Grassroots Network teams up with Ryot Entertainment Group and Sara Lowry to produce another Invisible Children Event for San Diego!
This event is held at The Corner restaurant/bar located in East Village of downtown San Diego next to Petco Park. We will be showing two separate screenings of Invisible Children's documentary footage and all proceeds raised go directly to Invisible Children. Sara Lowry is dedicating her B-day celebration to create awareness for a wonderful cause. Come join the celebration for food and drink specials provided by the Corner in addition to some killer raffle prizes. There will be a special live acoustic performance by The Wrecking as well as celebrity guest appearances by Traa Daniels of P.O.D. and more.
Grassroots Network Presents:
A Special Night Dedicated to Rachel’s Challenge
Monday, May 18th 2009 at Se’ Hotel, 1047 Fifth Ave. San Diego, CA 92101
San Diego Philanthropists (musician Traa Daniels of P.O.D., Entrepreneur/Single Parent Dean Kosage – Recipient of Cambridge Lifetime Award, and author Greg S. Reid of “Think and Grow Rich: 3 Feet from Gold”, have orchestrated a Resistance. Teaming up with a collection of local entrepreneurs, they have dedicated a special night to a profound Charity called Rachel’s Challenge. This intimate event is designed to raise money, awareness and to act as a platform leading to a large-scale Fundraiser to be produced this summer.
Rachel’s Challenge, a non-profit organization, was founded in April of 1999 following the tragedy at Columbine High School. Rachel Joy Scott was the first student to lose her life that day, leaving behind a legacy of kindness and compassion. Rachel’s Challenge Programs have since impacted the lives of over 12 million people (in-person) across the world.
Join us Monday, May 18th at the beautiful Se’ Hotel as Craig Scott (survivor of the Columbine shooting and brother to Rachel) delivers a powerful presentation. Craig Scott has appeared on Oprah, The Today Show, Good Morning America, CNN as well as a featured article in Time Magazine. Craig will be sharing Rachel’s story and vision in memory of the Columbine 10 year anniversary.
EVENT DETAILS
Who: Grassroots Network, Project 219 and RYOT Entertainment Group presents
What: Awareness & Fundraiser Benefiting Rachel’s Challenge
When: Monday May 18th 2009, from 6PM to 10PM
Where: Se’ Hotel - 1047 Fifth Ave. San Diego, CA 92101
Why: To act as a platform leading to a large-scale Fundraiser to be produced this summer
Misc: Admission is $10 and open to ages 18 and over
AGENDA
6:00 pm to 7:15 pm: Social Meet & Greet
7:30 pm to 8:00 pm: Rachel’s Challenge Presentation by Craig Scott (keynote speaker)
8:15 pm to 8:30 pm: Additional words by Traa Daniels of P.O.D. and Greg S. Reid author of Think and Grow Rich: 3 Feet from Gold
8:30 pm to 9:00 pm: Call to Action followed by the Silent Auction
9:00 pm to 10:00 pm: After Party
SUPPORTERS
Media Master Minds, Escape Mobile Spa, War Machine Music, Timothy Meier Jewelry, Star Alert, A Style Concierge, The Inwood Hill Consulting Group, Campbell Networks, Anchor Gaslamp, The Novalena Show, Quick Strain Tins, Be Water Photography, DYSMD E-Magazine, Discover SD, I am Hype Online, D-LUX Events
For more information on Rachel’s Challenge, visit www.rachelschallenge.com
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Rachel's Challenge Mission
We exist to inspire, equip and empower every person to create a permanent positive cultural change in their school, corporation and community by starting a chain reaction of kindness and compassion.
Rachel's Challenge Objectives for Schools:
- Create a safe learning environment for all students by re-establishing civility and delivering proactive antidotes to school violence and bullying.
- Improve academic achievement by engaging students' hearts, heads and hands in the learning process.
- Provide students with social/emotional education that is both colorblind and culturally relevant.
- Train adults to inspire, equip and empower students to affect permanent positive change.
Rachel's Challenge Objectives for Corporations:
- Create an environment of kindness and compassion within the corporate setting.
- Empower and equip individuals through training with the ability to make a difference in their place of work.
- Inspire and motivate individuals to start a chain reaction of kindness and compassion.
