Proposed+Projects

toc =__Project Proposal: Helping Students In a Needy School__= There is a major problem in our country. This problem is lack of education.

Resolving this problem is very important every child should he able to have the proper tools for education. Very child should be able to experience the pleasure and the benefits of having an education.

The first step to taking control of the situation is to donate or provide service to help them. Donating supplies and help spread awareness to this problem.

It would give students a better chance to make something of themselves.

=__Project Proposal: Assist Residents of a Homeless Shelter__= My project idea is to identify a homeless shelter in the are around or relatively near to our school and contact them to see what we could assist them with, such as fixing up the building, or providing for the needs of the homeless who occupy and use it. We could raise money to buy supplies to help fix the place if that is needed, or raise money to provide clothing or food or other necessities to the occupants of the shelter.

The reason that this project would be beneficial and important is because homeless people have no choice but to rely on the caring and the giving of others. The situations that they are in are out of their control and the fact that they have to rely on people sometimes to even have a hot meal is saddening.

By raising money and going and fixing up a homeless shelter and providing its regular participants with hot food and clothing, that means there is one less person going hungry that day, on top of the fact that that person will never forget the kindness and caring that we would be showing them.

=__Project Proposal: Habitat For Humanity__= For service learning I would like to make a program where we would go help Habitat For Humanity and help them build homes for people who have lost their homes.

I could call Habitat For Humanity and see if there needed any help at one of their building sites. http://www.habitatnyc.org/volunteer.html

Below is a web site that we could use to try to volunteer at so that we could be of some help and work to build homes or help out a community. http://www.habitatnyc.org/volunteer.html

The next link is a construction web site that is through habitat for humanity to help out. http://www.habitatnyc.org/volunteer_construction.html

I could also get in touch with a JCC and see if they have any programs that we could help out at and make a difference, since they run many different programs to help people.

=__Project Proposal: E-Waste Recycling & Fund Raising__= The Service Learning project that I would like to do is to recycle, and use e-waste to raise money for school supplies to give to another school in need. Not only will this project give a needy school supplies, but it will also help the environment, and reduce the amount of polutants in electronics that seep into the water and the ground.

The goal of this project is to help other schools get the supplies they need but can't afford, while helping the environment at the same time.

To do this we will need to collect e-waste (computers, printers, keyboards, mice, etc.) and sell the equipment that we can profit from.

Then we pick a school, and ask them what supplies they need the most and run out of the fastest.

Next, we use the money to buy the supplies from the survey, and deliver the supplies to the school. Here's a file containing a collection of ideas and resources that I think could be helpful:

=__Project Proposal: Blanket Collection Drive For Animal Shelter__= Our class would work to raise animal welfare awareness and organize a blanket drive where we pass out blankets to animal shelters to keep homeless animals warm.

This project is important because animals don't have a choice and need to rely on humans for food and shelter.

- Make posters and put them up around the school - Have an assembly to make the project known to everyone - Send parent's emails - Have a box located in the gym for the blankets - Then after we received the blankets we would call close by animal shelters and ask if they needed the blankets or if they knew any other shelters that needed them.

for further information go to: http://www.dosomething.org/actnow/actionguide/11-tips-how-have-a-collection-drive

For the class service learning project, I propose that we organize a clean-up and re-planting of Cunningham Park while educating a younger group of schoolchildren.

This project would tackle three major issues concerning environmental stewardship:

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=Project Proposal: “E-Waste Education Campaign” & E-Waste Recycling= 1. To launch a campaign to help Summit School students, staff and families learn about the dangers of e-waste pollution and what they can do to begin to reduce e-waste in their own lives. 2. To coordinate several hands-on, school-wide recycling projects, such as collecting and recycling used batteries. This project will help increase “e-waste” awareness to a large number of people connected with Summit School. Educational activities can include: I think this is really important because most people know almost nothing about the dangers of e-waste, and even if they know something about e-waste, hardly anyone has any idea of what they can actually do to begin to reduce it in their own lives.
 * Distributing literature and links to educational websites
 * We can build our own educational website or wiki with practical and educational information
 * We can create and distribute educational podcasts
 * We can plan and run special e-waste awareness days and activities at Summit School
 * We can create our own blog or message boards to help spread the word about e-waste hazards
 * I’m sure that as a class we can come up with a load of other interesting and useful activities

=__Clean & Green a Local Park__= For the class service learning project, I propose that we organize a clean-up and re-planting of Cunningham Park while educating a younger group of schoolchildren.

1. It would clean up our local park 2. Reduce the amount of greenhouse gases in the air, and 3. Teach the importance of environmental stewardship to the next generation.

This single project would help the surrounding community by beautifying our local park, help our environment by planting trees that would reduce the amount of C02 in the air, and it would help the younger school group by actually teaching them about pride in their community and their environment through hands-on experience instead of sitting in a classroom.

The goal of this project would be to clean and green Cunningham Park while simultaneously teaching young kids about how they can protect the environment in their own backyard. The actual outcome of the project would hopefully be to at least partially clean and re-plant a section of Cunningham Park with a class of younger students, whether they arc from the lower school or somewhere else. The focus of this project would be to instill a sense of community and environmentalism into a younger group of kids in a fun, hands-on manner. Hopefully, the final outcome of this project would be a cleaner and greener Cunningham Park with some beautiful new features.

=__**Project Proposal: Fund Raising for a Charity**__= For this year's Service Learning project, I propose that the class arranges a fundraiser in order to raise money for an as-of-yet undetermined charity. There are many ways that the money could be raised, and many different charities to which it could be donated. In fact, the money doesn't even have to all go to a single charity. If there is enough of it, it could be split between two or even three separate charities if need be.

In order to raise money, the class could hold a bake sale, collect bottles and cans for the 5 cent deposit, or have a raffle, among other things, Each method has its own advantages and disadvantages.

__Bake sale:__ Advantages - can make a considerable amount of money Disadvantages - requires plenty of time to prepare (buying supplies, baking, etc.)

__Collect bottles/cans:__ Advantages: the school has a constant supply of recyclables, helps the environment Disadvantages: must compete with Mr. Colon for items

__Raffle:__ Advantages: has the ability to bring in a large amount of money per item Disadvantages: none that I can think of

Assuming that the class chooses to do a raffle, there are a wide variety of items that could be raffled off. For example, an iPod Shuffle (or other similarly priced item) at $5 a ticket would quickly bring in profits.

After the fundraiser is completed and the money is totaled up, the class needs to choose a charity. Personally, I would recommend choosing a charity that works to reduce the effects of pollution and global warming on the environment, as it benefits not only us but generations to come.

=Project Proposals: Research Knowledge About HIV & AIDS= We will poll people's information about HIV and AIDS.

This is important because people don't know that much about AIDS, and a poll followed by what they answered wrong would help them.

The outcome would be a pie chart with the number of people who got questions right/wrong.

=Project Proposal: Make Stuffed Dolls for Needy Children= I believe that a good project for our class to partake in would be to make stuffed dolls for little children (probably poor and unhappy).

It is a good idea because it not only keeps students entertained by letting them make something special, but it also makes the recipients of these dolls happy.

Doing this would include some sewing materials, stuffing, and work. These dolls don't necessarily need to be people, they can be animals, or anything the imagination take you.

In my mind, the final result would end up with our class going to a foster home and in person giving your doll to a child. I did this in fourth grade in my old school, and it worked out perfectly.