Ideas that I find Ideal

I really enjoyed reading all of the ideas posted by my fellow classmates for projects that promote Safe Harbor and domestic violence awareness.

Myself and others suggested a purple drink night in downtown Clemson that may reach out to our peers. I do still maintain that we should encourage patrons to wear purple and possibly receive a discount on their drink or food purchase(s) at establishments like the Esso Club, 356, Tiger Town Tavern, and others. I know many sororities, fraternities, and other campus groups utilize this idea often for philanthropy purposes and it seems to be successful.

Another idea that I thought would be awesome was the one posed that we encourage a purple out in favor of promoting the color that represents domestic violence awarenss for the month of October. This might be a bit tricky to pull off and would require us to start planning immediately, especially since September is already halfway over. We would need to speak with coaches or other people of authority in the athletic department. We could also talk to sorotities and fraternities who are pomping floats for the halftime show and encourage them to include the color purple, a purple ribbon, etc. to raise further awareness. This would reach out not only to Clemson students, but also everyone else at the game (and as we all know, attendees come from all over).

Finally, making progressive moves to re-vamp Safe Harbor's Facebook and Twitter pages is a crucial project we need to take on, and soon! These would be fantastic tools to raise awareness in the form of event invitations, sharing pictures from events, or providing statistics and facts about domestic violence. We must realize that we would reach not only our Clemson network, but addionally networks around the country. We have students from all over the globe. If their friends in their network see what we post or what is re-posted, upcoming events, etc., the awareness raised would be substantial. Additionally, these social media tools would allow us to be more ogranized as a group when tackling these projects for our client Safe Harbor.