As my project has followed, so far, I am doing a wonderful job with the volunteering work, helping the homeless find a place to sleep, eat, and bath themselves. I and the help of my friends have concluded about 4 families in the last 3 weeks. The problem I am addressing to the [...]

Thanks to everyone who gave me support and ideas on my project. I am glad that most of you are more aware of this major problem. The following people are those that I responded to:
Jessica Taylor: Thanks for your comments and all of the ideas. It is true that this problem is often overlooked and [...]

The comments I received were very inspirational and helpful in the success of my project. At first when I chose this project I know that it would be a challenge and a difficult one at that. However; I came to grips with myself and said these children really need my help and education is a [...]

First and foremost, I want to thank everyone for their comments on my blogs. Your support is greatly appreciated!!!
Elizabeth Cao: Thanks for the support. I must admit, I was a little nervous about pursuing this project. I have a younger brother who is reaching that age of wanting to know more about the gift of [...]

My partner, Brittany Allison, and I are still very excited about getting this program started for the local New Orleans schools. Again, we are trying to get the newspaper back into the school’s curriculum. Although, we have not actually visited the schools, we have come in contact with some very [...]

The problem to promote the importance of education in order to achieve higher learning for a better future through showing students that it does not have to involve playing a sport to make it happen is a product of the unequal opportunities present in America. [...]

According to Wikipedia the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeless), homeless people can be called vagrant, tramp, hobo, bum, bagman/bagwoman, sturdy beggar, or the wandering poor. The term homeless is still the undisputed choice of term to use. There are certain factors that can put a person at risk of being homeless such as poverty, civilian during war, [...]

Recent estimation said that about 65 million Americans has suffered from high blood pressure. In 2003, 53,000 Americans died from causes relating to high blood pressure. Nearly one in three adults suffers from this disease. In a ten year span from 1993-2003 the rate of death for high blood pressure in Americans rose 29.3 percent. [...]

50 years old, one mile wide and three miles long compromising a total of 1,300 acres, New Orleans city is one of the ten largest urban parks in the United States. It’s located in the heart of the city and is the largest recreation area metropolitan area. Pre-Katrina, City Park had over 240 employees and [...]

My project is about educating women about subjects concerning their health by working at a women’s health clinic. At the clinic, health topics range from breast cancer, breastfeeding, stress and many other topics and concerns that women deal with. Did you know that each year 182,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer and [...]

It is nearly impossible to get solid statistics on such an abstract concept as apathy. This is because apathy is a mindset, not something like a physical disease or measurable action. However, I did find information that has to do with the way I am trying to combat this problem. I discovered where teens typically [...]

As many of you all know prior to Katrina, New Orleans had one of the worst public school systems in the nation. Often times, students belonging to lower socioeconomic neighborhoods in the city are raised to be underserved in receiving a lower quality of education. This statistic provided by the Solutions for the [...]

Declared as “one of the worst school systems’ in the nation,” New Orleans’ public school system bears a negative reputation. In my project to Adopt-A-High School I hope to provide a solution to New Orleans’ poor educational statues. Among the many other problems this city faces, I feel that this one is a major issue [...]

Sometimes I think we take things for granted here in the states. I mean we have it good here even though we don’t realize it. We have a least three meals a day, and we have warm clothes to wear, yet we still complain about the simplest thing. Across the world, children in countries like [...]

This week I tried looking up some information on my project, but only found a little info that could help me a great deal. I went online a search through Yahoo!, in hurricane Katrina grants. Most people are giving money away [...]

Why are people so afraid to talk about sex? Since it is everywhere, why is talking about sex such a huge problem? Sex is used to advertised from beer to car wax. Sure, TV viewers only see the exciting/ romantic side of sex but advertisers refuse to talk about STDs. [...]

Special and needy children are a problem that cannot be ignored in this world. According to the SickKids Foundation website, there are approximately 100,000 patients or sick kids each year. The site further explains these sicknesses that these babies or kids carry which include deformities, massive burns, and cancers. However, other special [...]

I continued to teach the 4th grade Junior Achievement class at Metairie Academy. On Friday, we had our third lesson, which concentrated on businesses needing resources to make products. The children picked a business to start and decided the state in which they would [...]

When it was time for the class to come up with ideas for our project, I did not have any idea on what my project would be. However, I seen a problem that was affecting our university community, and I felt that I needed to do something about it. In working vigorously on [...]

I am ecstatic about the feedback I received on my project. I know it is a good idea, because in a small way I have already implemented it. I have already assisted one person and started to research lots of information. I can’t understand why this hasn’t been done before. Elderly people who have worked [...]