Description+of+My+Service+Learning+Project

__** Description of My SLP **__

Police officers have a very hard job. They have to deal with the different stress factors as well as the danger risks that are involved in their line of work daily. So to honor officers that face these risks on behalf of protecting the innocent, my group and I decided to honor them for their service. To do this we decided to have a Thank-You luncheon to thank them for all of their hard work. We had decided to invite the current Criminal Justice students in the Adult Academy for the Thank-You luncheon. While this plan was hard to put and keep together it was well worth it.

Many details had to be put together in order for the plan to work, and it took a long time to get it to a satisfactory point. First we went and talked to our principal about our intentions. Then we talked to the Culinary Arts teacher to see if they would mind preparing the food and allowing us to use their room. After we had cleared the idea with him we wrote up a proposal stating what we had planned, when we were planning it for, and how we were going to raise money for the food.

To raise the money for our event we decided to have a Hat Day. Students could purchase a Hat Day "ticket" for a dollar. It had to be displayed on their hat and it allowed them to wear their hat all day in school. We had also decided to sell the tickets before school and during lunch in the cafeteria. The event was originally scheduled for before the luncheon, but due to bad weather causing time restraints the Hat Day was rescheduled for after the luncheon.

What was interesting was that despite all of our planning we hit many roadblocks along the way. We either had problems getting hold of those we planned to invite, or our events kept getting post-poned due to bad weather closing school. We continued to work through them no matter what though. Our Service Learning Project not only thanked the future police who would be out there protecting the innocent but it also taught us valuable lessons about planning, and re-planning. Overall we were glad that all of our planning had paid off and we had a successful luncheon.