*Helping the Little Helions* [10101]
Adriel Butler Charles Solarek Heather Blatt Sebastian Kohlmeier	Executive Summary This project focused on generating a community awareness of what Junior Achievement is and how they promote and inspire young minds. We also encouraged prospective volunteers to sign up to receive more information about how they can get involved in Junior Achievement. There were hopes of bridging the education department and Junior Achievement as well. Junior Achievement worldwide is the world's largest organization dedicated to inspiring and preparing young people to succeed in a global economy. Through a dedicated volunteer network, JA Worldwide provides in-school and after-school programs for students in grades K-12. JA Worldwide offers educational programs that focus on seven key content areas: business, citizenship, economics, entrepreneurship, ethics/character, financial literacy, and career development. Today, 140 individual area operations reach approximately four million students in the United States, with more than 3.5 million students served by operations in 100 countries worldwide. (www.ja.org) For this project we started by inquiring through a JA representative what their current needs were as a non-profit organization. We then brainstormed some of our own ideas before meeting with Megan Goldsberry at the JA office of Bellingham, WA. After meeting with Mrs. Goldsberry it was brought to the attention of the team that JA has not had much exposure in the past on Western Washington University Campus. Since they are always in need of volunteer’s one of the top requests was to reach out to potential student volunteers on campus. It was decided in our contract to set up information tables in red square of Western’s campus. Mrs. Goldsberry provided the necessary materials to promote the organization including: sing up sheets, banner, flyers, volunteer applications, and sample kits. We were in charge of getting permission and organizing the essential equipment for the information table. We set up information tables two separate times within red square for a total six hours, three each time. In order to entice visitors we served free Starbuck’s coffee donated by University Dining Services and posted signs promoting the benefits of volunteering through JA, i.e. scholarships. Most of the people who ventured to the table did not know much about JA but were interested in learning more about the scholarship opportunities and in the free coffee. Another part of the project involved speaking with student groups in the Woodring College of Education about becoming involved with JA to further their educational experience. After meeting with such groups it was made apparent that the curriculum within the College of Education provided sufficient experience to fulfill their requirements. The College of Education was found not to be the appropriate target audience for this project. Obviously a social and ethical analysis of our project is dependent on how this analysis is carried out. In this case it is very difficult to simply evaluate the impact and effectiveness of setting up an information table. However, we decided to take the analysis to a higher level, looking at the impact new volunteers would have on the organization, and we feel that each additional volunteer has the capability to satisfy all seven ethical frameworks in their contribution. Even though each volunteer will have a varying impact, the structure of the organization is such that they are given teaching materials and lesson plans that integrate the ethical frameworks. The organization even goes as far as having their own ethics program called “Excellence through Ethics”, in which “JA defines ethics as rules or standards, for right/good behavior or actions.” The results of the cost benefit analysis show that the dollar cost of our project overcame the quantifiable dollar benefit. In our group discussion of the cost benefit analysis we as a group do not believe that it accurately represents our view of the project. Though we can not provide a compelling dollar economic reason for supporting our completed project we find that its personal benefits outweigh the cost we associate with our actions. In addition, the social benefit cannot be quantified through dollar figures. We do not have perfect knowledge of how one of our contacts may be changed or change the world through their future contact with JA. For all we know, it is possible for one of our contacts to spend time teaching, receive the scholarship, become a very wealthy person and donate back to JA. Without our intervention this would not happen and could be attributed as a benefit of our project. We recommend that a future short term project be formulated in order to create a JA club on campus. This will serve the student body through creating a great opportunity for pre-major students to explore the teaching realm and gain valuable experience. In addition it creates a sustainable volunteer base for JA. We believe that this is a win-win situation for students, the university, and Junior Achievement.
