Project Name/Idea: Develop a senior citizen platform
Project Name: Senior Citizen Platform
Your Name: Nitin Shah
Team Members: Kirit Gosalia (JCGP), Prerana Saraiya (JCNC), Chetan (JCSC),
1. What Vision2020 Gap are you filling?
Energize – Understanding membership needs.
2. What problem are you solving?
Seniors are ignored in the hectic day-to-day lives of their children.
3. Why are you solving it?
No programs at JAINA looking after senior citizen in the US.
4. What is your solution?
- Develop a platform for senior to meet, enjoy and socialize with each other.
- Educate them about their rights in the US.
- An information source for providing benefits from local government agency.
5. Who is your target audience? Where is it applicable?
Jain Centers in the US and Senior citizen at these centers.
6. Has a related problem been solved? Where? By Who? Can you partner with someone?
Non-Jain centers provide some of these services.
7. Resources Needed
nPeople / Volunteers:
People who have signed up at the west coast leadership conference. Major JC executives
nConsultants / Suppliers / Services: (Example: Web, publishing, brochure, etc.)
Web publishing
nFinancial: How much $ you will require
Assuming 40-50 seniors at each Jain center coming to an activity once a month, cost would be $300 food/month; $1200/qtr for trips; $1600/yr for other charges. Total approximately $10,000/yr/center.
8. What type of talent do you need? Do you have the right team? Are you the right leader?
Dedicated leadership already formed.
9. How will you create awareness and promote the project?
Publicize through Jain Centers. Pilot program at JCNC.
10. How will get the funding?
Jain centers contribute $5,200 and $10/month/senior attending.
11. What are the first 100 day, 200 day, 300 day milestones? How will the product be sustained?
· 100 days – Develop plan
· 200 days – Pilot at JCNC
· 300 days – Provide at plan to spread to other centers
Kellogg Conference Peer Comments
| Senior Citizens participants is important but responsibility is of the individual family and the government. Project should be advisory |
| An effort should be made to bridge the gap between generations by educating seniors also about change in the new world |
| Needed, use of internet |
| Very important - I would love the support I see my dad can use, so right now, we can empathize, see elders are set in their ways, need a lot of time and patience; create a community |
| bring more family feeling, caring satisfaction |
| Long term community buy-in and input |
| Participation with other Indian seniors |
| Growing Need, Very few people, mattered in need |
| Bring elders together for events; getting feedback on events from seniors |
| Gets the elderly involved; Health issues need to be accounted for |
| A good look in the future, a good time to start; Should this forum spend energy/resources in this? Will these senior citizens who participate have an obligation to give back to the community? How can they help the JWOL cause? Would it breed ritualistic practices leading towards fundamentalism? |
| Very much needed; How would it work for small communities? |
| Timely need; Past attempts have failed, they like to live with family |
| Addressing the forgotten Jains; Interest of seniors |
| This is a growing segment of our society and we need to address their needs; Could be achieved through center level |
| Needed for the current adults |
| Strong need for such project; create comprehensive networking system for senior citizen |
| Organize various senior gatherings and facilitate dialogue |
| We owe this service to our elders; Must provide a wide variety of staffing |
| We always have a lot to learn from our seniors and they will find a meaningful activity as well to be busy; Provide specific list of programs where seniors can make meaningful and visible impact |
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