Cheyenna and Summer worked together to collect donations and fundraise for St. Stephen's Human Services, an organization working in Minneapolis to aid those experiencing homelessness. They researched impactful, local organizations and felt St. Stephen's fit the bill. Continue reading
For my project, I decided that I wanted to make care packages for low-income families living in shelter homes. I chose to do this because I know that the pandemic has been very hard for everyone, especially those without a home. They’ve already had it tough, but now they struggle even more because they lost their jobs or got laid off due to COVID-19. I knew that these families needed our help more than ever, which is why I decided to organize a GoFundMe page and ask my friends and family for help. I set the goal at $500. The money would be going to creating the care packages which would include snacks and hygiene products. Continue reading
"Although I volunteer quite frequently it was new to me to actually organize the whole activity and execute every piece of the puzzle. It really warmed my heart to see our (meaning the staff, students, and faculties) donations go to a place that was in dire need of these things." Kylie wanted to do more than collect items for veterans by herself. See how she organized students, faculty, and staff at the elementary school where she worked to make her donation drive a success. Continue reading
One group decided to address a public problem of people living in a camp along a busy highway in Minneapolis. This group worked on charity by providing for the people in the camp's direct needs. Read more! Continue reading
For Matt and Anna's Organized Activity, they chose to get a group of friends together to raise money for a charity by singing. Matt said, "The acoustics were wonderful. We sang our tunes we had rehearsed and in no time had a good pile of ones in our basket. . . People walked around the mall near us just to hear. We left at about 2:30 with $56.45!" 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
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