Kelly Hales WST 3015
February 18, 2010
Nina Perez
Word Count: 482
Activism Introduction
Last semester I worked with Animal Safehouse for my Service Learning project. While my group and I raised over $300 toward their cause, I didn't feel that I personally impacted any one person. Considering I am an Education minor, it is important for me to work one on one with people. I am used to entering classrooms and working with young kids. After I leave a classroom I always feel excited and accomplished. I feel like I impacted the lives of several young children. I wanted to make sure that I felt this way about my project this semester. Along with three other girls in my class I decided to work with the Girl Scouts.
When I was younger, the Girl Scouts program came to my school for less than a year. I was so excited to learn new lessons and make projects with my friends. This excitement was brief and the program was cut from my area. (Probably because we lived in a rural area about ten miles from any actual neighborhoods.) I felt left out and extremely bored. One of my favorite after school activities had been taken away from me. Because of my previous situation I felt personally obligated to be involved with the Girl Scouts. I knew that I wanted to work one on one with the girls and hopefully instill some type of inspiration in them.
Tomorrow Shanay, Jessica, Sarah and I will be heading to Bithlo to work with a particular troop. We will be teaching them about the value of money, as well as working on various projects with them. We will also be spending time selling cookies this semester. I will be adding an accurate activism blog post tomorrow to give a detailed description about our visit and our communication with our contact.
When I was younger, the Girl Scouts program came to my school for less than a year. I was so excited to learn new lessons and make projects with my friends. This excitement was brief and the program was cut from my area. (Probably because we lived in a rural area about ten miles from any actual neighborhoods.) I felt left out and extremely bored. One of my favorite after school activities had been taken away from me. Because of my previous situation I felt personally obligated to be involved with the Girl Scouts. I knew that I wanted to work one on one with the girls and hopefully instill some type of inspiration in them.
Tomorrow Shanay, Jessica, Sarah and I will be heading to Bithlo to work with a particular troop. We will be teaching them about the value of money, as well as working on various projects with them. We will also be spending time selling cookies this semester. I will be adding an accurate activism blog post tomorrow to give a detailed description about our visit and our communication with our contact.
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