*Students, Sports, Service* [10101]
Jaron Kogle Emily Sherry Mandy Sundblad Tina Wong	Executive Summary Students, Sports, Service was a project designed to establish a relationship between the Western Washington University Athletics department and the local organization, Service Alternatives. Service Alternatives is an organization which offers its clients many services such as providing “support for people in finding and keeping meaningful employment in their communities.” They define their clientele as people with disabilities ranging from developmental disability to becoming handicap from an accident, as well as people who are moving from reliance on public assistance to employment. The intended result of the partnership between this and WWU Athletics for this project was an increase in awareness of Service Alternatives amongst members of the Bellingham area, as well as providing an enjoyable event at which clients could engage in fulfilling volunteer duties and interact within our community. In order to achieve the project’s first goal, which was to promote and increase awareness of Service Alternatives, we decided to utilize the large crowd present at the March 3rd Western basketball game. We developed an insert flyer/advertisement to be passed out with every program, along with an announcement during halftime, over the PA system, briefly describing the organization. The Service Alternative mission, as well as the ethical importance of this project, relates in part to the deontological rights we have as members of this society to find purpose and meaning through employment and volunteer opportunities. Service Alternatives believes that everyone is employable, and they just need to find their specific niche in society; this is the message we aimed to communicate to potential employers in the community. Additionally, because Service Alternatives clients have limited opportunities to become involved in the community and perform meaningful tasks, an important aspect of this project was providing interaction for them, and at the same time promoting Service Alternatives to help further their awareness for equal opportunity employment. Therefore, our event featured a pre-game “meet and greet” at which the clients were able to interact with one another and our group members, and enjoy a variety of refreshments as they socialized. We also arranged several positions for the clients to work at during the game which included helping the “Blue Crew” table distribute coupons, passing out programs, handing out in-game contest Bingo cards, and posting the 3-point signs throughout the game. Also, exclusive seating was designated to those clients and caretakers wishing to participate as audience members and experience the basketball game. The ethic of care was also a huge aspect of the importance of this project. While Service Alternatives was grateful for the opportunity to advertise at the basketball game, their focus was on their clients and their relationship and involvement with the community. The part of the event they valued the most was having the clients present at the game and participating in meaningful and helpful tasks and interacting with others. WWU Athletics also clearly recognizes the moral worth of relationships. Their participation in this event was not self-serving in anyway and they sought only to be as helpful as possible in accommodating the needs of Service Alternatives and their clients. In constructing a cost-benefit analysis it was easy to determine several measurable costs (such as ticket prices, cost of flyers, food expenses) but difficult to assign monetary values to some of the benefits (such as the clients enjoyment, increase in awareness for Service Alternatives, and the positive effect of this increased awareness on clients’ future incomes). Because of this difficulty it may appear from an economic utilitarian perspective that the project did not produce enough good/profit to be worthwhile. However, when considering other applicable frameworks it can be determined that it is an ethical success to do this type of project. With this project we are utilizing the justice theory (by encouraging the equal treatment of all) and the ethic of care (by emphasizing the importance of valuing relationships). We are also supporting everyone’s inherent right to have a purpose and meaningful role in society. Both WWU Athletics and Service Alternatives deemed the project a success as well; both organizations expressed a willingness to repeat this type of event in the future; thus we succeeded in fulfilling the goal of establishing a relationship between the two. We hope this will result in a substantial increase in exposure to this agency over time and lead to more utilization of the clients from Service Alternatives throughout the community.
*Cookies for Canines* [10101 & 11846]
	For our social change project, our group decided to have three bake sales to raise money for the Humane Society. For the first sale we applied for a spot on Vender’s Row, and after we were granted permission to use the area, we set-up our bake sale booth and sold muffins and cookies. Due to the high demand for brownies at the first sale, we decided to make solely brownies for the second bake sale which was held in the lobby of Parks Hall. The third bake sale was also held in Parks, where we sold muffins and brownies. To find information about making donations to the Humane Society and also about volunteering our time there, we contacted Laura Clark, the Director of Community Outreach Programs. We filled out volunteer applications and are presently waiting for enough applicants so that the training class will be given (the class cannot be given until enough people have signed up to volunteer at the shelter). We are presently recruiting our peers and other members of the community to apply to volunteer with us to help take care of the homeless animals at the shelter. With the money that we have raised from the bake sales, we bought dog food that we donated to the Humane Society. The food that we donated is delivered, once a month, to families in Whatcom County