Instructor: Barbara Rademacher Amanda Jones Angela Rogers Charla 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.

 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

 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

 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.

 Computers  Microsoft Publisher  Microsoft Excel  Microsoft Word  Microsoft Power Point (AMANDA LOVES)  Internet  Wikis  Graphing Calculators  Cell Phones  Digital Cameras  Poster Machine

Motivate Others to Catch the Vision of Volunteering Located Non- profit Organizations Learned to Practice What We Preached: Volunteered Ourselves Organized A.O.K. Event Designed Brochures Passed out brochures to the Community

Wednesday Sept. 17, 08 met with Samaritan Center (Jane Rolland) Sunday 21, 08 Serving Samaritan Center Thursday for next 3 weeks serving Lunch Monday Sept. 22 nd putting together snack packs going forward Monday Sept. 22 nd Initial Proposal due Wed. Sept. 24 th Put together snack packs for schools Thurs. Oct. 9 th Put together snack packs for schools October 15 th started walking neighborhoods picking up trash October 31 st Walked neighborhood picking up trash October 24 th finished brochures and printed off

November 11 th started making research questions on community November 12 th did survey on Community Service November 21 st worked on PowerPoint November 22 nd Pass out brochures at Car Show Group members serving at Samaritan Center throughout semester on Wednesday & Thursday November 30 th Springdale Samaritan Center Served Thanks giving meal. December 1 st march in parade pass out A.O.K brochures, worked on final Presentation December 5 rd Final Presentation due

SNAP: 4629 cases B.C. / in Arkansas ArKids First: 5000 cases in B.C. / in Arkansas Medicaid: cases in B.C. / in Arkansas *Benton County has the Second Highest number enrolled in ARKids First in State Information by: Preston Haley, Division of County Operations at the Department of Human Services

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)

45 out of 60 people Volunteered for an organization 15 out of 60 people have never volunteered

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

“ 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) “ 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)

First Sunday of MonthNumber of People January45 February60 March84 April97 May115 June101 July110 August90 September83 October89 November120 December124

 Mean: 93.1people  Median: 93.5 people  Mode: No similarities  Range: 50 people  Midrange: 84.5 people  Standard Deviation: 22.52

WednesdaysNumber of People Week 145 Week 232 Week 325 Week 434 Week 551 Week 660

 Mean: 41.6  Median: 56.5  Mode: no similarities  Range: 35  Midrange: 42.5  Standard Deviation: 8.22

Developed People Skills Working with Fellow Students Within Our Group Cooperation Responsibility Time Management Networking Within the NWACC Community Developed Relationships With Samaritan Center Employees Met and Mingled with O’Reilly’s Staff Communicated with EAST Lab director Learned from Our Math for AAS Teacher Overall Professional Enrichment Academically Technology Service to the Community

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

 People can continue our work in many ways:  Educating Others about the Needs of Community Organizations  Going forward with the Work of AOK at The Samaritan Center  Meeting 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