This fair day was chosen because health is very important to the community. There are many people battling with health conditions that can be improved through health education and support. Healthy practices and good nutrition prevents health problems in the future. It is cheaper to have healthy practices and good nutrition than to manage most health problems. The fair day is meant to educate/enlighten the community on healthy practices and encourage them to live healthy lifestyles geared towards good health. It was also chosen because most people in my local community are ignorant about their health. There are many cases of obesity and drug abuse in my community.
The fair day will involve approximately 1000 attendees, from within the neighbourhood, who will come to learn more on how to have healthy practices and benefit from the fair day. It will also involve 40 volunteers from the nearby hospital, who include 10 registered nurses, 2 nutritionists, 3 doctors and 25 medical students. Their roles will be to perform free health check-ups for instance blood pressure, massages, nutritional counselling and handle any health issues which may need professional attention. It will also involve 100 students from our school, whose role will be to usher the visitors as well as educate them in liaison with qualified medics. Some students will also be responsible for collection of funds and designing of banners.
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The fair is scheduled to take place on 10th November of this year. It will start from 8am in the morning, up to 4pm in the evening. The staff and volunteers will work in two shifts of 4 hours each. The far will kick-off with a 10 minutes welcome speech by the chair of the organising committee. The introduction speech will be given at the conference room within our premises. After the speech, delivery of services will begin at different booths. At the gate there will be the ticketing booth #1, where one can purchase a ticket to be allowed to enter the fairway. The ticket will be verified as one enters through the gate. Each ticket will be sold at fixed charge of $ 50.
Station # 2 will be the weight and BMI booth, the approximate turnover time will last 5 minutes, one will be measured their weight and weight and BMI and given guidelines on how to maintain a good BMI through good diet and exercise (Cordoza, 2019). They will also handle some small fee check-ups such as the glucose and nutritional analysis, cholesterol check-ups, to name but a few.
In the youth rugs and intoxication booth, the approximate turnover time will last 5 minutes. In this booth one will be measured the level to which alcohol has affected their health. There will be banners showing the impact of drug consumption to an individual’s health, and measures that one can take to curb addictions.
In the exercise and fitness booth #4, there will be a qualified gym instructor and a physiotherapist who volunteered from within the neighbourhood. They will have different equipments and will be demonstrating different forms of exercisers which one require in order to maintain a healthy heart and body. They will also be assessing individual’s needs and recommend on the best remedies to suit individual health needs. For instance, they will tell people the best exercises to reduce peripheral fats, the best exercises to tone body muscles, the best exercise to add hips to name but a few.int this booth the approximate time an individual or group of people will take is around 15mminutes (DeRose, 2016). In this booth we will also include the health and fitness completion whereby the winner will walk away with a surprise token.
In the healthy eating booth, we will have professional nutritionists who will help assess the nutritional needs of individuals and offer appropriate advice in regards to individual needs. For instance they will counsel clients on their daily nutritional and caloric intake. They will also have banners demonstrating both the appropriate foods for consumption and the unhealthy foods that may lead to health problems if consumed in large amounts. The time taken in this booth will be last 15 minutes.
The emergency booth will handle emergency issues which may occur during the fair day. As a result, first aid kits and an ambulance will be put in place, in case there is need arises. The booth will also include medical staff to handle such emergencies (Schumann, 2012). There will be different staff located randomly all over the venue in order to identify any emergencies and respond accordingly.
There will also be the heart booth which will handle people diagnosed with heart problems and blood pressure issues. The booth will have trained and licensed medical staff, who will be diagnosing heart problems, prescribing dispensing medications and making referrals where needed. In this booth the approximate time will last 30 minutes.
There will also be the food and beverages restaurant where people will purchase food and drinks at a fair price. All types of cuisine will be available at an affordable price. There will also be the fun spot where children can enjoy horse riding, merry go round, see-saw, climbing lanes, jungle haze, to name but a few. We will also include a zip inner for the adults. This will come at fee, as prescribed by the individual vendors.
The event will be sponsored by the organising committee as well as several individuals from the community who have offered to chip in financially. The budget includes facility expenses (rent-$1000, insurance=$20, furniture and equipment-$10, electrical and wireless network-$20). Marketing expenses which include graphic designs, flyers, brochures and sinage_$100, staffing expenses (all are volunteers), transport-$50.
Some fun activities and demonstration for the day, which will spice up the fair day will include chair massage, yoga, exercise demonstrations and fitness competition, healthy cooking, martial arts, proper lifting demonstrations, emergency preparedness, healthy cooking demos. There will also be raffles in different booths and giveaways. Incentive will be included to encourage people to visit all the booths. Each participant will be given a tacking card, which will be stamped at each booth and after a participant have visited a certain number of booths, they will automatically become eligible for a free gift and included into the grant draw.
` The planning for this event stated 6 months prior to the date of the event. The first step of planning is setting up committees and subcommittees (Fung, 2015). The committee then creates a work plan and distribution of the workload and ensuring support from the community. There will also be some sub-committees such as Pre- and post-event subcommittee. The sub-committee will be responsible for setting up logistics operating and breaking the event. They will also help in identifying staffing needs and work closely with the other subcommittees. The scheduling subcommittee will schedule staff, volunteers and attendees during the D-day. They will also be responsible for ensuring that all supplies reach the venue on time. For instance, the test kits, health literatures, food table’s signs for venues, emergency supplies and fliers. The vendors’ sub-committee will seek for vendors and determine their needs as well as assist them to setup their booths.
People working in different booths will be updated on what exactly they are expected to do. They will also have ample time to practice their skills and machines. Roles will be assigned based on individual’s academic qualifications and strengths. Those who are not academically qualified will be linked to the academically qualified staff in order to assist them.
By completing this assignment, It is evident that there is a real need in my local community for a health nutrition day fair. It is also goes without saying that good interpersonal skills and communication skills are key in building strong relationship with people (Cordoza, 2019). I also have learnt that a day fair is a great platform for my student to participate in makings positive impact in the society while still learning.
This exercise has taught me the importance of good and timely planning and organisation of an event. Moreover, I can also confidentiality attest to the fact that teamwork is key, for the success of such an event. Each participant has to be team player and has a special role to play. When the team work together, with a similar goal in mind, then chances of being successful are almost guaranteed.
This exercise has also taught me that advertisement and communication are imperative in the success of such an event. The use of emails, flyers, socials media, magazines and word of mouth reached out to many participants in the event. It is also important for one to get feedback from the audience concerning the event. This allows one to identify strong points, weaknesses and also to rectify mistakes in the future planning of such an event.
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