that do not have the funds to buy food for their pets. The first ethical framework relatable to this social change project is deontology. This project relates to deontology in that the action of finding a way to help care for animals that would otherwise go hungry is morally right independent of the dimension of the positive consequences. Similarly, aspects of utilitarianism can also be found within the project. By taking part in this particular program, our three members of the group are able to help dozens of members in the society. The last ethical framework to discuss is the ethic of care. This framework does spark some debate when related to the care of animals. As discussed in class, the questions that arise deal with whether owners can really “care” about their pets and whether a pet can “care” for its owner. The conclusion reached after discussion between the group members was that there can be moral worth that exists in a relationship between a pet and its owner. A pet deserves to be treated humanely, and through this program we were able to create our own relationships of this nature, and facilitate others. All proceeds went directly to the dog food fund. Due to the harsh winter weather as of late, the amount of people on campus was much lower than other times of the year, which could have hindered the amount of money brought in. The chill-factor also limited the places we could hold the sales. This led us to the warm interior of Parks Hall, where the other two sales took place. We were planning on volunteering at the animal shelter throughout the quarter, but the required training session only occurs when the class is full. We are currently waiting for the Humane Society to call us and let us know when they have enough volunteers needing training, so that they can have another session. In analyzing the costs and benefits of our results, we focused on the amount of food we could buy with the money we raised. After speaking with Linda, she told us to buy a higher amount of small bags of food in order to reach as many families as possible. We spent a combined total of $50.00 on supplies for baking; we definitely surpassed this in sales, which made it possible for us to buy over 150 pounds of dog food. The costs incurred by our group through time spent baking and selling goods, along with our personal contributions are relatively insignificant when compared to the utility received by the families and their pets.
*Western Athletic Youth Partnership* [11846]
*Aiding the Animals* [11846]
	The Whatcom Humane Society is a non-profit organization that was established in 1902. It serves to make sure all animals in the Whatcom county community are “treated with kindness, respect, and compassion.” The goal for our project was to raise awareness and collect donations for the Whatcom Humane Society. In hopes of achieving this goal, our group joined forces with local hotels and Poppe’s Martini Bar, located at the Best Western Lakeway Inn. More specifically, our objectives for this project were to raise general awareness of the Humane Society needs throughout the local community, obtain particular items needed for the Humane Society as specified on their online wish list, and raise at least $1000 in donations (monetary donations as well as items donated from their online wish list). In our efforts of reaching our objectives, we contacted local Bellingham hotels and asked for donations of blankets, towels and sheets. After collection of the donated goods, we estimated the value to be $300. One of the biggest obstacles in gathering these donations was finding that many local hotels already have relationships with other charities (mostly homeless shelters) and are donating to those organizations. However, we feel that by contacting these hotels we are bringing awareness of the Humane Society’s needs to them. We hope these local hotels will consider the needs of the Humane Society when donating in the future, tying in our other objective or raising Humane Society public awareness. The most successful part of our project came through our fundraising efforts at Poppe’s Martini Bar. This was the biggest success not only in accomplishing our objective of receiving monetary donations but also for accomplishing our public awareness objective. Through hanging flyers around campus, downtown Bellingham and Fairhaven, as well as creating an event on Facebook.com, we advertised for our ‘Aiding the Animals’ fundraiser at Poppe’s. These flyers also publicized the specific needs of the Whatcom Humane Society as noted on their online wish list and let the public know how they could contribute to helping the Humane Society. The fundraising at Poppe’s, our main fundraiser, was held for the month of February and was the largest source of monetary donations. The bar had three specific drinks on special for the month of February with a dollar from each drink sold going to the Humane Society. During the weekend of February 23rd and 24th we also had an extra fundraising event where people could bring in monetary donations as well as pet supplies for the Humane Society. Though we mostly received monetary donations during that weekend, we also collected cat food, paper towels, and leashes. Many people also gave promises of contributing in the future. With the help of Poppe’s and our weekend of fundraising at the venue, we were able to raise $240 for the Humane Society in strictly monetary donations. The total estimated cost of pet supplies and food donated during the span of our fundraiser totals $50. Overall we feel that our project was a success and we were able to achieve a majority of our objectives. Although we did not meet our original goal of $1000 in donations, we were still able to raise awareness of the needs of the Whatcom Humane Society. Despite not being able to arrange any group meetings with all five members present, we managed to get all of our work done and keep the project progressing throughout the quarter. We may have set our expectations too high initially, but still feel that the completion of our project should be considered a great achievement.
