Introduction According to an ABC7 I-Team Investigation, as of July 30, 2015, there is “An estimated 140,000 homeless people live in the city including thousands of public school students in shelters, in tents, in parks or just in whatever place they can find across Chicago.” Homelessness is an impactful issue not only among the communities of chicago but neighborhoods all over the world. Helping to end global issues, homelessness among them, can start with an easy solution. For example, making a simple, thoughtful, small care package is a beginning to the end of vagabondage. For my 4th quarter community action plan, Evan Chen and I did a recreation of an idea I found on the internet called “blessing bags for the homeless” which is basically
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First, we browsed the internet and pinterest looking for an idea of what to do for my project. Then, I came across an idea named “blessing bags for the homeless” where these people made small care packages with useful stuff that homeless people can use. So, we decided that this idea was what we were going to do. After that, we decided to plan out what we were going to buy, by looking at the dollar tree website, and seeing how much it would cost so that we knew exactly how much we each needed to pay since we were going to split the cost. Since we were still trying to successfully complete the project affordably, we decided to purchase the items at the dollar tree. We reached a total expected cost of $17.00 excluding tax. With the weather, and what conditions a homeless person has in mind, we agreed we would get the following items per paper bag… One brush, One bag of trail mix, One chapstick, Two combs, One water bottle, and mints. In addition to the items in each bag we would also include a different inspirational quote in each bag. So, we agreed that Evan would bring in his share of the money and that same day I would purchase the supplies we needed for six bags at the dollar tree. After I purchased the items from the dollar tree, I packed the brown paper bags with the supplies. However, I never got the chance to distribute the …show more content…
I did my project because if it helps someone it’ll make me feel as if I made a difference for someone. Even though, I didn’t hand the bags out yet, I already did the majority of the work. What I did was I made the six care packages for homeless people with the affordably materials from the dollar tree. Evan and I had made the ideal bag that included major key factors, a food item, a drink item, hygiene items, and a health item. These items are ideal for a small bag because they fit and even though we couldn't fit other stuff that’s vital for life, the small stuff helps too. Overall, the design cycle was used in our project when we determined the items we would put in the bag given to six homeless
First, we browsed the internet and pinterest looking for an idea of what to do for my project. Then, I came across an idea named “blessing bags for the homeless” where these people made small care packages with useful stuff that homeless people can use. So, we decided that this idea was what we were going to do. After that, we decided to plan out what we were going to buy, by looking at the dollar tree website, and seeing how much it would cost so that we knew exactly how much we each needed to pay since we were going to split the cost. Since we were still trying to successfully complete the project affordably, we decided to purchase the items at the dollar tree. We reached a total expected cost of $17.00 excluding tax. With the weather, and what conditions a homeless person has in mind, we agreed we would get the following items per paper bag… One brush, One bag of trail mix, One chapstick, Two combs, One water bottle, and mints. In addition to the items in each bag we would also include a different inspirational quote in each bag. So, we agreed that Evan would bring in his share of the money and that same day I would purchase the supplies we needed for six bags at the dollar tree. After I purchased the items from the dollar tree, I packed the brown paper bags with the supplies. However, I never got the chance to distribute the …show more content…
I did my project because if it helps someone it’ll make me feel as if I made a difference for someone. Even though, I didn’t hand the bags out yet, I already did the majority of the work. What I did was I made the six care packages for homeless people with the affordably materials from the dollar tree. Evan and I had made the ideal bag that included major key factors, a food item, a drink item, hygiene items, and a health item. These items are ideal for a small bag because they fit and even though we couldn't fit other stuff that’s vital for life, the small stuff helps too. Overall, the design cycle was used in our project when we determined the items we would put in the bag given to six homeless