THE B.E.A.T. 2009-2010 overview

MISSION STATEMENT:

The Berklee Entrepreneur Action Team’s Project for the 2009-10 school year is entitled _____________. The goal of ____________ is to raise funds and awareness for a pediatric cancer foundation, through a 24-hour dance marathon. The event will involve numerous student organizations from across Boston in an additional effort to bridge the gap between Boston’s various student bodies.

NOTES:

The Gist:

-24 hour dance a thon

-open to the public

– one ticket gets you in and out as you please throughout 24 hrs

-need dancers, morale teams, open to all students

-24 hours of entertainment, bands/musical pieces/dances

–donations

-small events leading up to main event

– 4 for each club involved to raise money

-families/kids there (we want the kids to be very involved on the actual day) –“mail hour” reading letters from kids

-late March/April

-Different “Teams” for different charities if we cant get one good charity sponsor

Initiatives for dancers:

-money earned per hour dancing

-individual sponsors for dancers

•prize for person with most sponsors

-large scale sponsors

•x amount of money if x amount of dancers make it to last hour, or we could do hour markers

-energy drink sponsors?

-marker prizes- i.e. 8 hrs gets u $10 gift certificate

-dancing for specific families

Expenses:

-venue

-food/drinks

-dancer/morale team uniforms

-publicity – flyers, ect.

Possible Venues:

-Emerson arena

-YMCA

-BU Arena

-Boco? -Simmons/NEC?

-MIT

-Hynes Convention Center

-Hotels

TO DO: -Update club info -talk to the Jimmy fund -think of backup/other charities •St. Judes, Ronald McDonald -official business plan -contact venues/get rates -clubs at other schools & Berklee -Think of a NAME for the event

FOCUS: -bringing boston schools together -helping charity