One thing I really appreciate about this organize an activity is that it was the SECOND idea. Amelia wanted to host a mental health night at her church, but didn’t receive enough support to do it. So, she had to start all over. But, in starting over, she found something very manageable that still had a personal impact on many in her church community. Amelia decided to write personal letters to folks, encouraging them to find their own faith journey. This shows that sometimes what seems like a dead end (one idea not working out) leads to a new idea better than the first! Continue reading
Project Topic: youth
Bringing Baseball to the Community
Cole has a love of baseball and is part of the baseball community near where he lives. So, how could he take this interest and make it into organizing an activity? Cole decided to gather a group of volunteers and clean up the local fields. They cleaned, painted, hung up nets, mowed the lawn, and striped the field. Wow! Continue reading
Organizing a Blood Drive with the Red Cross
Jaycee admits, “When Bella and I first started this activity our goal was to have around 11 donors. We really didn’t think that we would be able to promote the event effectively. We only had two weeks to promote and we didn’t think that would be enough time to get a lot of donors. Weston [our textbook author] says, “Don’t expect that you will always know what difference you are making or have made. The ways of this world can be subtle and circuitous. Have some faith” (Weston 463). Obviously, we did not have faith at the beginning. It wasn’t until the second and last week we promoted the event at her church where our faith grew really high. We ended up having around 25 people asking to sign up for appointments. Which was awesome! ” Continue reading
Making Breakfast for Hospitalized Families
“My group cooking a meal for them may seem simple, but it contributes to the larger impact the Ronald McDonald House is going for. They strive to make parents and their children across the country feel like they have a safe, warm place to be even in the darkest of times. I’ve known children who have been extremely ill, and their families continuously talk about the care and hospitality the Ronald McDonald House provides. The entire world may not have been affected by our activity, but for the families we and RMHC, it meant everything.” –Makenna Continue reading here Continue reading
Sharing a Love of Reading: Collecting Books for Middle-Schoolers
“…I saw this as my way to give back, I have no use for those books I had and I wanted people to get joy out of them like I had and I wanted to encourage reading.” See how one student was able to collect and distribute approximately 200 books to middle schoolers! Continue reading
Changing the Stigma on Skaters
For this project, Eric wanted to apply his love of skateboarding to his want to make a difference in his community. He chose to take a few friends to his local skate park to pick up garbage, rake the leaves out of the way, and have fun while doing it. Eric said, “I felt really… Continue reading
Bringing a Mosque Back to Life
This student, named Jalwa, had decided to clean up her Muslim place of worship to make sure that others have a good experience while practicing their faith. On a recent trip to her family mosque, Jalwa had noticed that it was in dire need of organizing, wiping down and most importantly, a good ol’ fashioned… Continue reading
Walking for Awareness: Eating Disorders
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