Emerging Leaders Academy (ELA)
Wish Fast: Superhero 3k and 5k (Summer 2018)
University of Mary's Day of Service
- Project Armchair (Fall 2016)
- Position: Group Member
- Project Armchair is an organization that has volunteer educators read stories and give books to children in the pediatric unit at Sanford Hospital. After completing a successful book drive at Barnes & Noble, we were able to gift Project Armchair with over 300 new books and about $200 to purchase more books in the future.
- Optimist Club Backpack Project (Spring 2017)
- Position: Chair
- The Optimist Club of Bismarck fill backpacks once a month for children of families in transition in local shelters. By reaching out to several businesses, we were able to purchase $450 worth of supplies as well as donate an additional $100. We then volunteered our time to fill the backpacks for that month, but our donations filled backpacks for the next six months.
- No Excuses University (Spring 2018)
- Position: Penpal
- As Junior ELA members, our class connected with a school in Montana. We each had our own pen pal to form a personal connection with and answer any questions they had about college. We Skyped the class once to have face to face interaction with each of our pen pals.
- Service and Educational Trip to Poland (Pending: Spring 2019)
- Position: Co-Chair of the whole trip and member of the fundraising committee
- As a senior member of ELA, a classmate and I decided to share the responsibilities of the chair position for our trip to Senior ELA trip. Our class voted to go to Poland where we will volunteer in three of their schools by presenting and teaching lessons to their students.
Wish Fast: Superhero 3k and 5k (Summer 2018)
- Position: Volunteer
- Wish Fast is an organization that helps raise funds and awareness for the Make a Wish Foundation. I helped organize and manage activities as the race spread to Bismarck for the first time.
University of Mary's Day of Service
- United Way (Fall 2015)
- Cleaned, organized, and learned about resources for our community at the United Way House.
- Cleaned, organized, and learned about resources for our community at the United Way House.
- Shiloh Christian School (Fall 2016)
- Field maintenance, removed old desks, and setup auditorium for upcoming presenter.
- Simle Middle School (Fall 2018)
- Interact, mentor, and tutor students in all sections of Simle's AVID program.