*Procuring Donations for Boys and Girls Club* [11846]
Lani Holmes Chris Hudson Jason LaBaw Nhat Nguyen Scott Stroup	Executive Summary: Our objective in this social change project was to generate an understanding of the events that occurred at Boys and Girls Club of Ferndale, WA, and to potentially raise donations. At the beginning of our social change project we were confused as to what direction we should take to complete this assignment. We wanted the opportunity to help an organization, but finding one that was appropriate proved to be difficult. At this juncture in the project we approached Professor Dunn for possible insight and/or ideas on the matter. We were then informed of the tragedy that befell the Boys and Girls Club on January 1, 2007 in which an electrical fire ravaged the premises, destroying property and forcing the organization to relocate. One of our group members realized they had a personal contact within the Boys and Girls Club of Ferndale and recalled hearing about what had transpired. At this point in time we realized this was the perfect project for us given that we could easily access an employee of the organization. In order to procure these donations we brainstormed possible organizations around the city of Bellingham that would be interested in helping the Boys and Girls Club. After this list had been constructed, we set out in either large groups or individually to talk with these organizations. It soon became apparent that almost every organization we spoke with was required to relay all donation matters with their corporate offices. This proved to be a hurdle to overcome given that we had no idea how long it would take for corporate offices to respond to local affairs. This list included but is not limited to such organizations as Target, Big Five, and Michaels. Our group also debated on whether or not to get local small businesses involved, but soon vetoed the proposal when we felt smaller businesses would not have the funds needed to aide in this project. We were fortunate enough to receive ample donations from several local and large businesses including: The Comics Place, Cosmic Comics, Wal-Mart, JoAnn Fabrics, and Food Pavilion. Other organizations such as Target and Michaels have yet to contact us with any new information regarding donations, but we are hopeful that their corporate offices will reply soon. Our group project utilized the ethical frameworks of the Ethic of care, Utilitarianism and Deontology. We made sure that each member within our group recognized the seriousness of this project and acknowledged the moral worth of our relationships both with the Boys and Girls Club of Ferndale and the donating organizations. In addition, these organizations’ contributions were for the greater good and by donating, we clearly understood that they truly cared about the children affected by the fire. Finally by contributing, these organizations were taking the morally correct action regardless of whether or not the Boys and Girls Club had already received similar donations. Our overall reaction to what we have accomplished has been overwhelmingly positive. Based on our cost-benefit analysis of the time we put into this project and what we received in donations we have concluded that the already received and potential future donations outweigh the time and effort.
*Students and Senior Socialization* [11846]
Miles McKee Chris Eldridge Lauren Webb	Executive Summary: Upon receiving the task of designing and implementing a social change within an organization, our group decided on “S.A.S.S.” (Student and Senior Socialization). The goal of our social change project was to recruit college-age students and visit senior citizens living in retirement communities. In doing this, we were attempting to unite two different generations of people who may not know much about one another, but could learn. We also wanted to give senior citizens, some who don’t have any close family or friends nearby, the opportunity to socialize and visit. Our volunteers’ responsibilities ranged from various tasks including helping with any chores that might need to be done around the retirement home, participating in activities such as BINGO or board games, or just sitting and visiting with the residents. To help us successfully accomplish this social change project, our group partnered with an on-campus ministry called The INN. The INN is a college-age community that welcomes and encourages everyone to become followers of Jesus. It grew out of a home Bible study for college students into a large gathering that has grown over the years to include a variety of programs such as small groups, outdoor recreation, mission trips, retreats, and social activities. The INN has been serving college students in Bellingham since 1974 and is also an AS club at Western Washington University. Our initial proposal with the INN was to partner them with a retirement community and recruit between ten and fifteen students at a time to volunteer to participate in “S.A.S.S.”. The goal was that if the first event with the retirement community went well the INN would make it a regular occurrence, perhaps quarterly, or even monthly. Essentially we are implementing a change in the INN by taking a goal that they have to encourage students to help in the community, and setting up an additional channel which students and INN members can participate in to reach that goal. In doing this project, we were advertising and spreading the word to the community not only about the INN, but for the retirement community we partnered them with as well. Since Chris and Miles were already actively involved with the INN, they pitched our project idea to the leaders and also advertised our need for volunteers at various INN functions. The marketing behind our project took form in word-of-mouth as well as e-mail advertising. With the creation and implementing of any plan, there are always downfalls. The biggest problem that our group faced was finding a solid block of time when all of our volunteers could meet and go to the retirement community. We overcame the obstacle of figuring out when to plan our first “S.A.S.S.” event by advertising three possible dates, and seeing