A Field Project For Our Business And Society Class By Ricardo Montaner And Marlene Rodriguez Miranda

Everyone has their own set of strengths and weaknesses. Those with disabilities are no different they just have a different set then everyone else. I chose this project topic because in 5th and 6th grade I was part of a program called Peer Pals. Once a week during recess I volunteered in a special needs classroom. This work opened my eyes to the world of special needs and Peer Pals is one of the things I miss about elementary school. I realized that I needed to continue helping the special needs community. No solutions presented themselves and then one day the solution stared me in the face from it’s home in the Reston Community Center Program Guide. “Volunteer at the Adapted Aquatics Class,” I had found a solution to my problem.

Although special needs people in the 1960’s were considered useless, Eunice Kennedy Shriver took a stand for them. She created the special olympics, and camp shriver. She used the Joseph P Kennedy Jr. Foundation as well to bend her will on the country of America. The legacy she left behind is still felt today; with the special olympics having an attendance of over 3 million people. Along with that, we have seen the rights and view of special needs people increase ten-fold, compared to what they were in the 1960's. They are as much a part of modern society as anyone else is.

Alongside my studies, I run a nonprofit organization called The Esther Enaholo Foundation (www.teef.org.ng). This foundation is a platform for reaching out to children in motherless babies’ home. Our most recent project was organizing a Christmas party for children in Arrows of God orphanage home, Ajah. This party had in attendance 50 children from the orphanage home, masters’ students from Pan-Atlantic University and staff of the

The organization has many values; they believe all children and youth should have the opportunity to succeed in every aspect of their lives through their families and the support of the

In ninth grade, my mother suggested that I volunteer with peers at my high school who are special needs. She thought it would be good for me to meet other people my age who have their unique struggles in school, much like myself. I protested originally, but little did I know I would love volunteering with my peers, regardless of their disability. During this time, I signed up to volunteer with a local organization called Buddy Ball. At Buddy Ball, I had the opportunity to teach children with disabilities ages five through twenty-one baseball. When I volunteered with my peers, I mainly saw high schoolers with severe autism, intellectual disabilities, and emotional disturbances, whereas with Buddy Ball most of the participants had severe autism, intellectual disability, muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, spina bifida, epilepsy, or a multiple of disabilities. Both of these experiences allowed me to gain knowledge of a variety of special

Through professional partnerships and generous private and corporate donations, we are able to facilitate unforgettable experiences for many in-need children per year. Our long-time history speaks to our

Risa Campos is a family nurse practitioner student from Gonzaga University. She will be working with us until the end of November to further her experience and education.

Shoestring City Ranch has a mission that states, “Shoestring City Ranch provides free & low cost rural experiences to city kids while teaching teamwork, respect, and leadership skills in an ecologically friendly green-space working with rescued animals.” The ranch is a place that was made to not only help people, but to also help animals side by side to those who are also in need. While volunteering at the ranch I realized that how they saw the problem was different from other people who interact with the disabled on a daily basis. They did not see these kids disabilities as giant disadvantages, but rather as obstacles that can be overcome by simple practices, tools, and resources that cannot be found anywhere else.

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The world we live and operate BusComm Enterprises in is becoming increasingly smaller as the development of technology allows us to be more in touch with what is happen on a global scale. This allows BusComm Enterprises an opportunity to increase our Corporate Social Responsibility by partnering with a local charitable organization that reaches beyond the boundaries that are drawn a map and helps those who are facing a humanitarian crisis.

The other purpose is carrying out awareness campaigns to establish a solid partnership with active community corporations. This goal has several underlying causes; the main one is the large number of children who are deprived of the simplest form of therapy they are so deserving of, because it is too expensive. Therefore through the relations with these corporations I will attempt to start a fundraiser to cover the needed expenses for the above mentioned category on an annual basis.

I chose Special Olympics as my nonprofit organization because I think more people need to know more about it. The Special Olympics is the world's largest sports organization for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, providing year-round training and competitions to 5.7 million athletes and Unified Sports partners in 172 countries. Special Olympics competitions are held every day, all around the world—including local, national and regional competitions, adding up to more than 100,000 events a year. There are concern about children with intellectual disabilities having very little opportunity to participate in athletic events. The history of the Special Olympics started in 1969. It was a backyard summer camp when children could

There is a little legend library outside of the community’s church Iglesia de los Hechos. During the summer the church serves around 300 hundred children every week and throughout the school year. Since this community is distant from services such as the public library and not many have cars to take their children to the nearest library. Having this in place is a great strength for the children and others in this community, it gives the children a sense of ownership and responsibilities. They are able to expand their knowledge by having access to these books, instead of just spending summers wondering the streets and possible getting into trouble. This also gives the families that cannot afford daycare a place that will take care of their children with in their budget while they go to work. Iglesia de los Hechos offer this community daily summer school services, even during the school year. There is also a playground in front of the church were the pastor has built a playground for the kids in the community to have some place to enjoy themselves, because they don’t have anything else available with in there community. Building a playground in the community has created a resource that children didn’t have access to before. Iglesia de los Hechos and its pastor Juan Moreno bring in outside assets to the community of Indian hills. Indian hills demographics indicate that this community is in need of help. There has been to health fairs held at the Iglesia de los Hechos church in Indian hills. I was able to be apart of the second health fair and register residents from Indian hills as they came inside the church. During the health fair residents are able to get their vision, blood pressure monitoring, hearing test, immunizations, diabetes education sessions and dental assessments. Pastor Moreno stated, here in the Valley, we see a lot of people who don’t have the resources to go see

The Council for Exceptional Children’s mission is to advance the success of exceptional children thorough advocacy, standards, and professional development. Their core values include vision, integrity, and inclusiveness. Though their visionary values they demonstrate decision making that is forward thinking and courageous. Though their integrity values they demonstrate ethical, responsible behavior, transparency, and accountability. Through their inclusive values they demonstrate a commitment to diversity, caring, and respect for the dignity and worth of all individuals.

Businesses are all important because it is what brings the country 's economy. Businesses bring profits and revenues, but the most important is that they help determine the overall growth of the nation. Even if we don’t acknowledge, we are all tied and contribute to a business growth such as students contributing to the profit of Starbucks, subway, UCR dining, etc., Overall in some way or another we contribute to a business success. On February 14, I interview Bridget Leon, a Top manager of Pollo Campero inc. that is a Guatemalan international restaurant that was established in 1971. Bridget 's has been working for Pollo Campero for 3 years and was promoted to be a top manager of the main Los Angeles Pollo Campero restaurant her main duty is to maintain the restaurant to run effectively and making the store operation decisions.