2006-07 Plans

Bryan Faller, The College of New Jersey
Trips to places affected by Natural Disasters: Indonesia, New Orleans etc.
Trips that will inspire: Africa, China, and Central America etc. to continue serving.
Trips that help reorientate us to see need/opportunities to serve in the everyday. Local centers/ retreats, cities etc. Because different people have different needs, trips both should serve its people and be served.
Steps to get this plan rolling:
We need to establish an understanding of the need in the community we are to be serving in order to better serve it. If we only serve the periphery we really will never address or touch upon the issues that deeply underlie the tragic social injustices that we see manifestoes from their deep sided issues
Why this trip is needed: (above)
We also need to leave the life of the people w are serving. We need primary knowledge of their quality of life by experiencing it ourselves.
When?
Most important aspect: Reflection, understanding, and length of time.
Goals: Analyze and focus on specific aspects of poverty
3-4 Days very intense! Voluntary!
Discuss:
Understand the issues of the individual.
Publicize through paperJa’nell

Henry, Guilford College
Ghana Macadamia
Jamaica Dominican Republic
Montana
China
New OrleansBackground: Jamaica
Build/construct homes (poverty and homelessness)
Create a relationship with citizens so that Bonners are welcomed each year
We would need to contact an organization in Jamaica that deals with homelessness
W would need to fundraise in order to get trip funded.
Goals:
Build homes
Build relationships between Bonners and citizens of Jamaica
Break stereotypes
Build a stronger community within the Bonner group at school
Educate the campus, when we return, about poverty and homelessness in Jamaica
Resources
When: Spring semester 2007
Lilly grant
Bonner Foundation
Fundraise
-Donut
-Raffle
Student government
Multicultural education department
Who will participate?
- Bonners total of 15 from each class
June: talk to director has him talk to Lilly Grant
August:
Research
Fundraise
Make a connecting with an organization
Sept:
Advertise to students (Bonners)
Continue to make plans with the organizations
Oct:
Get students to sign up
Fundraise
Propose to other organizations
Nov:
Fundraise
Contact organization
Dec:
Airline tickets (cost)
Housing/food
Jan:
Begin to finalize plans with the organization make sure their students have housing in Jamaica during the trip
Feb:
Info sessions for participants
Mar:
Training for participants

Ricky Singh, Middlesex County College
Trip to Indonesia
B/C of the disasters; and people can really need some help financially and emotionally
Show the people that the world does care about them and we are doing something like donations.
Fundraising:
How-
When- ASAP
Where- Around the community talk to other non-profitable helping companies (Peace works)
When- By September I hope to collect enough money with the help of Bonner Program
- By December I wish to have enough money to help build homes in Indonesia.
- By Jan I want to contact the officials in Bonner Program and gather many students to go along to Indonesia to help the needy.
Goals:
- To have the funding raised by September
- While raising funds, research about he country talk to people from Indonesia and provide them what they really need.
- Gather many students to commit to the project and raise funds
- Get the government involved into project
Why do it?

Tabitha Woodson, Mars Hill
International Trips Brazil
Brainstorm:
Trips to hospitality house/ ABCCM/The VA
Int. trip (an annual summer trip) t the same community
Care Ha/War, WV
Trips that allow students to see hunger/homelessness/object and will leave a lasting impression and commitment to changing those conditions.
Background:
I am very interested in South American countries especially Brazil. I know someone who has traveled there and loved it (on a service trip)
Brazil like much of S. America has many citizens living in dire conditions and given their close proximity to us we should be excited and motivated to help our neighbors
Peace works?
When, how, where:
How: Funding: Alumni donations, business organizations/church donations, Bonner travel money, fundraisers…. personal costs.
Contacts; Peace work international, I know several people who are from Brazil. Link up w/ a group who has don it before
When: Next summer 2007
July: talk to lifeworks- talk about idea.
Aug- raise idea w/ other students and fellow Bonners
Sept make contact w peace work or other Brazilian contact
Oct: Start looking for possible funders for trip, start fundraising (continue till end. when)
Nov: find out needs of community well be serving decide plan for trip
Dec: start doing research on Brazil to understand better what we’ll be doing.
Jan: have itenerary completely planned
Feb: start getting passports immunizations, etc.
Mar: finalize any last min. details
Apr: wait!
May: Trip
What:
- Build houses
- Tutoring children
- Helping community centers
- Cleaning up community environment
- . Learning/exchanging culture
- Build relationships
- Foster compassion and understanding
Goals:
Get 10-20 students to commit (financially?) by December
Have, at minimum, 1/2 of all costs covered by donations/fundraising.
Have set up a trip that will repeat that will repeat year after year a continuous impact on both our student body and the community we’ll serve.
Change lives, open minds, break down stereotypes be a solution.
Raise awareness at home about poverty/hunger/homelessness. Publicize trip on campus and in my community.

