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After picking Operation Breakthrough and discovering their mission, we knew we had to help in a great way and make a big difference. My partner and I decided to have a bake sale because I love baking and she loves eating cookies. At the bake sale we raised over $300, but after paying back our start up cost we had raised about $250. One lady even was kind enough to donate all the money her running group had collected that day for the homeless to our bake sale. Which was about $30. 

My partner and I also went to Operation Breakthrough to tour and do training for the future because we are not old enough yet. While we were there we learned that Operation Breakthrough had many different fun events happening. While we were there we also asked what they especially are in demand for currently. Their response was things like fun cereal kids will like, pop top canned foods, feminine hygiene products, and toothbrushes. On Friday the 18th we plan to go to Costco and Dollar Tree to stalk up. Then, we will deliver the things to Corita’s Place. After that we will be done with our action plan.

During this service project I learned many things. I learned that my organization, Operation Breakthrough,  has enrichment programs for children.  My partner and I even got  to see some of the things the children and teens are doing in these enrichment programs. In one program kids were making food and in another  people were growing plants inside. There was also an area where kids were making name tags using a laser that cut through wood. But the most amazing thing that we saw was this area called the ignition lab where kids were turning gas powered cars into electric cars.  One of the cars was Jason Kelsey's truck.

 One thing I learned about myself from this experience is that  I can do great things.  I saw how people trusted me, and wanted to help a good cause. That made me happy and confident that I can make a difference. For more information about my service project you can visit my webpage, https://sites.google.com/stekcschool.org/h-johnson-2027/home

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Hi! My name is Maggie Mohn, and I am a 6th grade student at St. Elizabeth's school. For my Spring Service Project, I have chosen to work with Noah’s Bandage Project. I chose NBP because I love helping young children who are in-need, and Noah’s story is so awesome and it really touches me. To Noah it was more than just a bandage, it was a badge of courage and honor. And when they’re colorful and bright, they can mean so much more. We started our project with a plan to purchase and donate bandages to their organization. The first thing we did was have a lemonade stand and raise money for bandages, and we raised about $215. Then we hosted a bandage collection at my school. we collected a variety of bandages and roughly about 35 boxes in total. My last thing that needs to be done is purchase the bandages and then drop them off. One thing I have learned during this project is that anyone can make a difference, no matter your skin color, heritage, background, or social class. Because even a smile or comforting greeting can change a person’s whole day.

Let me tell you some information about NBP. They have collected over 7.02 million individual bandages, and have also given 1.2 million dollars to pediatric cancer research. They have also funded 7 research grants at Children’s Mercy Hospital. Another accomplishment of theirs, is that they have shipped bandages off to other countries and even continents! Such as Australia, the Netherlands, the UK, and Africa. NBP has done so much and will always be accomplishing more. I gained so much from this spring experience, and I look forward to what I can do with my time and talents next.

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Hi, my name is Margie and I am in 6th grade. My organization is  Bags of Fun KC. I chose Bags of Fun KC because I want people to be happy even when they are sick or are stuck in the hospital. Bags of Fun KC makes bags of toys, games, and electronics for patients. My partner and I had a bake sale on April 23 from 4:30-6:00. We will donate the money to them. Something I learned that everyone should have something to do because it can be very boring and lonely when you have nothing to do or don’t know what to do, so I want to help and support Bags of Fun KC so that everyone has something to do. So far we have done our bake sale for our service and got about $110, we hope that the money will be used for something fun in the bags.. Please visit my web page on this link,                    

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Hello, my name is Maggie King and I go to STE.  I chose to help Mother’s Refuge for my service project. I chose Mothers Refuge because I love babies and little kids and personally I think it is really sad to know that some young families and children do not have a safe home or  don’t even  have a home at all and think about not having a home.  To help those who don’t have those mothers that don't have  resources for their children  we started  by collecting diapers and wipes from our school and parish that went pretty well. I think we got about 6,000 diapers and wipes,  which we are very thankful and  grateful for all the donations we received. Afterwards, we transported all of our donations out of the school. We took them to their mother's refuge where we unloaded them into their greeting home. All the imployes that helped unload the diapers and wipes were very grateful for all the donations and said they would need them alot, which I was glad to hear. On the same day we were there we  helped at a church event that they were running, while helping them there we met many nice people including the woman who manages mothers refuge which was super fun. There were so many people volunteering at the event that it was good to see. I learned that mother’s refuge is a smaller organization compared to other organizations in Kansas City and that the smallest action or service like scooping popcorn goes a long way.  I am so glad that we got to help out  Mother’s Refuge and their team of people that help the young mothers and their families. If you want to learn more about mother’s refuge and how to help them  and my project then you can visit my webpage.    

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 I love how Operation Breakthrough makes  our community better by  helping families, and I think that no child should have to be homeless at such a young age.

