Impacting Communities through Public Service "THE MAYWOOD PROJECT"

Maywood Fundraising Committee
October, 2011 Fall Semester

Learning Domains Addressed (Labels)

X Leadership 

X Social Justice & Advocacy

X Education 

Assessment & Evaluation

Personal Development

Learning Outcomes & Rubric

Student Learning Outcome #1:		Building Business Relationships CWiBat: Articulate the overall benefits of collaborating with CSUF's MSHE program as a cohesive effort to create a college going culture in Maywood through sponsorship letters that will be sent out to at least 25 Businesses and Corporations
Student Learning Outcome #2:		Scholarships CWiBat: Compare scholarship essays to understand the educational experiences and goals of high school seniors in surrounding areas and award four deserving students a Maywood Education Scholarship
Student Learning Outcome #3:		Fundraising Binder CWiBat: Outline at least 5 documents to create a Maywood Fundraising Committee "How To" binder to facilitate the fundraising process
SLOs	Advance		Competent	Basic	Needs Improvement
SLO 1	Assess the overall benefits of collaborating with CSUF’s MSHE program as a cohesive effort to create a college-going –culture in Maywood through sponsorship letters detailing that will be sent to businesses and corporations.		Articulate the overall benefits of collaborating with CSUF’s MSHE program as a cohesive effort to create a college-going –culture in Maywood through sponsorship letters detailing that will be sent to businesses and corporations.	Report the overall benefits of collaborating with CSUF’s MSHE program as a cohesive effort to create a college-going –culture in Maywood through sponsorship letters detailing that will be sent to businesses and corporations.	List the overall benefits of collaborating with CSUF’s MSHE program as a cohesive effort to create a college-going –culture in Maywood through sponsorship letters detailing that will be sent to businesses and corporations.

SLO 2	Compare & contrast scholarship essays to understand the educational experiences and goals of high school seniors in surrounding areas and award four deserving students a Maywood Educational scholarship.	Compare scholarship essays to understand the educational experiences and goals of high school seniors in surrounding areas and award four deserving students a Maywood Educational scholarship.	Select scholarship essays to understand the educational experiences and goals of high school seniors in surrounding areas and award four deserving student a Maywood Educational scholarship.	View scholarship essays to understand the educational experiences and goals of high school seniors in surrounding areas and award four deserving students a Maywood Educational scholarship.
SLO 3	Critique at least 5 documents to create a Maywood Fundraising Committee “how-to” binder that can be used for obtaining funds in future.	Construct at least 5 documents to create a Maywood Fundraising Committee “how-to” binder that can be used for obtaining funds in future.	Determine at least 5 documents to create a Maywood Fundraising Committee “how-to” binder that can be used for obtaining funds in future.	Identify at least 5 documents to create a Maywood Fundraising Committee “how-to” binder that can be used for obtaining funds in future.

Theory & Literature:

Asset Based Community Development (Kertzman & McKnight, 1993)

“In a community whose assets are being fully recognized and mobilized, these people too will be part of the action, not as clients or recipients of aid, but as full contributors to the community-building process”  (Kertzman & McKnight, 1993, p.4).

Community Cultural Wealth (Yosso, 2006)

Social capital- as the networks of people and resources within a community

Aspirational capital - “the ability to maintain hopes and dreams for the future even in the face of barriers” (Yosso, 2006, p. 41)

Reflection

The Maywood Project was extremely challenging in many ways. This project taught me the importance of group dynamics and trust within your group, as it pertains to completion of the project. As the fundraising chair, I faced scrutiny on many levels,  but having my fundraising group was very supportive.  Although, the fundraising group hadn't collaborated on any projects prior to Maywood, we all jumped right in without hesitation. The fundraising group consisted of Katherine, Tam & Joy and we all came with different talents, skills and gifts.  I couldn’t have asked for a more insightful, passionate, dedicated and caring group. Our goals for the Maywood project was to be able to build trusting relationships with the community provide financial assistants to graduating seniors and leave an archive of information for the next cohort to be effective and collaborative. It became extremely important for our group to meet and exceed the expectations after our first visit to the Maywood community. To step into a highschool and remember the times I felt hopeless gave me strength to give back to the community. Filled with so much aspiration & vision but lacking the ability to foresee the path to obtain it. Stepping into Maywood academy and seeing the affect of our mere persistence seemed to give some hope and courage that a college education is obtainable. Working with the community of Maywood made my heart smile and gave me the energy and stamina to keep going. My favorite quote IS By John Quincey Adams and it states “ If your actions inspires others to learn more, dream more, become more and do more, than you are a leader” and this is the impact I feel we made on the community of Maywood. I was blessed to have been apart of this project!