Meeting with Peter

Today, we met with Peter to update on our progress with our CAS project. We brought the following reflection with us:

“December 2017

CAS PLAN REFINEMENT

Someone we can contact for direct initiative with our care packages is Heather Choe. As a member of the Little Flock Church, she partakes in a number of activities addressing the poverty throughout NYC. We hope to become a part of this.

Previously, our CAS group wanted to created coloring books that reflect on modern day issues that would then be distributed to children in orphanages and shelters. Initially, we wanted to create a coloring book with the help of our peer, Tatiana Econonopolis, whose uncle owns a printing company. However, we realized that it would be better to use the money that we have fundraised to create more Creativity Packages with more supplies inside of them. Instead of simply giving coloring books, we will now design our own coloring sheets that reflect on modern day issues such as racism and social inequality. This sheets will be printed and put inside of the Creativity Package along with coloring supplies such as crayons and coloring pencils.

Heather is a member of a church that we are planning on working with to distribute the packages. A month ago, she went on a trip to Washington DC to help young children that left North Korea. We are now planning on perhaps handing out our care packages to these refugees and other disadvantaged groups that her church works with. Our Creativity Package CAS project will not have any religious affiliation despite working with her Church.”

Still, we were missing some of the video reflections that we made throughout the year. Meeting with him made us realize that we have not made much progress over a long period of time. Although our idea was very thoughtful and creative, there still remains a lot of work to be done. We don’t have a supervisor, which is one of the first few steps that we’re missing. After this meeting, we decided to narrow down our CAS project, answering the question as to whether we should design a coloring book that narrates a story or depicts issues about poverty and homelessness, or make coloring books having any subject, sell them, and then donate the money earned from those coloring books. We discussed the pros and cons of each, and finally decided that we would make coloring books to raise awareness about homelessness and target the youth. Although this would require more work, it is a much more creative approach to discuss the topic. We will meet with Peter soon to show him a refined proposal.