End of Project Report

In assessing the outcome of our group service learning project, I would say we overall did a fantastic job. I feel we were very successful and that we exceeded our goals we had set for ourselves. I was very excited about the amount of money we raised in only three days. I was also shocked at the amount of supplies brought in by my fellow classmates that Saturday. I can't really say we had any major failures after seeing all of the success we had. If anything some suggestions that might have helped the project even more would have been to expand the blanket and pet supply drive as well as taking money donations for a few more days. But it was amazing to see just how much we did get in the short amount of time that we had.


On our service day this past Saturday I worked with the children helping them with crafts and playing with them. It was a very rewarding experience to interact with the kids, the were just too precious. The parents were also very appreciative of our help and were very excited to take their child or children's artwork with them. The rooms came out looking wonderful and felt more home like and warmer. While I was working with the children most of the day i felt the room redecorating upstairs was very organized and neat.


I feel like the class service project has given me more insight to the issues that are right here in my city. Being at the shelter and knowing that the women there were once the victims of domestic violence made me register that the problem of domestic violence is not just something that happens else where. After completing this project I feel that steps right on our own home front can really make a difference and bring awareness to others about domestic violence. After completing this project I feel like there are alot of people who are not really aware about domestic violence and how often it occurs. I can can say that I was like that too before the start of this project. I mean I knew domestic violence occurred but not as often as I found it out to occur.


The overall value of local action in these global problems is that you can see how a small effort in your own community can make a big difference, and that you are able to help for the cause. It makes the global problems not seem so distant and imposable to help solve. You are able to see that if more people did small thing just in their community then we could fix alot of problems and be able to help more and more people, which would then spread all over the world. As I had wrote in assignment one there are alot of these global issues that are really just as much of a problem right here as they are all over the world. If we are to tackle these problems around the globe I feel the best place to start is in peoples very own city's and towns.

I feel having taken part in the service learning project has really made me realize just how lucky and thankful I am for the good life I have. I have also realized just how generous other people are, and how there are alot of people who really do care and want to help. The project has also made me more aware of helping others. Before the project I never use to pay much attention to the organizations who had tables set up and were raising money for different causes. I thought my quarter of few pennies would not make a difference, but I was wrong. Now every time at school when I see someone collecting donations I go and give what I can because I know in the end that it will make a huge difference.