UVI Cooperative Extension will provide onsite assistance in the

development of a community garden as a component of the restoration

project. The location is currently pending submission for final

approval. Should UVI’s Cooperative extension find another location

within the community that is best fit for a community garden, the

community garden will be located at that site.

The current proposed site is located at the Savan BasketBall court in

the upper court area. See addendum starting on page 13.

The garden will be maintained by community members. The primary

contact and volunteer for the Community Garden is Mr. Nixon

Andrew, Garden Committee Chair. Mr. Nixon resides in the Savan

area. Currently, he holds an undergraduate degree in Agriculture, has

expressed his passion for gardening and would like to obtain

additional training opportunities. We believe Mr. Andrew is the

perfect person to lead in this area!

Community Action NOW will work side by side with Mr. Nelson in

creating long term objectives that will help maintain the daily and

ongoing maintenance of the community garden.

Action Items for Clean-Community Garden

C.A.N. must recruit volunteers within community to

serve as the point of contact for Community Garden

C.A.N. must ensure that volunteers within Savan are

capable of maintaining garden long term.

Volunteers will be identified and committee secured

by June 15, 2015.

Action Items/Materials/Supplies Needed: #of supplies

needed are TBA

Paint

Paint Brushes

Ladders

Other paint supplies

Hammers

Other supplies as determined by UVI

nixonandrew01@gmail.com

Community Garden Contact Person –Nixon Andrew,

Garden Committee Chair 1-340.998.4040

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SATURDAY

JULY 25

RESOURCE FAIR/

RE-DEDICATION

TIME

10AM -1PM

#OF

VOLUNTEERS

NEEDED:

20

OVERVIEW

30 local nonprofit organizations, grass roots organizations, government departments, community and spiritual leaders are invited to

attend along with community members. 10 additional food vendors are encouraged to attend providing free snacks and food

samples. These organizations are invited to provide resources on the services in which they provide that benefit the community.

Mobile health clinics providing FREE Aids testing, BP and diabetes testing are encouraged to attend as well organizations providing

resources for the homeless, mental health and veterans services. Each organization is allowed to bring one 4ft table to showcase

information from their organization and bring handouts and freebies for at least 200 attendees.

The media is invited to attend this event. Media coverage will be provided.

Ribbon cutting ceremony and re-dedication ceremony will take place at 11am SHARP. This ceremony will be conducted in

partnership with community leaders, elected officials and residents of the community. This ceremony will be led by Community

Action NOW! Inc., The Department of Economic Development, Sankofa Saturdays and UVI Cooperative Extension. The Master of

Ceremony to be invited will be Gov. Mapp.

Action Items Needed: Equipment/Items/Tools Needed

DJ w/PA System w/Microphone (preferably local radio station)

100 folding chairs

Bottled water for volunteers

Snacks for children

All vendors MUST be set up no later than 8am. Clean up crew will begin promptly at 1pm and will conclude at 2pm.

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Itemized

Budget

INCOME

Fundraising Project Goals

T-Shirt Sales 600.00

Go Fund Me 5,000.00

Corporate Sponsorships 13,700.00

In-Kind Donations 13,700.00

Grant Funding 15,000.00

Total Income 48,000.00

EXPENSES

Volunteer T-Shirts (150) 1,600.00

DJ 600.00

Fliers 450.00

Banner (4) 450.00

Paint 3,500.00

Gloves for volunteers (2,000 pairs in various sizes) 150.00

Safety vests for volunteers- 150–one size fits all 1,200.00

Standard Litter pick-up tool – 150 (Reacher 26 in. Aluminum Frame)- 1,320.00

Rakes- 20 320.00

Trash Bags – 600 heavy duty bags (12 Boxes 50 in ea.) 312.00

Water & Drinks – 1800 bottles of water (3 bottles per volunteer per day) 320.00

Food for Volunteers 1000 servings 8,500.00

General Supplies (Stationary, napkins) 500.00

Tent(2) 250.00

6 foot table 185.00

Travel 5,500.00

Garden Supplies/Tools 3,500.00

Entertainment for Family Fun Day 4,000.00

Facilities Rental 2,200.00

Chair Rental 850.00

Training for Volunteers 550.00

10 Stoves 3,999.00

10 Refrigerators 4,890.00

50 Fans 600.00

Chair Rental 1,000.00

Marketing 1,254.00

Total Expense $48,000.00

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ADDENDUM Primary Area of Focus- Savan Ghut

Various areas throughout

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These images are at the lower basketball court next to Jane E. Tuitt Elementary School

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Proposed Community Garden Area-Savan Basketball Court (Upper)/Playground area Proposed Community Garden Area-Savan Basket

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Proposed Community Garden Area-Savan Basketball Court (Upper)/Playground area

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This appears to be an old well or cistern right next to

the proposed community garden.

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Proposed community garden area

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Proposed event area. Vendors will be lined up along outer line of basketball court. During Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, chairs will be lined along the

middle of the court for 2.5 hrs.