As our end of the year class project we dicided to take a deeper look at the availibility of steroids sold through the internet. We found out you can be any one, any age it is all annonymous. Our plan to STOP this problem is to create a program for the police to use and track/shadow online sales. If this goes through we will eventually find a way to use this program to track all drug sellers. We need this grant in order to make the program. Some results of this program would be to have less drugs sold on the internet and fair games both professional or at any level, there will be less unfair team advantages.If you play a sport you know it is not fun to lose when you woul have naturally had a chance of winning. Steroids are a growing problem;the sooner we stop the illegal spread the faster they will disappear. Steroids should only be used when prescribed by a doctor for a reasonable medical reason, other wise there are disasterous side affects.
Vital Stats
Started On:
February 1st 2008
Ended On:
March 26th 2008
People Involved:
30
People Impacted:
Money Raised:
$350 For a school awarness week that will include steroids and other drugs
Post nominated for a brick on Wed, 2008-03-12 19:18
Circle of the City Cycle
Submitted by Katelyn Williams on Thu, 2007-12-06 22:15.
Project Description
I helped in creating a biking event. It helps raise money for the local humane society. We have put most of our time and effort to build this charity event from scratch. Everything we need for the event to take place is all based on donations. The public will cycle around the city either 50 or 14 miles.
Submitted by StudentProjectA... on Wed, 2007-05-09 05:59.
Project Description
SPAN is a partnership between college students in the United States and community leaders in East Africa. Disillusioned by exorbitant prices and the impersonal nature of most volunteer programs, SPAN works to connect reputable community organizations with potential volunteers. Volunteers are welcome to directly contact the organizations advertised on SPAN or take advantage of the inexpensive placement services our organization offers. SPAN is working every day to obtain grants and frequent flyer mile donations in the hope that one day volunteering can be possible for everyone. Most importantly, SPAN is a resource and support system for potential volunteers. To find out about our volunteer opportunities, find us at: http://www.studentprojectafricanetwork.org/Profiles.html
Submitted by rhodescourter on Wed, 2007-03-07 09:18.
Project Description
Ashley Rhodes-Courter was born in North Carolina in 1985 and entered foster care in 1989. Over the next nine years, she lived in 14 placements before being adopted at age 12 by Phil and Gay Courter of Crystal River, Florida. By law, she had all the rights and privileges of any other American child, but her circumstances put her in a position where she had no parents, no home, and no voice for almost ten years. Many of her 14 foster homes were illegally overcrowded, one was extremely abusive, and two were modern orphanages serving troubled and dangerous children. When she was seven, she landed in a very abusive foster home where 16 children shared a three-bedroom trailer. They were underfed, beaten, forced to swallow hot sauce, run laps in the blistering sun, and crouch in painful stress positions—similar to the ones used on the prisoners in Iraq.
Since she was 14, her speeches have encouraged children still waiting for permanent homes, inspired more parents to adopt older children, and helped change the hearts and minds of those in power so today’s foster children won’t get lost in a system that is failing them. Ashley has made it her mission to be a voice for the thousands of children who are neglected in foster care each day. Ashley gives inspiration to troubled youth who feel like their lives, actions, and ideas don’t matter.
From kindergarten to the third grade, she changed schools at least twice a year. Yet for her, academic institutions were sanctuaries where she was rewarded for her hard work and given the encouragement and support to succeed despite the horrors that were happening in her “home” life. Even when she was stripped of family and possessions, she knew that she would have a safe place to spend the day and ultimately gain an education she would have for the rest of her life.
Because of this, Ashley gives thanks and a wide variety of motivational speeches to schools and colleges, educators, administrators, volunteers, Court Appointed Special Advocates CASA’s, Guardians ad Litem, and other foster care and adoption organizations. Ashley will make you laugh, cry, but most importantly, will motivate you to overcome your adversities and make the world a better place for yourself and others.
In recent years Ashley has broadened her messages to support a wider range of motivational applications, including overcoming personal challenges and succeeding with educational goals.
Vital Stats
Started On:
I have been an active national advocate since I was 13 years old
Ended On:
I will continue to share my story and fight for change until my last days!
People Involved:
Anyone who wants to make a difference in the system or a child's life!
People Impacted:
I have personally shared my story with more than 15,000 people, and have impacted millions through television, documentaries, newspapers, and my writings.
Money Raised:
I have helped raise more than $1 million for the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, and I have helped raise thousands for other groups like CASA--Court appointed Special Advocates
Post nominated for a brick on Sun, 2007-06-17 07:53
Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP)
Submitted by BRICK Winner on Sun, 2006-08-27 01:32.
Project Description
1997 BRICK Award winner David Levin co-founded and directed Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP), an extended-day public school serving children in the Bronx, NY.
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