Friday, February 17, 2012

We had a great post from a local High School Student about their project. Check it out and their concert video too.
From Rangeview HS student...

Last year Rangeview High School's Entrepreneurship class started a mental health awareness campaign. With the help of the Carson J Spencer Foundation and Junior Achievement our class developed a whole new schema for suicide and mental health issues like depression. Over the course of the school year my classmates and I learned how to detect if someone is contemplating suicide by using a three-step system called Q. P. R. (question, persuade, and refer). We also learned how to relay the message of suicide prevention in a safe way that did not glorify or normalize suicide. With these new skills the class set out to solve teen suicide by way of attacking bullying in our school. Our class developed a needs assessment that was handed out to a variety of students at our school; with it we determined that bullying was a serious issue as well as the alarming percentage of students who have contemplated suicide. Our next step was to find or make a product that was easy to sell to our peers and profitable. The idea of wristbands was chosen since many companies and organizations used wristbands to market their ideas. We then came up with our unique slogan, I Choose To Live/I Choose To Love, with the letters of "i" in live and "o" in love to overlap depicting the capitol Greek letter Phi. We then chose the colors green and white to symbolize life and growth and we purchased glow-in-the-dark wristbands to symbolize that all life shines in darkness. Our first purchase of three hundred wristbands sold faster than we predicted and the demand for more in different colors was high. Though our main colors are still green and white we also sell pink and black, white and black, and blue and white. Even though our class won first place for the competition, we made a were more concerned about the impact we had on or community. We administered surveys asking students if they were aware of our mission and if we made an impact in any way. We also held a benefit concert at our school, having each performer wear a wristband. The turn out was great and word of our product spread quickly. Soon after the concert 9 Health Fair wanted to give our wristbands to people participating in their event. Our wristbands and mission statements made an impact on our school community and state. Personally I've grown and learned so much from this experience!

Here is a link to the YouTube video the Rangeview group did about their project.
From Rangeview HS student...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF5UXHaGxEs&feature=related

2 comments:

  1. Wow this is great you guys; the video certainly added to the reliability of the project! I go to school in Denver and received one of these bracelets so congratulations on your success and keep up the stupendous work, passion and impact! :)

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  2. Hi this is R. and T. from the Youth Advisory Council for 9Health Fair. This was a great and very successful idea! Its a really good idea to raise awarness for things like suicide which is a problem that plagues high schools today. Also, it was very creative to make the colors and material of the braclet symbolize something. What an innovative and effective way to promote health! I hope this insipres others to do things and get involved in their community and school! Anything and everything makes a big difference!!!

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