SAAAPA Healthy Communities Award Application Deadline April 1

Student Academy Healthy Communities Award 2010-2011

Application deadline is April 1.

The Student Academy Healthy Communities Awards recognizes two student societies for making their community a healthier place while also promoting PAs. The winners will receive $1000, of which half of this amount ($500) will be awarded to the student society and the other half ($500) given to a charity* of the winner's choice.

Entry/Nomination Procedures
Applicants must be a AAPA student member submitting on behalf of the student society, which needs to be registered with SAAAPA and the PA program must meet the membership requirements of having at least 60% AAPA student membership of all the current PA student enrollment in that PA program. Note this percentage will increase by 5% each year for the next three years.

What is a Project in a Box?
A project in a box is a sustainable project that can be packaged, passed on, and promoted by other PAs, PA students, and student societies. PIBs can even be packaged with instructions on how to run the event, a PowerPoint presentation to help facilitate discussion, and handouts to compliment the event. All these projects need is a local leader or active member to download the project and use it.

How does one submit a PIB?
Using this application as your guide, write an outline of how the project was thought of and carried out. Include a timeline, contact numbers, and helpful hints that could help another student society carry out the same project, correcting any snags you ran into at your program. Include (where appropriate) a Power Point presentation, handouts, and other things you used when planning your event.

Judging Procedures
The Student Academy elected and appointed leaders will evaluate each entry. The decision will be announced at the Student Academy Assembly of Representatives meeting at AAPA's Annual PA Conference.

*A charity is defined as a not-for-profit entity that has 501(c)3 or 501(c)6 status.

Applicant's information

PA Program

PA Program Mailing Address:

Street Address:

City:

State:

Zip Code:

Contact Person:

Contact Person's Position in Student Society:

Contact Person's AAPA Membership Number:

Contact Person's Phone:

Contact Person's E-mail:

Student Society Information If You Win the Award

Who Should the Check be Made Out to: Student Society or PA Program?

Mailing Address on Check:

City:

State:

Zip Code:

Attention to (if needed):

Charity Information If You Win the Award

Name to List on Check:

Mailing Address on Check:

City:

State:

Zip Code:

Attention to (if needed):

Contact phone number:

Contact Email address:

Federal Tax Identification Number (must have to write check):

General Information:

Name of Project in a Box (PIB):

What was the intent of this project? Did you accomplish this?

Who is this project designed to assist? Did you accomplish this?

Did this project have an impact on the community? Please explain.

Is this project an original idea, part of a national project, an ongoing project at your PA program, another PIB that you are replicating, or something else? Please explain if it is something else.

Detailed Project in a Box Information:

Project summary: Please provide a 1-2 paragraph summary of the project including:
1. Intent of the project
2. Final outcome of the project

Project Timeline: Please provide a timeline of the entire project from the brainstorming to the final event.
1. Show all stages of the project and break down the stages so that others could use this as a guide to replicate the project.

Project Details: Provide a detailed account of this project from start to finish including the following:
   1. What challenges your student society faced? And how you overcame them.
   2. A list of organizations and places that you contacted for assistance with this project and the results of the contact.
   3. What unexpected successes were the results of this project?
   4. Remember to include information if you worked in committees - how people were divided up, what each committee's tasks were, how often they met, etc.

Step by Step Directions: Provide a very detailed step by step account of what needs to be accomplished at each step in order to complete this event - steps should be written as directions for other groups to follow.

Number of People Needed to Plan the Event:
   1. PA Students
   2. Adults
   3. Other (i.e. must have a PA who is licensed in the state, must have a faculty member, etc.)

Number of People Needed to Execute the Event:
   1. PA Students
   2. Adults
   3. Other (i.e. must have a PA who is licensed in the state, must have a faculty member, etc.)

Approximate time needed for the project?
Provide an overall time and also detailed schedule of the actual event:

List of materials and the approximate cost of materials needed:
1. Provide a list of materials and break down their costs.
2. If you had any materials donated, please provide a list with an explanation of how you got the items donated and what they would have cost you.

Project Funding: Provide a detailed account of how you funded the project.
   1. Did you have enough funds? Why or why not?
   2. Did you have to scale back any portion of the project because of funding? If so, what did you do about this?
   3. If you have unlimited funds, what else would you have done?
   4. What funding recommendations would you provide to others attempting this project?

Finished Project:
   1. Provide an account of the final results of the project.
   2. Provide multiple photos (include photos of the activities at the event and group shots of involved individuals) with captions and testimonials from the event.
   3. Provide copies of handouts, brochures, or activities that were done during the event.

Questions Related to the Project:

How has this project helped/impacted the community?

Do you foresee this project continuing in your community? Why or why not?

Do you think this project will be sustained in your community? Why or why not?

Why was this project selected?

How did this project benefit the students who were involved?

Did this project promote PAs? If so, how?

Will you continue this project in the future? Why or why not?

What do you wish you could have changed about this project?

All information must be received by April 1 with all the required documents:
E-mail all of the information to students@aapa.org
Mail them to:
                    SAAAPA Healthy Communities Award
                    AAPA
                    950 N. Washington Street
                    Alexandria, VA 22314

Questions: E-mail students@aapa.org or call 703/836-2272 ext. 3311.

* Indicates Response Required