Sometimes when students wonder what they can organize for their Experiments in Ethics, they forget the many ways they are surrounded by different communities. For her organize an activity, Kelsey tapped into the community where she works, an after school program filled with families. Kelsey asked them to help contribute to her donation drive. Together, they collected many boxes of cake mixes, tubs of frosting, and even jars of sprinkles that could be donated to a local food shelf bringing birthday joy to those utilizing the food shelf. Continue reading
Project Topic: kids
Teaching Children About Dental Health
Garrett wrote “Partnering with my dentist, I taught two classes of preschoolers in Pacific University’s Early Learning Program about their teeth and how to practice safe and healthy dental hygiene. I also provided the children with dental hygiene supplies and proposed future presentations at a local elementary school.” When asked what he accomplished, Garrett listed… Continue reading
Shared Happiness
Doreen planned a birthday party for those born in October at the group home she previously worked at. Due to Covid restrictions, no outside family or friends were allowed to visit. This left the people with birthdays unable to really celebrate. Doreen changed all that by planning a party with staff and residents! 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
Supporting Operation Christmas Child
Jessica, Itzel, and Syreena brought people together during the holiday season to give gifts to people all across the world that do not receive Christmas gifts. Together they encouraged many people to buy gifts for kids and brought everyone together to build 65 boxes that would be shipped within the country and internationally to kids… Continue reading
Gifts for G.I.’s
For William’s Organize An Activity, he wanted to find a way to give support and show his appreciation to the American troops who have been deployed overseas. As a veteran himself, he understood how important this could be for our troops. He contacted other schools and asked them to help him write letters and collect… Continue reading
Blankets for Chemo
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
Fleece Blankets for the Homeless
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
Dollar Bake Sale: Food for Children
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
A Family Promise Christmas
“My project helps demonstrate the idea that there is more to homelessness than sleeping on park benches and going to soup kitchens. …. I think it’s important that we remember that there are a lot more people struggling than we like to think about.” – Theresa Continue reading