Community Engagement - Signature Event
Throughout the Fall 2017 semester, I tutored students in reading through a program called East Durham Children's Initiative. The 30 students enrolled in the program were English Language Learners who lived in areas of high poverty and crime. I was so moved by how hard the students worked each week to become better readers. In an effort to help these students further, I coordinated a school supply drive two weeks prior to our last session on Wednesday, November 15th.
I put out flyers and drop-off boxes in Poe Hall and in my sorority house. I was overjoyed with the amount of support I received from this project. The day before our last session, I laid everything out on the table and was able to give each child a bag full of items that included notebooks, colored pencils, folders, crayons, notebook paper, scissors, erasers, pencils, and gift certificates to eat for free at Jason's Deli. Delivering those bags to the students the next day was the most heartwarming experience I have been a part of. Students were grinning from ear to ear as they walked out with their bags so full that they were dragging on the hallway floor.
I am so thankful to have been able to work with these students and with the EDCI program as a whole. I have learned so much about how to be selfless and conscious about differences in learning and culture through this whole experience. I would recommend doing service work such as this in your local community! Thank you to Dr. Harrington, Christine Dickerson, Olivia Fitzgerald, the juniors of the Elementary Education program at NC State, and the sisters of Kappa Delta Sorority for all of your generous donations to the school supply drive. The bags for the children wouldn't have been nearly as full without all of your help!
To learn more about EDCI click the following link: http://edci.org/en
I put out flyers and drop-off boxes in Poe Hall and in my sorority house. I was overjoyed with the amount of support I received from this project. The day before our last session, I laid everything out on the table and was able to give each child a bag full of items that included notebooks, colored pencils, folders, crayons, notebook paper, scissors, erasers, pencils, and gift certificates to eat for free at Jason's Deli. Delivering those bags to the students the next day was the most heartwarming experience I have been a part of. Students were grinning from ear to ear as they walked out with their bags so full that they were dragging on the hallway floor.
I am so thankful to have been able to work with these students and with the EDCI program as a whole. I have learned so much about how to be selfless and conscious about differences in learning and culture through this whole experience. I would recommend doing service work such as this in your local community! Thank you to Dr. Harrington, Christine Dickerson, Olivia Fitzgerald, the juniors of the Elementary Education program at NC State, and the sisters of Kappa Delta Sorority for all of your generous donations to the school supply drive. The bags for the children wouldn't have been nearly as full without all of your help!To learn more about EDCI click the following link: http://edci.org/en
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