Big Return Presentation
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Talia Leman founded RandomKid in 2005 after raising over $10 million for hurricane relief at age 10. RandomKid now supports youth globally to address social issues through entrepreneurship. The Big Return initiative in St. Louis aimed to engage hundreds of students in social projects that impacted over 100,000 people while building youth skills. The program's success demonstrated the potential to expand it to all 50 US states to multiply the positive impact of youth social entrepreneurship.
Big Return Presentation
- 2. It all begins with 10 year old TALIA LEMAN • At 10 Talia mobilized thousands of kids to trick-or-treat for Katrina relief. • Together they raised over 10 million dollars. • Talia launched RandomKid with the mission to “help kids help others” based off of what she learned from running her Katrina campaign. Today she works with: • 12 million youth • 50 states • 20 countries 01 ST. LOUIS
- 3. What is a RANDOMKID PROJECT? Planting Gardens to Feed the Homeless Katie’s Krops plants gardens to feed the homeless. Today there are 10 community gardens around the US that have produced over a ton of food and have fed over 14,000 people. Correcting Club Foot Two hundred kids organized a walk for club foot and raised $15,000. This went to train sixty doctors how to treat club foot resulting in 3,000 kids being able to walk. Providing Water Wells Kids run awareness raising campaigns around water bottle usage and sell reusable water bottles to put water wells in communities in need globally. Thus far, $63,000 have been raised resulting in pump instillation on 4 continents. 02 ST. LOUIS
- 4. How did THE BIG RETURN start? • Talia spoke in St. Louis in partnership with The Desmond Lee Institute. • Her message was about “The Power of ANYone”. • The community wanted to take action. • Talia joined forces with local groups to launch a campaign that will give youth the power to create change in the St. Louis community and beyond. 03 ST. LOUIS
- 5. What is the idea behind THE BIG RETURN? $1 DONATED TO A CAUSE $1 GOING TO THE CAUSE $1 DONATED TO A YOUTH-LED VENTURE $2 - $10 GOING TO THE CAUSE 04 (200%-1000% ROI!) ST. LOUIS
- 6. Examples of THE RETURN 05 ST. LOUIS
- 7. THE BIG RETURN Process St. Louis community comes together to launch The Big Return. Schools, youth & organizations sign up to be part of The Big Return and work with RandomKid & Ashoka to engage and support young entrepreneurs. There is a BIG return for the world. Local area businesses and individuals provide the initial support for a revolving fund that will offer seed loans to youth teams. This fund will reap an even greater return when it supports teams in the coming years. 06 Hundreds of kids launch social projects to benefit the community and beyond. RandomKid & Ashoka, two organizations that support young entrepreneurs, offer guidance, tools and a global network to support teams. ST. LOUIS
- 8. Funding PARTNERS In-kind Support PARTNERS From PDF Organizational PARTNERS 07 ST. LOUIS
- 9. The CALL TO ACTION Fall 2011 Mayor Francis Slay, County Executive Charlie Dooley, and 16-year-old Talia Leman hold press conference and call all schools in the area to join THE BIG RETURN. 08 ST. LOUIS
- 10. Recap - THE BIG RETURN 2011-2012 Workshop 1 • In October, 250 teachers and students from 33 city and county schools came together at Build-A-Bear Workshop Headquarters to come up with project ideas. • Mayor Slay, Country Executive Dooley, and Maxine Clark kicked off the day. • Channels 5 and 9 covered the workshop. Trial Launch Schools performed a trial launch of their project ideas and recruited their student bodies to participate in their projects. Workshop 2 In December, students and teachers came together at Junior Achievement Finance Park to build the community, share successes in their project launch, and troubleshoot around challenges they experienced. 09 ST. LOUIS
- 11. Recap - The Big Return 2011-2012 Continued... Project Launch • Youth launch their projects and begin to create impact. • Local businesses support project ideas with a revolving fund and program support. Corporations include: Build-A-Bear Workshop, Centene, Guard, and Trimaco. Celebration • On March 1st students and teachers came together to celebrate their successes and plan for future changemaking. • Mayor Slay and County Executive Dooley announced the impact they had thus far. • The community’s investment in St. Louis youth yielded a return of 1011%, impacting over 100,000 people in the St Louis community. Plans for 2012-2013 • Raise the funds needed to launch the second Big Return in St. Louis come September 2012. • Development of blueprint to expand The Big Return to all 50 states in the next five years. 10 ST. LOUIS
- 12. IMPACT • The community’s investment in St. Louis youth yielded a return of 1011%. • Youth impacted over 100,000 people in the St Louis community. • 25,000 students were rallied and engaged. • 813 teachers were involved. • 6,993 items were collected valued at $37,327. • $33,041.67 in donations were collected. • 17,900 people attended youth events. • 39,831 people were engaged beyond school communities. 11 ST. LOUIS
- 13. The QUADRUPLE Bottom Line 1. RandomKid leverages philanthropic dollars for a much higher return. 2. Creativity of kids is translated into meaningful social impact. 3. Youth gain valuable skills: • Empathy • Entrepreneurship • Leadership • Problem solving • Teamwork 4. Public awareness due to the message of their campaign. 12 ST. LOUIS
- 14. The BLUEPRINT for what is to come: It all starts in ST. LOUIS Hundreds of cities across the world will be learning from St. Louis and the launch of THE BIG RETURN. The movement we create in the coming months will be used as a template to propel the power of youth to create change across the globe. 13 ST. LOUIS
- 15. RandomKid was founded in 2005 after then 10-year-old Talia Leman rallied and unified kids from across the United States to raise over $10 million for Hurricane Katrina/Rita relief, ranking the giving power of youth with the top 5 U.S corporate donors. RandomKid now works to support youth globally to harness their creativity and giving power for other great causes. By guiding youth to become innovative and successful world problem-solvers, RandomKid is preparing this generation to meet the challenges and drive the successes of the 21st century. Youth Venture is an international network of powerful young social entrepreneurs. We aim to help an entire generation of young people develop as entrepreneurs who will improve their communities now and throughout their lives. We believe that the greatest contribution we can make to the world is to increase dramatically the number of social entrepreneurs today and in every future generation. This is the key factor for success in every part of society, from a school to a company to an entire country. Visit www.TheBigReturn.org Contact tia@randomkid.org Write a check to “The Big Return - RandomKid” and mail to: RandomKid c/o Ashoka 1700 North Moore St. Suite 2000 Arlington, VA 22209 or donate online at donate.TheBigReturn.org