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

Benton CountyDHS Programs for the Less Fortunate

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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