Flint, Michigan getting a Hail Mary pass from Camden football team


2/2/16


Camden's Whitman Park youth football team will drive 100,000 bottles of water to Flint, Michigan on March 3. After Flint changed their water supply to the Flint River in October 2014, the water was diagnosed with lead contamination. Although Flint switched their water supply back to Detroit in October 2015, the water is still being deemed contaminated. Due to Flint's limited water supply, the Whitman Park football team will collect water from Feb. 1 to Feb. 29 and drive the donations to Flint, Michigan on March 3. 

Living in Camden, this article interests me. This is a great deed, but the only way this water collection will be successful is if it is advertised well. If I never had to cover this current event for class, I wouldn't even know that this water collection was taking place. There is a flyer on the team's website, but the flyer should be posted all around Camden and its surrounding towns. 

The Whitman Park football team has made a goal to collect 100,000 bottles of water or 4,200 packs. So far, 762 bottles have been collected. If bottles of water are collected at this same rate throughout February, only about 12,000 bottles will be collected. But if this event is effectively advertised throughout Camden, the Whitman Park football team will collect 100,000 bottles easily. According to the US Census Bureau, Camden has a population of about 77,000 people. If everyone in Camden donated two bottles of water, the Whitman Park team will achieve and exceed their goal. With effective advertising and community involvement, Camden's Whitman Park football team's water collection for Flint, Michigan's water crisis will be a success. 


http://www.nj.com/camden/index.ssf/2016/02/camden_youth_football_wants_100k_water_bottles_for.html


http://time.com/4191864/flint-water-crisis-lead-contaminated-michigan/

http://www.whitmanparktigers.com

http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/34/3410000.html