Personal Project

Personal Interest Competitive cheerleading has been a big part of my life for ten years now. I have grown to love and become fully committed to the sport, practicing five days a week in the gym. Since cheerleading is a big part of my life, I wanted my Personal Project to be focused around cheerleading as well as giving back to the community. I decided to host a cheering competition and give the proceeds to a charity. The charity that was chosen was the ASK Childhood Cancer Foundation. This charity was chosen for a specific reason. The ASK Childhood Cancer Foundation was a local foundation, located in Richmond. There was a young cheerleader who cheered at the same gym as me, diagnosed with cancer. Her strength, courage, and positive attitude while she was living inspired me to do this project. She had such a great impact on so many people, which motivated me to attempt to have an impact on others’ lives who were dealing with the same thing as she did.
Area of Interaction The area of interaction that was focused on was Community and Service. I wanted to give back to my community. I knew that if I tried to give back using something I loved to do, then it would have a higher success rate. I thought of a reasonable way I could contribute to the community. Once I thought of ways that I could contribute, I set a main goal.
The Goal I set three tangible and nontangible goals for myself. The tangible goals: to raise at least $250, to learn how to host an event, and to learn how to fundraise. The nontangible goals: to know I did the best I could possibly do, to host an enjoyable event, and to raise awareness to Childhood Cancer. In order to reach these goals, many steps had to be taken. I had to learn how to host an event, using articles, books, and experts. Then, I had to learn creative ways to fundraise. I then had to use the skills learned to achieve the tangible goals to achieve the intangible goals as well. In order to evaluate my project’s outcome I