 About 10K |
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The idea is simple…. You volunteer a minimum of 10 hours with a local non-profit or community organization. Log your hours and then you get a ticket to our April 29, 2009 concert. Finally, you ROCK! The concert act will be announced at a later date but volunteer hours can be completed and logged online up until April 1, 2009. Any hours that were completed starting on April 1, 2008 count towards the 2009 concert. The 10,000 Hours Show (10K) is a year-round effort to engage young people in volunteer service that culminates in a free concert for which the only admission is volunteer hours to local nonprofits – because together we rock. The “Show” of The 10,000 Hours Show is young people volunteering thousands of hours at area nonprofits to help meet real needs in their communities. By volunteering and registering with 10K, new volunteers make a difference, learn about themselves, and get to go to an awesome concert. People who are already volunteering can stand up and be counted by registering with 10K, encouraging their friends to get involved and rocking the concert along the way. Young volunteer staff produce both the Show and the concert of 10K. They engage in a huge peer-to-peer volunteer outreach campaign to recruit new volunteers and recognize existing ones, and they raise the money and support necessary to create a premier concert. Driven by young people, 10K is a powerful community building effort at the same time it is a vibrant learning experience. The mission of The 10,000 Hours Shows nationally is to mobilize young people to meet immediate community needs and recognize those who do, helping develop the next generation of active community leaders. The 10,000 Hours Show Executive Directors Finance Directors Marketing Directors Event Production Directors Community Outreach Director High School Outreach Webmaster
The 10,000 Hours Show operates in multiple communities as independent, locally-organized projects such as 10K Eastern Iowa, 10K Central Iowa, 10K Dane County (in Madison) and so forth. 10K National exists to maintain standards, facilitate sharing of best practices, and track outcomes across these local 10Ks, as well as support the development of new 10Ks. Communities interested in launching their own 10K gain guidance in doing so through a 10K National process called “Invite 10K.” To learn more about Invite 10K, visit us at http://www.10000hours.org. The 10,000 Hours Show was originally incubated and managed through Iowa City community-building nonprofit The James Gang (www.thejamesgang.ws). The United Way of Johnson County (www.unitedwayjc.org) was the project’s first non-campus endorser, and in later years helped develop 10K within the United Way system. To learn more about 10K’s exciting history please click HERE |
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