We picked Operation Breakthrough and discovered their mission, at the bake sale we raised over $300 but we had to pay our parents back for the cookies so we really raised $250. One lady even donated $30

We went to Operation Breakthrough to tour and do training for the future because we are not old enough yet. When we were there we learned about all the events that they hold to raise money. On Friday the 18th we plan to go to Costco and Dollar Tree to pick up the items. We have not delivered the products yet but we will do that in the future

During this service project I learned many skills . I learned that my organization, Operation Breakthrough,  has care programs for children.  My partner and I even got  to see some of the things the children and teens are doing in these programs. In one program kids were making food and in another  people were growing plants inside. There was also an area where kids were making name tags using a laser that cut through wood. But the most amazing thing that we saw was this area called the ignition lab where kids were turning gas powered cars into electric cars.  One of the cars was Jason Kelsey's truck.

 One thing I learned about myself from this experience is that I can make a difference. I want to help a good cause. It made me happy and confident. For more information about my service project you can visit my webpage.

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I chose Bags of Fun for my passion project.

I chose this organization because they helped others by giving a backpack stuffed with toys to children with life-threatening illnesses. 

These backpacks are packed with unique toys with a specific child in mind to ensure that they enjoy the gifts it contains.  I chose this charity because of the way they helped others. Think about the joy they would feel to see a backpack stuffed to the brim with fun toys to play with in those long waits at the hospital. 

How my passion project has progressed:

In the beginning looking back I was unorganized and unprepared for the work that was needed to complete this project. Until I actually started to try to list all the things that I needed to do I thought this project would be easy.  The list was pretty overwhelming knowing that I had wasted a lot of time in the beginning.  I overcame this issue by planning each day I had free time to work on my project so I could work on a little piece at a time.  Only after planning the project out did I really make progress. Without a good plan I would not have called my uncle Terry who owns a toy store to see if he had any toys he could donate. 

The result of my project: 

My goal was to save 450 dollars so I could pay for a backpack full of toys. The result of my hard work was 540 dollars. With that amount I made enough for a backpack as well as a small bag of toys for his older sibling. It was very rewarding to pack a bag and I was very proud to be able to do or be  part of something bigger than myself. Seeing the pictures of the kids made every class worth it to see them happy with their new fun toys.

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Lastly, I would like to mention my website which contains my reflections and much more information about my project and the organization throughout the things I had to conquer and meet face to face with challenges. Please come check out my awesome website and Padlet!

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   Hi, My name is Karolina and I am in 6th grade at STE. I chose Mother’s Refuge for my service project. Mother’s Refuge houses and gives life coaching classes to homeless and pregnant mothers to the ages of 12-21. I chose Mother’s Refuge because I think that it is important to have loving parents that will take care of you to the best of their ability. I also chose Mother’s Refuge because I believe that no mother should go through struggles alone without somebody to help guide them through it or be at their side. I couldn’t imagine going through hardships alone. That’s why I think that the impact Mother’s Refuge has on their clients and their community is very inspiring to me. I love helping out my cousins and family by babysitting because it brings me such joy playing with my little cousins. So I wanted to bring that joy and happiness, through my services, to Mother’s Refuge.  Therefore, after we had picked Mother’s Refuge, my partners and I, Maggie K. and Avery, wanted to have a school drive for diapers and wipes. We asked our church and our school to help us donate. Our collection went on for a whole week and it went great! I am so grateful and happy that our community and parish helped us out. In all we raised about 6,000 diapers and wipes, but to make that money wise, we raised about $500 to $700. To be honest I never thought that we would receive that much. But I am glad we did! Then my partners went to Mother’s Refuge to drop everything off. I wished I could, but I had a family get together. My partners said they were super grateful and excited to show their clients. I am so grateful that I could give my services to Mother’s Refuge because I knew that I would change the lives of others. Personally, I learned that the feeling of when other people help out and donate, it feels awesome because they are always helping you make a difference in someone's life. If you want to learn more, please click my link at the bottom. Bye!

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While learning about Kanbe;s market we also learned a lot about food desserts and the struggles of people who live in those food desserts. With the help of my mother we set up a GoFundme and shared it to all of our parents friends. We actively promoted the fundraiser and were able to raise $325 that went directly to help our neighbors living east of Troost.

It was eye opening to learn that my own neighbors don’t have access to fresh food. While talking to my mother I learned that when she was growing up there was only one small market in her neighborhood. If people needed to fill their fridge they had to drive no less than 15 minutes to get groceries. Many of her neighbors did not have cars so without the help of others they either had to use the small market or ride the bus meaning they could only get enough to last about a week. A lot of us don’t think twice about when we will have food in the house again or how we are going to get it, but it is not the same for our neighbors living east of Troost. 

I learned that I am very lucky to live in an area where I can just walk to a store with fresh food and that we need to work as a community to bring the fresh food to our neighbors.

We built a page at https://padlet.com/tbaldwin27_1/kanbe-s-market-9c4q0ux2r6bqbtp1. We hope you will visit our page and learn more about what is going on in our own city.

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If you would like to know more about the Sherwood Autism Center, please click on the link below.

https://sherwoodcenter.org/

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Unfortunately, I was unable to do in person service at Giving the Basics because it is too far away, but I did do service at Sherwood Autism Center. Though I could not go to Giving the Basics physically, I am still very glad I chose them as my organization because I strongly agree with what they stand for.

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