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Service-Learning@IWC
Service-Learning Basics Service-Learning, Not RSI Service-Learning Requirement
120 hours/15 hours per semester15 hours=1 unitMet through: CoursesGroup Projects with Advisor OversightIndependent Projects (need paperwork before starting)
Service Learning To-Do’sFill out the Basic Information FormChoose Projects you CARE aboutStart a service journalGet involved EARLY (upcoming project Oct. 23rd…
dbl service credit)Encourage Instructors to ADD SL components that
are relevantCOME SEE ME!!!! Hershey 228
Serving benefitsOthersYou
Broaden perspective Application of coursework Better engagement and grades in courses Better resume Inspiration
THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES EVERYWHERE
Around the World… and in our backyard
1 out of every 8 people are living in poverty in the US according to the 2010 US Census.
Every Thursday, the Fellowship Cup, just two blocks from here… distributes meals for 300 families who live below the poverty level.
Everyday they provide a hot meal for seniors… for most it is the only meal they have that day.
There are dozens of children in our area waiting to be mentored….
Many children want to play sports but don’t have anyone offering support or encouragement to do so…
Some don’t have access to shoes and other sporting equipment and so their parents never get them involved.
The humane society estimates that 4 million animals are euthanized each year.
There is NO animal shelter in Mt. Pleasant
Around the World
8000 people die each day due to complications of AIDS.In developing and transitional countries, 9.5 million
people are in immediate need of life-saving AIDS drugs; of these, only 4 million (42%) are receiving the drugs.
(www.avert.org)
Statistics from the Education Policy and Data Center
In America 99.5 percent of the population attends school….
47% go to college
In Angola less than 2% of the population goes to college
In Sierra Leone 73% of females receive no education…. AT ALL…
The average cost of a college education in countries like Ethiopia is
$40 per month (room and board included)
Have you ever walked 3 miles for drinking water?
Between 34 and 70 million people will die by 2020 because of water related diseases.
……Most of them children (pacific institute, 2010)
5 MILLION…. 5,000,000 people die each year because of diseases from BAD water
According to UNICEF there will be 44 million children living in orphanages this year….
44,000,000
That’s 626 Hawkeye Stadiums full of orphans.
most of whom are living in
horrible conditions.WATER Project, 2011
Your most memorable IWC experiences
Over the next four years at IWC…. Write papers Take Tests Participate in Athletics Meet new people Serve others
In fifteen years… What will you remember about IWC?
It’s Your ChanceTo change the culture of service at
IWCTo see beyond yourselfTo inspire your generation to do
somethingSomething is better than nothing
To Change The World….