- Impact the corporation's bottom-line results. (people, profits and revenue)
Program Impact-to-Date in schools:
- Since program inception:
- 3,300 schools (high schools and middle schools)
- Multiple stadium and large venue events
- 50 states and six countries
- 11,000,000 people reached with the message
- Seven documented school shootings/violence prevented
- Hundreds of suicides averted
- Snapshot of 2008:
- 1,300 events
- Programs in 48 states
- 1,320,700 attendees
- 350 Friends of Rachel Clubs that are maintained in middle and high schools
- 153 KC Clubs (Kindness & Compassion) in elementary schools (since September 2008)
- 90 documented suicides averted
- Average presenter rating of 9.4 on 10 point scale (across all 27 active presenters)
- Program rating by schools of 9.7 on 10 point scale
- 98% recommendation rate
- 123,000 documented acts of kindness in 12 elementary schools in Rockwall, TX
- 9% increase in school safety in Kankakee, IL
- Hundreds of unsolicited testimonials
Proven Model - Efficient and Sustainable:
Rachel's Challenge is a non-profit organization and has finished with positive net income every year since 2004.
- For every dollar spent in 2008:
- 85% went back into program development and delivery
- 10% covered to administrative overhead
- 5% was used for fund raising (to create fund raising strategy - prior to 2008 there was no formal fund raising at Rachel's Challenge)
- In 2008 98.7% of revenues came from program fees
- Can reach approximately 1,000 schools and 1.25 million students annually with minimal donations
- Need substantial outside funding to reach Five-Year Strategic Plan
Rachel's Challenge Plans for 2009:
- Launch a new program for corporations by May 1, 2009.
- Launch a new program for Colleges by Fall 2009
- Add more full-time presenters to our roster to carry the message to more schools, corporations and communities in our nation.
- Add six new full time presenters.
- Purchase additional equipment for our staff.
Five-Year Strategic Plan
Rachel's Challenge plan is to reach 15,000,000 more people in the next five years:
| Year |
Programs |
Attendees |
Required Budget |
RC Revenue |
Donated Funds |
| 2008 (est) |
$1,219 |
$1,320,700 |
$4,010,345 |
$3,955,345 |
$55,000 |
| 2009 |
$1,952 |
$2,114,565 |
$6,832,000 |
$4,812,500 |
$2,019,500 |
| 2010 |
$2,526 |
$2,521,950 |
$8,841,000 |
$6,315,000 |
$2,526,000 |
| 2011 |
$3,174 |
$2,933,905 |
$11,109,000 |
$7,935,000 |
$3,174,000 |
| 2012 |
$3,927 |
$3,449,925 |
$13,744,500 |
$9,817,500 |
$3,927,000 |
| 2013 |
$4,866 |
$4,074,345 |
$17,031,000 |
$12,165,000 |
$4,866,000 |
| Total |
$16,445 |
$15,094,690 |
$57,557,500 |
$41,045,000 |
$16,512,500 |
Without the additional donated funds, Rachel's Challenge will continue to perform at its 2008 numbers and will only reach an additional 6.6 million people in the next five years. Rachel's Challenge is currently raising funds to expend its reach to impact 15.0 million by the end of 2013.
Invisible Children Benefit: Join us Wednesday, January 28th, 2009 from 6:00pm to 10:00pm at Bar Basic, for this Grassroots Network and Anchor Gaslamp special event. Guests will enjoy a mix and mingle hour, dancing, music, raffle prizes, hosted appetizers, drinks and more. Tickets are $10 in advance online and $15 at the door. Bar Basic located 410 tenth ave. San Diego, CA 92101 (corners of 10th and J). Email us with any questions you may have.
Invisible Children: What began as an African adventure for three San Diegan filmmakers, transformed into a documentary of Uganda's tragic wars and the children forced to fight in them. Non-profit, Invisible Children Inc., founders Jason Russell, Bobby Bailev and Larren Poole view their media as a grassroots means of inspiring individuals in the Western world to transform apathy into activism. www.invisiblechildren.com
 PUBLIC SPEAKING
Rachel's Challenge, RC is a school assembly and training program aimed at educating and encouraging individuals to live a life of compassion. The program was birthed out of the Columbine HS tragedy in '99 and is in memory of Rachel Joy Scott. RC is non-religious, non-political and a non-profit organization. GRN fully supports and endorses Rachel's Challenge and highly encourages all individuals/businesses/organizations to participate in this program.
Bryan was introduced to Craig Scott (brother to Rachel and survivor of the Columbine Tragedy) in November of 2005. Since then Craig and Bryan have become very close friends. We at Grassroots believe in the vision and cause for Rachel's Challenge so much that we not only support and endorse the program but we are doing everything we can to spread awareness of this Organization.
Click here to learn more about RC, visit www.rachelschallenge.com |