Assignment 21 - Will Graves

I’d like partner with an organization like Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Lexington and possibly FCPS to start a summer time program to help solve this problem— at least in a small way, to start I would seek out volunteers to go around collecting donations (money, nonperishables, gift certificates) and fill paper sacks with the things we collected.

Then I’d put up flyers advertising a pickup basketball or soccer game every Saturday in the summer in a lower income neighborhood school like Winburn (where I went to middle school) or LTMS. Anyone who came to play could take home something.

This could help kids get some exercise and stay out of trouble, feed someone who might not have enough to eat, build relationships (benefitting both sides), and provide a good opportunity to log some meaningful volunteer hours. Everyone would win— in every way.