High Impact Practices Student Showcase Fall 2024

"Where Happiness Inspires Hope": Service-Learning with Give Kids the World

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Course Code

LDR

Course Number

3215

Faculty/Instructor

Dr. Virginia Koch

Faculty/Instructor Email

Virginia.Koch@ucf.edu

About the Author

My name is Gabrielle Lucci, and I am a first-semester sophomore majoring in psychology here at UCF. I would like to thank my course instructor, Dr. Koch, my service organization, Give Kids the World, and Ms. Katie Kear, Give Kids the World's volunteer services leader.

Abstract, Summary, or Creative Statement

This project explores my experience volunteering with a nonprofit organization that I chose to work with for my LDR3215 course. I chose to work with Give Kids the World, an organization dedicated to providing all-expenses-paid dream vacations to critically ill children and their families. In class, we were tasked with exploring a modern social issue, and I chose disability inequity. Through my service, I improved my interpersonal skills, understood disability inequity's prevalence in society today, and made a positive impact on my community. I also learned about the importance of ally-based advocacy and greater numbers of supporters for increased productivity. This presentation details my service-learning experience, my community impact, its connections to my course, and personal reflections.

Keywords

service-learning; volunteering


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