Document Type

Other

Publication Date

Spring 2024

Major

Global Management

Abstract

Designed to Grow Minds worked with the Donald Heiter Community Center. We collaborated with the center in order to promote the mental wellness of local children in the Lewisburg Area and bridge the learning gaps left behind from the COVID-19 pandemic. During our on-site visitations at the Donald Heiter Community Center, our company reorganized items such as sports equipment, crafts, and seasonal decorations in the attic. We followed this up by building shelves in the attic in order to make the items more accessible to the workers. Finally, we spent our days at the center tutoring the kids and aiding in the completion of their schoolwork. Following the completion of their work, we would then also spend time playing various games with the children. Designed to Grow Minds participated in three fundraising events and set up a GiveButter account. Our Flower Stand and GiveButter raised $1,180 and our two local restaurant fundraisers at Lewisburg favorites All Star Bagels and Amami Kitchen raised $781. Our “Empower Minds, Change Lives” crewnecks included a brain and heart cartoon holding hands with the words “Be Well Bucknell” to connect to our mission of bettering the mental wellness of students. We sold 205 of our crew necks and our total product sales was $6,869.05. Therefore, the total amount of money donated to the Donald Heiter Community Center was $3,324.91 including our total net revenue plus the amount from fundraising and minus our company expenses. The Heiter Center will use the funds to establish afterschool programs to support the mental well-being of the children, which will help them flourish emotionally, socially, and physically. Overall, Company D spent over 280 hours on-site at the Heiter Center, where we bonded with the children, built shelves, and reorganized the attic.

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