Project Proposal

With this service-learning project I mainly want to focus on providing food for people without it. This project is a great chance to persue my idea to give back to people. My idea is to give gift cards to restaurants to people who are standing on the side of the roads, asking for money for food. With this idea, I feel like people will give back to those in need a lot more often. Many people are afraid to give money to those people because they think that they will use it for things like drugs or cigarettes. But if we give gift cards, the people donating know that their money will be used for something good. I would also like to hand out gift cards to the people who can't get into soup kitchens. These soup kitchens often have to deny people because they don't have enough room/food for everyone in line. If we can hand out gift cards to everyone, they still get a meal that day and don't have to go hungry for the night. I would like to pair with places like Subway who are very cheap but still can be healthy. Also, I would like to target the areas that are near the restraunts I get the gift cards from so it's not a challenge to get there. Eventually I would like to help people like the ones who sign up for food baskets. I want to give them gift cards for Walmart where they can buy groceries for the month. This goal would happen a long time from now, but it is a future goal I have if this project can really grow. With this project, we can really help some people out who can't always afford food.

60 Minutes

After watching this video, I am truly inspired. These teens have accomplished something bigger than themselves. They thought outside the box and focused on a serious problem. I think it's very hard for us to think this big, but they do it and try to solve problems that haven't been solved. It makes me think how can I do something like this? How can I make a difference like these kids did? Jack Andraka came up with a test for pancreatic cancer when he was only 15 years old. He think that he isn't all that smart, just creative. He is very passionate about what he wants to accomplish and he's already done it at such a young age. He has gone all over the world and shared what he has developed. He goes around the world sharing and inspiring people. He excells in school and still maintains his dreams of his achievement. I think it is truly incredible that someone so young has done what people have been trying to do for years. This is a remarkable achievement and it's even more inspiring because he's still in high school. He will definitely go on to achieve great things and I can't wait to see what else he does.