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Community Family Game Night, Adrianna Green
Community Family Game Night, Adrianna Green
IPS/BAS 495 Undergraduate Capstone Projects
In the community of Tetonia, where social opportunities outside of church events or bars are limited, organizing a community game night emerged as a solution to enhance engagement, particularly for young children. Through a service-learning project, the project began with discussions with the Tetonia First Ward young women's group and the Mayor of Tetonia, gathering valuable feedback, including insights from about the need for increased involvement for senior citizens. Recognizing the potential for intergenerational connection, the event aimed to bring youth and older community members together.
Meeple Mondays!, Kyle Robert Trigg
Meeple Mondays!, Kyle Robert Trigg
IPS/BAS 495 Undergraduate Capstone Projects
Meeple Mondays are a prospective bi-weekly event dedicated to playing tabletop games of all weights and genres. I hosted this night with the intention of providing a space in which newcomers can experience and learn how to play board games. In providing this for the community as a whole, I have helped open up a new way for younger individuals to try their hand at something new but expensive. This entire project manifested as a single night event with collected feedback to make it recurring.
Savannah’S Customs: Automotive Passion, Savannah M. Doran
Savannah’S Customs: Automotive Passion, Savannah M. Doran
IPS/BAS 495 Undergraduate Capstone Projects
This capstone project is a service-learning podcast to provide information, research, and inspiration to those in the automotive community. Specifically, focused on changing stereotypes of women in automotive. There are not many spaces for women in the automotive industry to gain inspiration or be involved in a community. The podcast helps create a community where individuals can help inspire one another to follow their passion. It impacts the general public (listeners) and myself by providing an innovative approach to automotive passions.
Nonprofit Website Design For Mission And Stakeholder Impact, Amy Elizabeth Mcintyre
Nonprofit Website Design For Mission And Stakeholder Impact, Amy Elizabeth Mcintyre
IPS/BAS 495 Undergraduate Capstone Projects
Idaho Giving Garden was founded in 2020, and official recognition as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization is set to be granted in January 2024. Idaho Giving Garden’s mission is to combat food insecurity in its community by growing and distributing fresh and nutritious produce to the Meridian Food Bank, fostering a healthier and more equitable food system for all. For my service-learning capstone project, I developed a website for Idaho Giving Garden to raise awareness of its mission and goals and engage volunteers, funders, and donors to support its cause. With greater community engagement through the website, Idaho Giving Garden hopes …
Autoimmune Allies Blog Project, Rebecca A. Kelley
Autoimmune Allies Blog Project, Rebecca A. Kelley
IPS/BAS 495 Undergraduate Capstone Projects
My project was based around starting a blog summarizing and sharing my own experiences with autoimmune diseases. I was diagnosed with my first autoimmune disease when I was eight and it drastically impacted the way I grew up and have subsequently lived my life. I wanted to create a platform that both shared these experiences as well as shared information and resources to other people who might be struggling through something similar. I also paired it with another capstone project that involved organizing a local meetup support group for individuals.
Clothing My Community, Megan Anderson-Way
Clothing My Community, Megan Anderson-Way
IPS/BAS 495 Undergraduate Capstone Projects
My Capstone project is doing a clothing drive and swap for my community. I was inspired when I was back to school shopping for clothes for my daughter and realizing how expensive it is. I asked myself how do families afford it with multiple children afford clothing in this economy.
Community Assisted Fundraiser For Camp Rainbow Gold, Ethan Johnson
Community Assisted Fundraiser For Camp Rainbow Gold, Ethan Johnson
IPS/BAS 495 Undergraduate Capstone Projects
My service learning project was a garage sale using items donated by my local community. I gave 100% of the funds generated to Camp Rainbow Gold, a local charity that focuses their efforts on supporting children who have been directly impacted by childhood cancer, and their families. Camp Rainbow Gold is currently fundraising for their Hidden Paradise Project, which will be Idaho’s first medical camp aimed at providing a space for children and their families affected by childhood cancer to heal. I held the event on November 12th and solicited donations from my local community through online sources such …
Improving Childhood Literacy, Amy Williams
Improving Childhood Literacy, Amy Williams
IPS/BAS 495 Undergraduate Capstone Projects
This paper discusses my approach and solution to the problem of declining literacy rates among children in recent years. While there are many contributing factors, COVID lockdown and the reliance on technology have played a part. The approach to this problem was to start within my own community by building a Little Free Library. This library gave children the opportunity to have increased access to reading materials that interest them, free of charge. The children were also incentivized to read by the initiation of a summer reading program that included prizes for completion of a reading log. By generating interest …
The Silent Illness, Morgan R. Wood-Buchanan
The Silent Illness, Morgan R. Wood-Buchanan
IPS/BAS 495 Undergraduate Capstone Projects
My capstone project is all based on mental health, specifically depression. I created a blog based on my own personal story, in hopes I could reach people in our community who may be personally struggling with mental health or know someone who is struggling. The purpose of my project was to be a voice for those who feel as if they have lost theirs. Mental health is a taboo subject even though therapy has come a long way in becoming normalized. The blog is a safe place for those who feel the courage to share their story or struggles with …
Creating Smiles And Cards For Meals On Wheels, Rhonda L. Carson
Creating Smiles And Cards For Meals On Wheels, Rhonda L. Carson
IPS/BAS 495 Undergraduate Capstone Projects
My capstone project was a service learning project involving Caldwell Meals on Wheels. Students around the Treasure Valley created “thinking of you” cards for those who receive meals from Caldwell Meals on Wheels, to be delivered with their meals. Its purpose was multifaceted. Participating in this project brought awareness to high schoolers about those in the community who are shut-ins. The cards are intended to bring joy and brighten the day to the Meals on Wheels recipients. Three keywords that represent my project are volunteer work, community, and service learning.
Gardening For The Future, Abby M. Edgar
Gardening For The Future, Abby M. Edgar
IPS/BAS 495 Undergraduate Capstone Projects
This paper discusses the importance of the capstone project working with the Boise Urban Garden School and the impact they may have on the community. We explore what the project is and how it will lead to greater knowledge for the future.
Serving Synergy: A Service-Learning Capstone, Rochelle A. Wright
Serving Synergy: A Service-Learning Capstone, Rochelle A. Wright
IPS/BAS 495 Undergraduate Capstone Projects
For my capstone project I chose to work with the non-profit organization Women’s and Children's Alliance in Boise, Idaho. I worked with the community to provide much needed items. In order to collect donations I reached out to the community and received so much support that we were able to provide help to two other non-profit organizations the City of Lights, and Dress for Success. I was able to help organize my community to come together and provide a service to the more vulnerable in our community.
Non-Profit Community Project, Christine Lee, Nicole Gomez, Riziki Mberwa, Michelle Mccollough, Alex Tulen
Non-Profit Community Project, Christine Lee, Nicole Gomez, Riziki Mberwa, Michelle Mccollough, Alex Tulen
International Journal of Undergraduate Community Engagement
Meridian Valley Humane Society is a small non-profit canine rescue for all of Meridian. They are trying to solve the issue of finding abandoned, abused, or relocated dogs a forever, loving home. Meridian Valley Humane Society houses a maximum of 30 dogs at a time which enables a unique and loving experience for the dogs as the volunteers can spend more time training, loving, and caring for them. It receives no county, city, state, or federal funding of any kind and relies heavily on volunteers and donations. Because of this, the adoption rates are higher than other nonprofit organizations like …