For Amber's Organized Activity, she decided to host a dinner and donate the proceeds to help those who have served or are currently serving in the Military. After doing some research, she found out that the restaurant Buffalo Wild Wings will donate 10% of anyone’s bill to the cause of their choice. "Confucius taught that people should focus more on others and less on themselves. By doing this activity I'm giving to others and essentially helping them keep their medical care." Continue reading
For this Organized Activity, a group made several tie blankets and then to donate them to a local hospital to give to children with cancer. Continue reading
For her Organized Activity, Maddie hosted a 'Fleece Tie-Blanket Event' through the National Honors Society at Andover High School. When explaining the process of her Organized Activity, Maddie said, "When I first began to structure the event, I did not know it would become a part of my Experiments in Ethics, or centered around ethics Continue reading
10 million men and 20 million women develop an eating disorder at some point in their lives. "The goal of this project is to inform our community's youth about the dangers of eating disorders and mental illness, and to also spread the message of hope" Continue reading
For this groups Organize an Activity, they decided to host a bake sale at Anoka-Ramsey Community College. Several different types of treats were prepared in advance, packaged and priced at $1 per treat ..."At first it was a bit difficult to try and organize an activity. Our group had an issue of meeting up so we decided to do a project that could split the responsibilities." Continue reading
Periods are something we usually don't discuss much in college. But, Noelle decided it was time to broach this subject in her ethics class. She worked with an organization called "Day for Girls" to cut and sew fabric pads to be shipped to women in developing countries who may not have easy access to hygiene supplies. Noelle writes, "My friends and I all had the supplies, abilities, and time to come together and cut fabric for this wonderful cause." Read more! Continue reading
This group's project making and distributing care kits for those experiencing homelessness caused them to think more deeply about the goals they were trying to achieve and how best to give "help" to others. Ashley writes, Homelessness is very tragic and sadly, very common. There are a lot of charities and organizations available that try to help people in need. Kayla, Summer, and I decided we wanted to reach out to those in need by making and distributing gift bags... My experience with this project was both eye opening and different than what I was expecting." Read more! Continue reading
"I am so happy I did this project, especially because I always thought about how wasteful it was to be throwing all away when people check out of their hotel rooms, but I never took the time to try to do something about it." Continue reading