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Promoting A Walk/Run Event To Expand Services For Individuals With Disabilities, Mckenzie Rodgers
Promoting A Walk/Run Event To Expand Services For Individuals With Disabilities, Mckenzie Rodgers
Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
The Suzanne Vitale Clinical Education Complex (CEC) at WKU provides services to many individuals and families affected by autism spectrum disorders and other developmental delays and disabilities. As a nonprofit organization, the clinic relies heavily on donations and fundraisers as sources of income. One of the CEC’s primary fundraisers is the annual LifeSkills Run/Walk for Autism. This event is held each April during autism awareness month, at the Bowling Green Ballpark, providing an opportunity for the community to support the clinic in an enjoyable way.
For an honors capstone experience, the author promoted the 15th annual LifeSkills Run/Walk for Autism …
“Make Your Move, Choose Your Food”: A Healthy Lifestyles Empowerment Campaign, Michelle Child
“Make Your Move, Choose Your Food”: A Healthy Lifestyles Empowerment Campaign, Michelle Child
Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
This thesis documents the campaign “Make Your Move. Choose Your Food.” This healthy lifestyles empowerment campaign was one of six conducted in Bowling Green, Kentucky during February 2012 for the Public Relations Student Society of America’s (PRSSA) 2011-2012 Bateman Case Study Competition through the public relations capstone courses Journalism 454 and 456. The objective of this campaign was to encourage children, teenagers, parents, educators and community organizations to improve their individual health and the health of the community. My team, consisting of four public relations seniors and myself, created three overall objectives grounded in research, planned strategies specific to our …