1. What criteria do you think is important in selecting a charity?
2. How can you find a good charity?
3. Does the money and the service both have to go to the same charity?
4. Where can you find appropriate charities?
5. Who in Warrensburg can give names of local charities?
6. What will you find in the Service Fair?
7. In selecting a charity, what questions would you suggest a future IBE Service company ask the charity's director?
8. What is the biggest challange to the IBE Service officer: How did they meet that challenge?
9. Explanation of Project Warmth (our chosen charity)
10. How do I leave a lasting impact?
11. Does your charity have administrative costs?
12. Pictures of Charitable work

1. What criteria do you think is important in selecting a charity?

• locally known
• good reputation
• something your whole company thinks is a good cause
• they are willing to work with you on events
• have low overhead cost

2. How can you find a good charity?

3. Does the money and the service both have to go to the same charity?

No. They money and the service does not have to go to the same charity. They can go to the same one or the money can go to one and the service to another. You cannot divide the money. It all has to go to a primary charity but you can split the service up where some of the proceeds go to the primary charity and some to another.

Our company, Central Warmth, is having the money and service go to two different charities. Our money is going to Project Warmth and our service is going to Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Johnson County. We wanted to stay local so we picked a charity based in Warrensburg for our service.

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4. Where can you find appropriate charities?

A non-profit organization should be tax-exempt. You should also make sure that the charitable donations do not all go the the employees but instead to whatever the charity is helping. An example could be with our Company, we made sure that the majority of the donations were going towards helping the working poor and families with children and elderly in the cold winter months and not going toward salaries and overhead expenses.

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5. Who in Warrensburg can give names of local charities?

Here in Warrensburg there are several places you can go to find out what local charities are located within or around the surrounding area. Many churches will have lists of local charities in need, UCM has a place on campus you can go to find out what type of work is needing to be done. If necessary you can take the route of the Internet and search online for local area charities. I went online and found a list of local charities in the Warrensburg and Johnson County area. This link will take you to that website.

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6. What will you find in the Service Fair?

A Service Fair gives local charities in need of an opportunity to show the students and faculty of UCM what they are all about, what they are needing, and ways to help out. You might find it to be overwhelming but just take it one table at a time. A suggestion would be to take a note pad and pen to write notes. The people at the tables are more willing to answer any questions you may have. They will also have pamphlets, business cards, pens, stickers, etc. to hand out. This link will take you to the UCM website where it gives a little more detail about who will be at the service fair.

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7. In selecting a charity, what questions would you suggest a future IBE Service company ask the charity's director?

• Does ytour charity have administrative costs?

8. What is the biggest challange to the IBE Service officer: How did they meet that challenge?

The biggest challenge to the IBE service officer is getting the entire company involved. As the IBE service officer, Central Warmth calls this position the Service Project Manager; I find it hardest to get the other members of the company excited about service opportunities.

Not having other company members excited about the service projects makes it hard for them to attend-in turn making it take longer to reach the service hours and forcing the Service Project Manager to plan more activities.

To overcome this challenge, I voiced how I felt to my company and did my best to get them involved. I created sign-up sheets to ensure that everyone knew there were things to be done, and kept my company well-informed of dates and times.

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9. Explanation of Project Warmth (our chosen charity)

We at Central Warmth decided to donate our money and time to the 25th annual Project Warmth campaign, sponsored by The Kansas City Star and KCTV5. Project Warmth's main purpose is to help those in need during the cold winter months. Since its inception in 1982, Project Warmth has collected more than 1,862 tons of food, clothing and blankets, along with over $7 million for area residents.

All of Central Warmth's donated funds will go directly to the community and will not be used for salaries or overhead expenses of Project Warmth. The money is used to assist with rent, utility assistance and weatherization of homoes. The Salvation Army and the Mid America Assistance Coalition will elect who to give the money to based on those who are in greatest need.

• Project Warmth is transitional help - more than half of the money raised goes to help the working poor.
• Project Warmth helps families with children and the elderly

10. How do I leave a lasting impact?

Ask yourself and the company what will best fit your product. This can be a good way to sell your product.

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11. Does your charity have administrative costs?

Many charities have costs that do not go towards the charity, but are used to pay people that run the organization. It is a good idea to search the internet and look for a charity with low administrative costs. Here is a link that might be helpful in finding out whether or not a charity has low administrative costs.

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12. Pictures of Charitable work

Here are some pictures of the charitable work that has been done: