Toys & H.Y.P.E

December 21, 2019

Presented By: Veterans Center & Community

Stakeholders in Middle and South Georgia

Toy Giveaway: 10:00AM – 2:00PM

GiveBack Concert: 6:00PM – 9:00PM

Overview for Vendors, Volunteer, Artist,

Donors, and Sponsors

About Us

The Veterans Center is nonprofit organization dedicated to reconstructing the lives of

disadvantaged veterans. Our core values surround how we impact disadvantaged

communities by fostering their needs, providing strategic guidance and ensuring that

each constituent is educated and informed about local programs and services. Through

fundamental collaborations with residents, agencies, government, and businesses, we

have been able to serve over 1500 per year in the State of Georgia in our beginning in

2008.

Our Mission

We are dedicated to reconstructing the lives of veterans and communities through

housing, education, and public engagement.

Current Activities

The Veterans Center has an array of services in three areas:

(1) Training and Workforce Development – As a USDOL Approved Apprenticeship our

services involve job development, career counseling, computer skills, vocational testing

and assessments.

(2) Housing Services: We are a HUD approved Housing Counseling Agencies.

Providing homeownership courses, counseling and down payment assistance for

veterans who want to become first-time homebuyers, and/or victims of foreclosure.

Affordable housing development to low income families

(3) Business Center: This program is designed to help veterans and their families

become business owners or grow their business within their area. These veterans are

future business owners and/or veterans who currently own businesses but need

additional assistance. We provide training, coaching and financial resources

(4) Agri-Tech: This program is designed to assist veterans becomes involved with

agriculture farming and innovative technology with renewable energy.

About the Event and Who We Serve Vets Center Toys and HYPE (Helping Young People Excel) is an annual event hosted in Georgia. This event helps serve over 5000 families with children, foster care children, senior citizens and veterans each Christmas years. Toys and HYPE Overview

Toys and HYPE is an annual Christmas Celebration that’s sole purpose is to help underserved and improvised communities and impact youth. During the event we conduct the following activities: (1) Toy giveaway (2) Parents and Seniors Corner – resources for communities for food, employment, job training, heating and utility assistance, and seniors programs supportive services

and (3) Community Concert This event will be an entertaining and motivational event designed to encourage communities and families. For the year 2019 this event will be hosted in Fort Valley, Georgia serving Middle and South Georgia communities. Middle and South Georgia families have been affected by constant natural disasters, poor economic conditions and persistent poverty that has occurred due to natural disasters and high percentage of underemployed and underserved populations. Below is an economic snap shot Middle and South Georgia demographics and economic snapshot.

Economic Snapshot (GA Dept of Labor and HUD)

• 51% of with families are faced with eviction;

• 11% of families and veterans with families are homelessness,

• 29% of families veterans with families have utilities disconnection and loss of work reducing employment activities and shrinkage in population

• 7% of youth ages 6-15 have lost their immediate family members while serving within the military.

• 95% of youth ages 2-17 are receiving free or reduced lunch in the local school systems (5 counties Peach, Houston, Crawford, Macon, Bibb and Lamar)

• 85% of the populated are low to moderate income families seeking toys for the holiday due to low wages and lack of employment

• Top employers in the area are logistics, warehousing, and nursing/medical companies.

• Over 75% of the population are renters and 21% are homeowners

• 22% are active military members employed at the military base

Demographics (US Census)

• 47% Whites

• 46% Black

• 12% Hispanic

• 2% Other

• 61% are seniors over the age of 62

o 47% seniors housing lost due to

unpaid taxes, death, and unsafe

livening condition due to lack of

income programs and services.

(County Tax Assessors)

Stats for Middle and South Georgia Families, Veterans and Seniors

Homeless Eviction

Utiliy Disconnection Youth Free Reduced Lunch

LEP Communities Low Income Communities

Senior Home Reduction Renter

Demographics

Blacks Hispanic Other Seniors

Previous Year(s) Toy Giveaway Activities

• Year 2010-2013

o Veterans Center served over 1000 children with toys; 50 families were given

Georgia Power vouchers, and 10 were given food bags with turkeys and hams.

• Year 2014

o Veterans Center served over 3000 children with toys; 250 families were given

Georgia Power vouchers, 200 were given Wal-Mart gift cards and 150 were

given food bags with turkeys and hams. We involved over 50 volunteers and

special guest that would greet each child and allow each child to choose their

own Christmas toy.

• Year 2015

o Veterans Center served over 5900 children with toys; 275 families were given

Georgia Power vouchers, 215 were given Wal-Mart gift cards and 200 were

given food bags with turkeys and hams. We involved over 100 volunteers and

special guest that would greet each child and allow each child to choose their

own Christmas toy. Several fun stations were setup to give away free meals,

drinks and community resources. Each Lead Volunteer was a special guest

celebrity that formed their own volunteer teams to walk with children to help them

select a toy of their choice, take pictures, and hit the dance floor. Stage

performances were also given through the event for crowd engagement. Shuttle

rides and bus rides were also given to families without adequate transportation.

Prevents 150 from being evicted from their homes with hour Save Vets Fund.

• Year 2016 - 2018

o Veterans Center served over 5900 children with toys; 275 families were given

Georgia Power vouchers, 215 were given Wal-Mart gift cards and 200 were

given food bags with turkeys and hams. We involved over 100 volunteers and

special guest that would greet each child and allow each child to choose their

own Christmas toy. Several fun stations were setup to give away free meals,

drinks and community resources. Each Lead Volunteer was a special guest

celebrity that formed their own volunteer teams to walk with children to help them

select a toy of their choice, take pictures, and hit the dance floor. Stage

performances were also given through the event for crowd engagement. Shuttle

rides and bus rides were also given to families without adequate transportation.

Prevents 150 from being evicted from their homes with hour Save Vets Fund.

▪ Offer 100 Georgia Power Vouchers

▪ Save 100 families from being evicted

▪ Recruit over 150 volunteers

▪ Offer shuttle and bus rides to low income individuals and families

▪ Sponsor two families with one apartment for 6 months and one vehicle

Toys and HYPE: Impact and After Effects

The Toys and HYPE event does more than just give out resources and items during the event,

but we make major impacts in the community and to attends after. Please see our stats below:

• 780 Youth (16-18) – Register for College and Learn the college admission process

• 800 Youth (11-15) – Register for After School Tutoring and STEAM Courses for

Renewable Energy, Mobile App Development, Website Creation, and Mathematics

Courses.

• 750 Youth (11-18) Register for online and mobile app financial literacy courses

• 100 Youth receive a tablet or device to do homework and tutoring courses

• 1600 Parents register for Seasonal Unemployment, SNAP and TANF benefits

• 1200 Parent register for apprenticeship programs and job training courses

• 1100 parents register for housing education classes and financial literacy classes

• 680 Seniors received $7500 home improvement grant to fix or design accommodations

for their homes.

2019 Event

This event will be hosted at the historic Fort Valley Festival Park

Toy Giveaway: 10:00AM – 2:00PM

(Estimated over 5000 in attendance)

Concert: 6:00PM – 9:00PM

(Estimated over 5000 in attendance)

What We Need To Make This Event A Success (Our Request)

Choose how your dollars are spent for this event. For every 5 dollars given spent a toy is

purchased

• 85% of donated dollars go towards toys

• 10% of donated dollars go towards turkeys, hams and food boxes

• 5% of donated dollars go towards administrative expenses

Donor Donations and Contribution

Donation Toy Contribution at the Event

Donation Purchase Turkeys, Hams,

Food Boxes

$250 50 Toys $50 2 Turkeys / 2 Hams

$500 100 Toys $100 5 Turkeys / 5 Hams

$1000 200 Toys *Vendor Table at Event *logo on volunteer shirts

and badges

$150 2 Turkeys / 2 Hams / 5 Food Boxes

$1500 300 Toys *Vendor Table at Event *logo on volunteer shirts

and badges

$200 5 Turkeys / 5 Hams / 5 Food Boxes

$2500 500 Toys *Vendor Table at Event *logo on volunteer shirts

and badges

$250 8 Turkeys / 8 Hams / 10 Food Boxes

$5000 1000 Toys *Vendor Table at Event *logo on volunteer shirts

and badges

50 Turkeys / 50 Hams / 100 Food Boxes

Advertisements & Contribution

If you would like your business advertised during the GiveBack concert, please see how

your contribution helps

Donation Advertisement and Contribution

$1500 • 300 Toys

• 30 Second Promotion or Commercial Played During Concert Intermission

• Logo on water bottles and other promotional items during event

• Logo on website registration page

• Vendor table at event

• Logo on volunteer tshirts and badges

• Tax Receipt will be given for contribution

$2500 • 500 Toys

• 1 Minute Promotion or Commercial Played During Concert Intermission

• Logo on water bottles and other promotional items during event

• Logo on website registration page

• Vendor table at event

• Logo on volunteer tshirts and badges

Tax Receipt will be given for contribution

$5000 • 1000 Toys

• 5 Minute Promotion or Commercial Played During Concert Intermission

• Logo on water bottles and other promotional items during event

• Logo on website registration page

• Logo and special thanks on all give cards and bags given away at the event

• Logo on volunteer tshirts and badges

• Vendor Table at the event Tax Receipt will be given for contribution

Benefits and Receivables

An event of this magnitude in perfect advertisement and exposure to the following counties we serve. Those counties consist of Peach, Houston, Crawford, Macon, Bibb, Lamar Marketing and Visibility

• Logo listed on events leading up to the Big Day

• Logo and Commercial Flashed During the event

• Logo and Commercial Flashed on Website During Open Registration

• Business mentioned on all radio ads and social media publications

Contributions and Contact Information

Veterans Center P.O Box 241

Fort Valley, Georgia 31030 Phone: 678-792-8387

Fax: 678-785-7387 Email: info@vetscenterinc.org www.vetscenterinc.org/hype

www.toysandhype.org PayPal Donations: vetscenterinc@gmail.com Square Donations: vetscenterinc@gmail.com

CashAPP: $VeteransCenter Facebook: VeteransCenterATL

Instagram: @VetsCenter

Volunteer Overview, Schedule and Highlights

Toys & Hype 2K19

Volunteers Overview

Thank you for choosing to volunteer for the big day. Your help is needed and required to make

this day a success!! During the event and before the event we will be conducting the following

activities:

Registration for Toy Giveaway | Security | Toy Giveaway | Toy Distribution and Sorting | Food Box Setup Planning and Distribution | Transportation | Vendor Placement | Registration for

Year around programs for youth | Senior Corner

Here’s how it works

Highlights and Needs

During the event all volunteers will be presented with a certificate and volunteer appreciation night one

two week after the big day!

All volunteers will be able to grab toys and food boxes after the event has concluded. Please register in

the volunteer section if that’s needed.

All volunteers must have a badge, t-shirt, hoody or fleece to identify themselves.

All volunteer shirts are $15 and hoodies are $25

Register online @ www.toysandhype.org

Choose a volunteer position or section

Attend orientation and volunteer session

Get a shedule and help us spread the word

about the event

Artist Overview, Schedule and Highlights

We need artist to perform and show the community that we care!

Toy Giveaway GiveBack Concert

Artist 10:00-10:15a Advertisement 10:15a-1030a Artist 10:30a-10:45a Speaker 10:45a-11:00a Artist 11:00a -11:15a Advertisement 11:15a-11:30a Artist 11:30a-11:45a Speaker 12:00p-12:30p Artist 12:30 – 12:45p Speaker 12:45p – 1:15p Artist 1:30p - 2:00p

*Option Lip-sync over track – let us know before December 8th 2019 Opening Artist: 6:00p – 6:15p Break Sponsor Advertisement or Speaker 6:15p-6:30p Artist: 6:30p – 6:45 DJ Spin and Advertisement 6:45p-7:00p Artist 7:00p - 7:15p Break Sponsor Advertisement or Speaker 7:15p – 7:30p Artist 7:30p – 8:00p HYPE Performance 8:00PM – 9:00PM

We ask that all artist give us a 45 second video about the Toys and HYPE Event & participate at the event at one volunteer station for 30 minutes

Sponsorship and Advertisements

Concert Backdrop & Advertisement Space

Business Advertisement Video or Audio Footage by Spokesman &

Former Tennessee Titan & UGA Bulldog Rennie Curran

.30 – 1 Minute Video or Audio Sweep by Rennie Curran featuring your business

$250 - Audio .30

$500 - Video 1 Minute

All proceeds go to the Toys and HYPE Christmas Celebration and are tax deducitble