Uchenna Duru, Rider University
Continuing to get students involved in helping New Orleans
Going to South Africa, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, and Mexico to do service Service learning as Rider University Bonner.
To take action on tragedies, problems and issues that needs to be addressed and aided.
Background:
New Orleans (already existing trip)
- To help out Habitat for Humanity in cleaning and rebuilding disaster areas.
- Work closely with Mary Ann Somaine, Interim Coordinator for Rider University service and Krista Finck coordinator of last trip.
- Get fellow Bonners interested on the idea
- Raise money to fund trip
- Get SGA involved.
- Goal- gets all Rider University Bonner students involved. Get over 15 people involved?
Dominican Republic or Jamaica Trip
- Work with father Brunothe coordinator of past trips to Dominican Republic
- Work with Don Brown director of RU Community service.
- Get SGA involved
- Raise funding for the trip
- Find areas that need our help.
- Goal-get all Rider Bonners involved and get over 15 people involved.
Resources
- Spring break- New Orleans open to whole college.
- Dominican Republic or Jamaica or other Int’l trip- Winter break
- Donut funding
- Go SGA or other organizations
- Get Don Brown involved Director or RU community service
- Movie ticket fundraiser
The Reflection Project- Renee Fabian West Chester U of PA
The idea: To create a reflection project to be completed each semester in addition to monthly meetings. There will be a list of reflective questions that all must be answered, but this can be done in any way the member chooses whether it is through s journal or painting or film project for example.
Background: Group reflection is important, but so is individual reflection. The project will place more emphasis on personal reflection, as it is easier to reflect on a very personal level, which is essential for growth. The only resources needed are questions to include on the lit. These can be found from information gathered at the conference from online resources, like the Bonner website, and past group reflection questions.
Vision: At the end of each semester, our program will have tangible creative and exciting projects to show off. This will help raise awareness and support for our program. Most importantly, our Bonners will have gotten the maximum benefit from their service.
Goals:
- Compile list of questions: from now until August 30h
- Distribute and explain project: September
- Collect/and present finished projects: December and April
- Gather feedback from students and staff: May
Action Steps:
- Collect possible questions
- Discuss with leaders which to include
- Compile and finalize list of questions
- Draft project description
- Present project packet for approval
- Make copies
- Explain and distribute at meeting
- Hope for the best.
- Gather feedback and determine strengths/weaknesses of the project.

Yicell Hodge, Middlesex County College
Scottie’s Place
Things to be done:
Contact the family that runs Scotties place
Organize the students that are going to attend
Find out if we can stay on a campsite the entire time we are there or find somewhere to stay
When:
-Schedule the trip during spring break 2007 or summer 2007 for about 3 day to a week
-Educate the students about hunger and homelessness
-Have food drive, clothing drive and fundraise so that we can take something to the family and these kids that attend the camp.
-National travel fund
-Grants
-Fundraising
How:
We can drive out schools vans to WV
Why:
Scotties place is a camp for homeless children, I thing that f our school sends a group of Bonners they will get first hand experience about the different faces of homeless things like you don’t have to be a grown up to be homeless b/c some kids are born and then have no where to live after awhile. I went there during SLI 2004 and the atmosphere was just beautiful and fulfilling. So I definitely think it would have a positive effect on all there lives as well.