which one drew the biggest response. Due to the response from students as well as the schedule of our retirement home, Fairhaven Estates Assisted Living Community, our group decided to schedule our first event for March 11, which worked best with everyone’s schedule because it was on a weekend. The other problem was the security issues that came with volunteering at a retirement community. Everyone who volunteers on a regular basis must submit a background check as well as a TB test. After doing more research, our group found out that if our “S.A.S.S.” events partnered with the INN continued in the future, but only on a monthly or quarterly basis, we would not need our volunteers to submit the background check or TB test information. If our volunteers enjoyed their experience after the first event, and wanted to continue to volunteer on their own, they could submit the necessary paperwork. The cost-benefit analysis for our social change project concluded that the benefits outweighed the costs associated with it. The only cost that we incurred in our project was time. Time spent planning the project, advertising for volunteers, communicating with the INN and various retirement homes, and volunteering for the “S.A.S.S.” event itself. It is hard to place a monetary value on time, but we concluded that most of the costs associated with our project were a one-time occurrence and the only future cost that there would be for continuing these events would be the time that the students choose to volunteer. In the end, our group felt that the future potential benefits of having continuous events in which students visit with seniors in their community and the meaningful relationships that will be forged, would far outweigh any of the initial costs that we incurred. “S.A.S.S.” incorporates most of the ethical frameworks that we have covered in class. Deontology, Utilitarianism, Distributive Justice, Ethics of Care, Libertarianism, and Virtue Theory were all relevantly involved in our social change project. The framework that was most closely related to our project was Ethics of Care, which asks us to recognize and take seriously the moral worth of relationships, particularly characterized by caring. By doing this project, we were holding the very best interests at heart for the many senior citizens who reside in these communities and have had a spouse pass away or do not have close family or friends nearby. Many of them are lonely and would enjoy the opportunity to visit with someone on a regular basis, so by doing this, we are caring for the residents of the retirement community.
*Helping the MENTA Group* [10101]
	I: Overview of the Social Change Project Our team, Helping the MENTA Group, aimed to provide help for Birch Bay House (BBH), long-term residential crisis center for at risk youth, in Bellingham, WA. Our goals were to: 1) Contact businesses to ask for cash donations or donations of the items in need. 2) Establish community partnerships for continuing support of the MENTA group. We chose this institution because this institution is under-funded, conveniently located in Bellingham, and we felt that we could make a significant amount of difference in the quality of life for the youth at BBH. II: The Plan We first determined what BBH needed, in order to determine more specific goals. Soon, it was determined that the washer and dryer is in need of replacement. The plan was to contact local businesses, in person, to determine if they are willing to donate a washer and/or a dryer. We discovered that BBH buys groceries without a discount. Long-term community partnerships would greatly decrease on-going costs (teenagers eat a lot of food) so we contacted grocery stores in hopes to establish long-term partnerships. We then determined that more non-specific items, like toys and clothes, would greatly improve the overall quality of life for the youth at the BBH. Therefore, clothing/toy stores were also contacted for donations. III: The Execution The contacts with the businesses were all done in a face-to-face fashion in order to maximize lead. These businesses were contacted for donation: Haggen, Best Buy, Goodwill, TJ Maxx, Barnes and Noble, Target, Sears, Ross, Lehmann’s, and J&K auto. The specific interactions, and the benefits attained from each of the businesses are listed on the attached document. We discovered that many of the larger businesses were slow to react – they usually required formal contact with the “corporate office”, and some were unwilling and uninterested to help with the process. However, most managers were very happy to assist us in getting corporate assistance. Private businesses were very willing to help, but lacked the funds to help us. Overall, many businesses were willing to help us in order to support the cause. Some of the corporations opened their deep pockets in order to help the BBH. In addition, long-term relationships were established with local businesses for ongoing support of the BBH. V: Conclusion We were surprised by how much the businesses were willing to give back to its community. We suspect that there are tax incentives behind the donations, since many businesses asked for the tax ID of the organization- though some did not, indicating their true good will without compensation. Contrary to our expectations, this shows that the social structure in this country, at least as far as the scope of this project goes, does provide at least some incentives for the businesses to give back to the community. However, if it was not for voluntarily acts from groups like us, these sorts of relationships would not have been possible. It would be ideal if these businesses aggressively sought out to give to the community, actively opening their pockets to those who need it, instead of waiting until requests come in. Most of these corporations were being amoral, simply working within the law, and not going beyond it to establish themselves as moral members of the society. However, despite of the motives of the businesses, Helping the Menta Group did, in the end, were able to establish sustainable community relationships with the local business and BBH, and succeeded in improving the overall well-being of our community.
