A CTS OF KINDNESS Math for AAS General Education Fall, 2008
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ACTS OF KINDNESS
MATH FOR AAS GENERAL
EDUCATION
FALL, 2008
Instructor: Barbara RademacherAmanda Jones
Angela RogersCharla Futrell
Chris Starnes
The less fortunate will always be with us, but we believe it is our job to help take care of them.
The Samaritan Center stood out as a great place to focus our attentions.
We formed other areas of service as well.
Our group is aware of another project prior to ours that focused on community service.
HISTORY
IMPROVE THE LIVES OF THE LESS
FORTUNATE MOTIVATE OTHERS TO CATCH THE
VISION OF VOLUNTEERING INCREASE OUR INTERPERSONAL SKILLS USE MATH SKILLS LEARNED IN MS.
RADEMACHER’S CLASS INCREASE OUR WORKING KNOWLEDGE
OF THE COMPUTER
PROJECT GOALS
Our “Community” is defined as the people of Benton County. We share a common culture with other Arkansans.
We volunteered throughout the semester. Served Sunday Breakfasts Put together SNACK PACKS for Schools Enlisted Volunteers at a Car Show Made Flyers to Distribute at Car Show Made Poster for Advertising our Organization Cleaned neighborhood streets
Community Benefits
Data used: We used Statistics from The Samaritan Center, a
Sampling of Friends and Family, Car Enthusiasts, and from marching in the Rogers Christmas Parade.
We used a pie chart, a line chart, and a pictograph which you will see shortly.
How did you organize data and draw conclusions. We used data that we gathered from serving at the
soup kitchen and serving on Sunday mornings to help us .
How did you use standard deviation of a data set? We found the mean (average), median and mode Then we calculated the standard deviation. Information was gathered from the Samaritan Center.
TECHNOLOGY Computers
Microsoft Publisher Microsoft Excel Microsoft Word Microsoft Power Point (AMANDA LOVES) Internet Wikis
Graphing Calculators Cell Phones Digital Cameras Poster Machine
METHODS
Motivate Others to Catch the
Vision of Volunteering
Wednesday Sept. 17, 08 met with Samaritan Center (Jane Rolland)
Sunday 21, 08 Serving breakfast @ Samaritan Center Thursday for next 3 weeks serving Lunch Monday Sept. 22nd putting together snack packs
going forward Monday Sept. 22nd Initial Proposal due Wed. Sept. 24th Put together snack packs for schools Thurs. Oct. 9th Put together snack packs for schools October 15th started walking neighborhoods picking
up trash October 31st Walked neighborhood picking up trash October 24th finished brochures and printed off
November 11th started making research questions on community
November 12th did survey on Community Service November 21st worked on PowerPoint November 22nd Pass out brochures at Car Show Group members serving at Samaritan Center
throughout semester on Wednesday & Thursday November 30th Springdale Samaritan Center Served
Thanks giving meal. December 1st march in parade pass out A.O.K
brochures, worked on final Presentation December 5rd Final Presentation due
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BENTON COUNTYDHS PROGRAMS FOR THE LESS FORTUNATE
SNAP: 4629 cases B.C. / 160480 in ArkansasArKids First: 5000 cases in B.C. / 125000 in ArkansasMedicaid: 26470 cases in B.C. /610412 in Arkansas*Benton County has the Second Highest number enrolled in ARKids First in StateInformation by: Preston Haley, Division of County Operations at the Department of Human Services
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SURVEY/RESEARCH QUESTIONS
Have you ever volunteered for a local organization before?
A. What organization have you volunteered?B. What other ways have you served your
community?C. For what reasons did you serve your
community? ( Work, School, College)
Results to survey question #1
45 out of 60 people Volunteered for an
organization
15 out of 60 people have never
volunteered
25%
75%
have not volunteered
RESULTS TO SURVEY QUESTIONS A, B
What organizations have you volunteered at Other ways people have served
the community Helping Hands Boy Scouts Boys & Girls Club Samaritan Center Child of Angels Fellowship Red Cross Restoration Village Habitat for Humanity Battered Women’s Shelter Salvation Army Angel Food Ministries Richardson Center Seven hills
City of Bentonville/Rogers Volunteer CNA Volunteer Firefighter Bentonville/Rogers Public
Schools Mission Trips Public servant in Politics Community Walk-a-bout Rogers Youth Center
Comparison of the #/people spoke to on survey days
WednesdayThursday
Friday
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REASONS FOR VOLUNTEERING
“ I have dealt with abuse in my family for along time so it is my personal decision to give my time to the battered women's shelter who has brought our family security in the worse of times”
( Anonymous)
“ Working in Construction we work with a lot of families who are in need and don’t have the financial stability to have a livable home and through our
company we were able to give deserving families homes that they need” ( Anonymous)
“ I have not gotten the chance to actually volunteer at a organization but in the mean while I am working as a volunteer at my church as a preschool
teacher and love working with children” (Anonymous)
Sunday Mornings at the Samaritan HouseFirst Sunday of Month Number of PeopleJanuary 45February 60March 84April 97May 115June 101July 110August 90September 83October 89November 120December 124
SUNDAY MORNINGS AT THE SAMARITAN
HOUSE Mean: 93.1people Median: 93.5 people Mode: No similarities Range: 50 people Midrange: 84.5 people Standard Deviation: 22.52
Soup Kitchen at the Samaritan House
Wednesdays Number of PeopleWeek 1 45Week 2 32Week 3 25Week 4 34Week 5 51Week 6 60
Soup Kitchen at the Samaritan House Mean: 41.6 Median: 56.5 Mode: no similarities Range: 35 Midrange: 42.5 Standard Deviation: 8.22
Skills DevelopedDeveloped People Skills Working with Fellow Students Within Our Group
CooperationResponsibilityTime Management
Networking Within the NWACC CommunityDeveloped Relationships With Samaritan Center EmployeesMet and Mingled with O’Reilly’s Staff Communicated with EAST Lab directorLearned from Our Math for AAS Teacher
Overall Professional EnrichmentAcademicallyTechnologyService to the Community
COMMUNITY CONTACTS
Debbie Rambo- Director of Samaritan Center
Jane Rowland- Care advocate
Megan Needham- Care advocate
Brandy Knight- Snack Packs Program Coordinator
Gary Evans- Dental Clinic
Charlene Phillips- General Manager for O’Reilly’s in Rogers
COMMUNITY SERVICE NEVER GOES OUT OF STYLE People can continue our work in
many ways:Educating Others about the Needs of
Community OrganizationsGoing forward with the Work of AOK
at The Samaritan CenterMeeting the Physical Needs of People
in Their Circle of Influence
East/Empacts future students can get a “Vision to Volunteer” in his/her own time