Smile's Grand Carnival,

About the event

Hi my name is Ashley Grant and I am currently attending Miramar High School. I got the idea to hold a carnival for chronically ill children when my grade had to do this project called a personal project for IB students.  The carnival  would consist of accessible rides, bounce houses, mentally & physically challenging games and great food. This event would be held at my school on the football field or baseball field. I already have all the permission I need from school to host this event and I will be doing it under Key Club since I do not have my own non-profit organization. The above video is not my at all I do not own any rights to it. Since I have never had an event like this before I do not have media to show, so therefore I am using the video as a demonstrating to showcase what my event could like but only in carnival form.

Thank you for taking the time out to read this.

Children that are chronically ill and disabled (physical & mentally disabled), go through life feeling different, scared and ostracized by society. Smile is a (hypothetically) non-profit organization focused on improving the life of these kids, we want to bring joy and laughter to those children. Help them feel like they are not burden but a blessing, help them know that because they are different does not mean that they are incapable of doing things. We will offer a yearly carnival for the children that are chronically ill and disabled. The carnival will consist of accessible rollercoaster, entertainment, games that will foster mental growth and development and good food.

 Chronic condition is when somebody’s has an illness or disease that has a frequent recurrence, it could be considered a chronic illness if it lasts more than 3 months. About 18% of children in the United States are living with a chronic illness and all of those children experience regular hospital visits. A lot of these children go through treatments that are painful, while having to stay in a lonely boring hospital. The number of chronic ill children in the United States is increasing, so creating an environment where kids can feel safe while having fun is very important. Smile will focus on building up self image/independence and other skills that are lacking within children that are chronically ill; this is supported by articles on children that are chronically ill. Smile will be targeting children that are chronically ill and lack the ability to live a normal life.

Chairperson:  Works with all team members to set goals, monitors progress of tasks,communicates with your organization's administrators, assembles final follow-up report for use by the next carnival team.

Treasurer:  Helps determine overall budget, keeps close watch on all expenses, counts receipts from pre-sales and carnival-day sales, prepares follow-up report on expenses and profits.

Game Coordinator: Determines which games will be available, coordinates rental or construction of games, determines where games will be located, writes instructions for game operators, troubleshoots game operation during the carnival, prepares follow-up report on what games worked well and where the problem spots were.

Prize Coordinator: Determines what and how many prizes to order, places order for prizes, prepares prizes for distribution at carnival, coordinates prize room (if used), troubleshoots prize distribution during the carnival, prepares follow-up report on how many prizes were used and what the popular/unpopular prizes were.

Food Coordinator: Determines what types of food will be offered, coordinates food vendors, troubleshoots food operations during the carnival, arranges for donation of unused food, prepares follow-up report on what worked and didn't work in the food operations.

Decoration Coordinator: Determines what decorations will be needed, coordinates purchase, construction, set-up, and removal of decorations.

Why should you sponsor?

Ashley Grant

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