Monday, May 5, 2008

Service Learning # 3

Last weeks service learning went really well. we talked about alot things such as:
Agenda
  • Fundraising
  • Website Ideas
  • Walk-a-Thon Ideas
  • Research(extra info)
  • Creating a Forum
Ideas
  • Create a website
  • T shirts
  • Raise money for walk a thon
  • Advisory give out papers and sponsers
  • People awareness
  • Money to refugee camps
  • Have information section at School District of Philadelphia start up darfur community group
  • Make awareness posters
  • Benefit dinner(possibly)
  • Wear rist bands
  • Go to other school and give presentations about Darfur
  • Read to younger kids about darfur
  • Get sponsers.
  • Do an open house and sell things related to darfur
  • Get mayor nutter involved
  • Get former refugees of darfur here to speak about their experiences at the camps
  • Combine with others from different areas that are working on the same topic
  • Write letters to get get people tp sponser us
  • Wirte letters to our school partners
  • Donations
  • Advertise for certain needs and let them know what we are trying to do
Discussions
  • Fundraising(Ideas)
  • Grants
  • Introduced Darfur Related Website
  • Getting People invovolved
  • Find out needs
  • We already have people who want to help
Reminders
  • Throughly read website: www.savedarfur.org
  • find a book to presentation
  • try to participate in walk a thon
  • must be committed to working on project
  • research programs already trying to help darfur
  • Georgia and Lakisha: Writing letter for sponserers
  • Sahrde, Terrence, and John: documentary on awareness
  • Chyann and Kate: Make brochure about Darfur.
  • Stephen and Bart: Find contacts for people to help us.
Questions
  • are we going to make our own t-shirts?
  • how are we going to get our money to Darfur's refugees?
  • Can we connect with people in darfur?
Next for service learning i would like to start the people awareness process of the project.

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