PHASE: Define
CATEGORY: Health
Mission Mobile Museum [M3]
North America

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M3 is an initiative that works with Project CURE to create a system for using recreational vehicles to raise awareness of non-profit organizations. This would allow NPO's to spread their message like never before.

Standings & Awards

422 out of 422 in North America
284 out of 284 in Health
930 out of 930 in Define
992 out of 992 in Charitable
4003 out of 4003 Overall
M3 will educate society about the importance of non-profit organizations in a highly innovative fashion.

M3 is working to develop an affordable and easy-to-use attachment for RV's which will revolutionize the way Project CURE and other NPO's across the country, and potentially the world, are able to advertise themselves and make their stories known. Project CURE is an organization dedicated to sending a vast range of medical supplies and equipment to poverty-stricken areas around the globe. Many citizens do not know about Project CURE though, largely because all of the money coming into Project CURE goes straight to the distribution of supplies worldwide. By transforming a volunteer's vehicle into a mobile museum, Project CURE will be able to take their message directly to people that otherwise never would have known about the organization or the wonderful things they do.

Basically, the aforementioned attachment is a trailer hitch containing a series of panels that, when folded, fit comfortably on the hitch.  The unfolding of these panels transforms a parked vehicle into a makeshift museum, capable of displaying any and all information about the NPO.  The panels would come equipped with a combination of educational content and aesthetic appeal, and allow for on-site donations (including by credit-card) as well as volunteering commitments to be made by the visitors.  Such an display attachment would be compatible with many different vehciles and could effectively deploy at any number of locations, such as schools and hospitals, or at events such as fairs and festivals, and could allow for hundreds or even thousands of people to be exposed to these organizations in a single day. 

This project has the ability to help Project CURE and other non-profits grow larger and faster than ever before.  Project CURE is the starting point, but because of the highly scalable nature of this project, there is the potential for large-scale adoption by other NPO's and thus for significant societal impact worldwide.

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Project CURE
A non-profit organization dedicated to delivering medical supplies to people in need worldwide.

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1. What is your innovation? 
We are re-innovating the way Project CURE, and eventually other non-profits, spread their stories and raise societal awareness of the issues they are dedicated to resolving. We are accomplishing this by designing a method by which an otherwise normal vehicle with towing capabilities may be adapted into highly mobile, flexible and affordable means of advertisement and education. Basically, we are creating a trailer hitch which contains a series of panels capable of unfolding into a museum.
2. Who gains the most? 
The primary beneficiary of the project will be Project CURE and the impoverished people they work to help, as Project CURE is currently the sole focus of our endeavors. However, once the design for the device and the overall procedural aspects are sufficiently developed, any organization will be able to use this product and method for their own causes.
3. Who pays? 
Our goal is to provide non-profits with the attachment and accompanying methods of usage with the least possible cost on their part. We aim to pay for the development of these products through a combination of funding from innovation-oriented competitions and corporate sponsorship. Any and all funds accrued will be dedicated to either further development of the product, or else funding the adoption of the devices by non-profits.
4. What is your success? 
Our success will be the communication of the efforts of non-profit organizations to those members of society who are otherwise unaware of them in an attempt to help these charitable organizations in raising the level of social consciousness surrounding the given issue. We want to help these people realize that they can be a part of the solution.
5. How will you do it? 
We will first design a prototype, and will then proceed to construct this device after the proper funding is acquired. Project CURE will be the first NPO to test out this product, and through trial and error we will develop a more specific method for how this project may be the most effectively utilized by the greatest number of organizations. From there, it will be a matter of spreading and scaling this project as much as is possible.

Badges & Awards

Semifinalist
Semi-finalist Project 2012
Project Participant DSIC 2012
2012 DSIC Project Participant

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Ed Alessio
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