Group Service Partnerships

Park scholars share their communications talents across a variety of partnerships with local organizations. Upper-level Park scholars assume key leadership roles in these collaborations. For the 2011 - 2012 academic year, following are the Park scholar group service partnerships:

Concert for a Cure:
Concert for a Cure is an annual concert that raises funds to support the American Cancer Society, the Susan G. Komen Foundation, and the Cancer Resource of the Fingerlakes. For this project, scholars are involved in solicitation, public relations, social media, creating advertisements, and logistical planning.

Ithaca City School District:
Park scholars collaborate with the Ithaca City School District on its external communications needs. Scholars serve as "school liaisons" for the district's partnerships with The Ithaca Journal and Tompkins Weekly, through which the newspapers publish stories—in print and online—written by the scholars about the district's schools.

Media Club:
Media Club educates elementary, middle and high school students on media and its effects on their lives. Projects include Media Club, Journalism Club and Yearbook Club. Scholars will develop and direct programming surrounding print advertising, public relations and communications, commercial production, journalism ethics, broadcast journalism, film production and new media technologies.

Megaphone Media Productions:
Megaphone Media Productions is a student-run organization that provides free media support to non-profit organizations in the City of Ithaca. In the past, Megaphone has helped organizations utilize media outlets such as radio, television, print, and internet services to successfully promote themselves to the local community. Tentative projects for this year include: producing a promotional video for The Discovery Trail; providing media and marketing assistance to Better Housing of Tompkins County; and providing marketing/design assistance and materials for Ithaca's Community School of Music and Arts.