*Scout Sense* [10101]
*Strong Kids Campaign* [10101]
Chelsie Bartlette Angela Haran Garrett Kinsley Pamela Muller Joel Solomon Kathryn Ternes	Executive Summary: Ask anyone what the one thing was that they enjoyed the most as a child, and they would say either day camps or after school programs that they attended. These are the times when children meet people their age, make friends, and build memories. Given either option of a case study or a group service learning project, we have chosen to do the social change project. For the social change project, we have decided to work with the Whatcom Family YMCA, in raising contributions towards their 2007 Strong Kids Campaign. Mission: Our mission is to increase the awareness of the programs provided by the Whatcom Family YMCA and how they benefit families and young children, as well as raising $5,000 towards their 2007 Strong Kids Campaign. Whatcom Family YMCA and the 2007 Strong Kids Campaign: The Whatcom Family YMCA is an organization that provides programs for the youth to the elderly. They have daycare, after school programs, fitness classes for youth and elderly, as well as summer and sport programs. Throughout the month of March, the Whatcom Family YMCA conducts an annual fundraiser. The annual fundraiser is known as the Strong Kids Campaign, which is used to raise money for those families who are unable to pay for the services provided by the organization. During the Strong Kids Campaign, there are 150 volunteers who provide their time and services. Within the campaign, all the volunteers are divided into four leagues and then further divided into teams within each league. These teams then compete against one another to raise the most contributions. Last year (2006), they raised $200,000. For their 2007 campaign, their goal is to raise $206,000. Each team is given an individual goal of $5,000. With this project, we plan to increase awareness about the programs provided by the Whatcom Family YMCA, as well as the benefits the Strong Kids Campaign provides for those families who are unable to afford their programs. Also, our group has decided to set a $5,000.00 goal while working with the YMCA in their 2007 Strong Kids Campaign. We feel we will accomplish these goals in the following ways: 1) Our main focus is to raise $5,000.00 for their 2007 Strong Kids Campaign. In order to achieve this goal, we will be holding two garage sales. One on March 10, 2007 and the other on March 24, 2007. For the garage sales, we will collect items from group, family, and community members. Along with the garage sales, we will be providing customers with baked goods and Starbucks coffee, in exchange for a donation. 2) Throughout the garage sales and the social change project, we will be providing information about the YMCA programs and the Strong Kids Campaign. Also as an agreement, the group has decided to continue fundraising and increasing community awareness even after the class is completed (campaign runs throughout the entire month of March, with the final meeting on the Thursday, during Spring break). Objectives: • To increase awareness about the YMCA programs throughout the Bellingham community • To inform the community about the purpose of the Strong Kids Campaign and what exactly the contributions go towards • To raise $5,000.00 in donations throughout the 2007 Strong Kids Campaign Applicable Ethical Frameworks: • Utilitarianism: The project created the greatest good for the greatest number of people by contributing funds to those who are unable to afford the YMCA services as well as getting group members involved in the community. • Social Contract Theory: Throughout the campaign, group members and other organization members treated each other equally, with respect, gratitude for everyone’s contributions, as well as professionalism. • Libertarianism: By providing community members and contributors with information on the programs at the YMCA and what the contributions for the Strong Kids Campaign provide, we are providing them with the informed choice to provide money towards the Strong Kids Campaign or to join the YMCA in the future. • Ethics of Care: Our project helped raise money for those who are unable to afford the YMCA services, as well as informing the community members about the positive impacts the YMCA has within their community.
