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firsthand the equipment you use in daily • Education Committee: Organizes • Determine an operating budget and
operations. Recycling vans, refuse trucks, all activities associated with the share information with committees.
pavement recyclers, road graders and lift educational objectives of the celebration
trucks hold fascinating possibilities for • Develop master calendar with
students this age. This activity is ideal if • Promotions Committee: Organizes milestones.
you have limited resources. You could all activities associated with the
schedule an Equipment Show and Tell at promotional objectives of the • Develop a schedule of meetings to
a different school every day of National celebration review progress with committee
Public Works Week. chairpersons.
Sample Planning Calendar
A Job Shadow Day enables a high • Order your National Public Works
school student to experience a workday in February/March Week posters.
the life of the Public Works professional • Schedule a kickoff meeting to organize
who performs a job of interest to the April
student. In the process, students learn your celebration. Invite individuals • Committees meet to organize and plan.
that Public Works services employ a from all Public Works departments, the • Committee chairpersons begin meeting
variety of professionals, technicians and chamber of commerce, public affairs
administrators who have been schooled office, community schools, and area with Planning Committee chairperson
and trained in a variety of fields. businesses (vendor-partners). to report progress and obtain support.
• Select a Planning Committee and May
PLANNING CALENDAR chairperson. • Celebrate National Public Works Week!
• Discuss goals, set objectives, define Record the information necessary to
The sooner you begin planning target audiences. evaluate your success.
National Public Works Week events and • Determine the events and activities that June
activities, the more successful you will be. will allow you to meet your objectives. • Celebrate your success with committee
Using committees is a good way to divide • Select an Education Committee, members.
up the work. a Promotions Committee, and a • Send thank-you notes to supporters,
committee for each event; select a committee members, corporate
Suggested Committee Structure chairperson for each committee; clarify sponsors and volunteers.
and assign responsibilities. • Collect information from each
• Planning Committee: Oversees and • Discuss how to capture information chairperson about the success of their
manages all activities and events during your events. This will provide activity or event.
content for you to share online and with • Share a write up and photos with
• Event Committees: One committee per stakeholders as well as enable you to Tennessee Public Works Magazine for
event; organizes and completes all tasks evaluate your success. inclusion in the September/October
associated with the event issue. The deadline is July 22.
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