*Climbing Higher* [10101]
Curtis Copeland Jessica Noonan Kevin Pentz Scott Wasserman	We started our social change project with the idea that we would be sending children from Big Brother Big Sister (BBBS) to the Western Washington University Recreation Center at least once a quarter. The goal of this project was to have underprivileged kids come and experience the university environment in hopes that they would want to further their education. The decision to do a project with BBBS came from the importance of mentoring and the educating of today’s youth. BBBS is the nation’s leading youth mentoring organization and has been connecting high risk youth with mentors for over 100 years. It all started when Ernest Coulter, a clerk in New York City’s Juvenile Court, became appalled at all the suffering he witnessed watching thousands of juveniles repeatedly pass through the rotating doors of the juvenile court system. History was made at a meeting of civic and business leaders on December 4, 1904, when Coulter appealed to those present to take on the role of a “Big Brother.” We started our project by having a scope of service contract signed by a representative from the Recreation Center and from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Whatcom, agreeing to allow us the opportunity to arrange for members of BBBS to come and enjoy the rock climbing wall once a quarter or at a minimum once for our project. This was of course, dependant upon us developing a plan with dates and times suitable with the center’s schedule. Our contact at the Recreation Center was Bob Hofstetter. He initially agreed to work with us to help make our project a success. We never heard back after numerous attempts to contact him to try and turn a plan in to the managing committee. We were then forced to change our project, so we attempted to have a membership and donation drive for Big Brother Big Sisters, a campus tour, followed by a barbeque or luncheon provided by Haggens. After contacting Big Brother Big Sister we were not able to accomplish the membership drive due to the lack of available resources on their part. It would have been nice to at least pass out literature raising awareness on campus for their organization but due to policy they wanted to have a representative with us for any questions and to ensure that proper information was being distributed. Our last plan of action was to help promote their national eBay donation drive to help fund expenses as well as connecting mentors with kids. The eBay donation drive is just as important as the original project since they receive 75% of their funding through private donations. Of these private donations 92.2% of every dollar we donate goes directly to matching up “bigs” with “littles” while the remainder goes to covering administrative costs. Donations help cover the costs of recruiting bigs, doing background checks and insurance, ensuring trained professionals match the bigs and littles. One on one, ongoing supervision and support for the matches, and providing cultural and social activities, enriching the opportunities for children are also covered. Research consistently demonstrates that mentoring helps at risk youth overcome many obstacles they face. It has been found that with mentoring Little Brothers and Little Sisters become more successful than with out guidance from their bigs.
*Jamming for Kenya* [11846]
Morgan Kokenge Justin Hjelm Amber Paganelli Jon Cooley	Introduction: Project Education Inc. is a non-profit dedicated to providing secondary education to children in Kenya while at the same time providing sustainability. For the Management 482 Service Learning Project our efforts are to provide this non-profit with viable communication between themselves and our community. In order to accomplish this goal we are working with local artists, as well as, The Wild Buffalo House of Music to accomplish this goal of promoting Project Education Inc. Mission: Our mission is provide adequate awareness of the efforts put forth by Project Education Inc. and to raise funds in order to support the success of this group. Project Brief: There were many different components that went into support the efforts of our project. 1) Establishing a trusting relationship between ourselves and the Project Education founders. 2) Sell Kiondo baskets as efforts of promotion and raising funds that are directly given to the Kenyan Community. 3) Promote our benefit concert with posters around town and flyer handouts. 4) Set up a table at Vendor’s Row that allowed us to promote to a large amount of the Western Washington University students. 5) Formulated the logistics between local artists, ourselves, and the Wild Buffalo. 6) Organized all efforts for a successful benefit show, March 15, 2007. Our success will be measured not in terms of how many people attend our event, but in how much awareness we brought to Project Education Inc. as well as how much funding efforts went into supporting them. Before the concert, we were able to sell Kiondos in attempts to gaining more funding for the Kenyan Community; we already feel that we succeeded in this area with sales of $315.00. We know that this is a successful project with all of our promoting efforts, especially to our peers our age, that allow for us to bind a relationship between them and Project Education. Code of Ethics: Each of our group members and in relationship with our project partner will comply with all laws and regulations that are promoted in our trusting relationship. No actions of any members should be questionable. To insure this to happen open and honest communication will be adequately met by all members.
*Betting Against Breast Cancer* [11846]

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