PROPOSAL

Celina Brijmohan

Sports and Medical Sciences Academy

280 Huyshope Avenue

Hartford, CT 06106

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Mrs. Amy Boutilier

Sports and Medical Sciences Academy

280 Huyshope Avenue

Hartford, CT 06106

Dear Mrs. Boutilier:

Helping others has always been something that my parents taught my siblings and I. They used to say that if there was something we could do for someone else, we should do it. I was very fortunate to always have a roof over my head and food on the table, as well as clothes on my back, but I know that others are not as fortunate. For my capstone project I wanted to volunteer at a soup kitchen and find ways that I could help out more. With The Coronavirus going on, it was a little difficult to find places that were accepting volunteers. I was lucky enough to find the Cornerstone Foundation in Vernon, Rockville. They are an organization that has a shelter, food bank, clothing bank, and a soup kitchen. I will be volunteering at the soup kitchen for a couple Sundays a month. On those Sundays I will volunteer from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm. 

For my research paper I wanted to explore How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected those in need and has it caused others to become in need of food, clothes and shelter? This is something that I want to learn more about because it is a very current topic that is affecting many around us, even if we know it or not. Researching this question will help me understand what is going on around our community and one of the big ways the pandemic is negatively affecting those around us. For artifacts I plan using email between my mentor and I and taking pictures of me outside the Cornerstone Soup Kitchen, as well as any donations I am able to collect. I feel that it would be inappropriate to take pictures of the individuals who come to collect food, so I will use these instead.

Sharon Redfern, one of the Directors of Cornerstone, is my mentor. Her email is Sharon.Redfern@cornerstone-cares.org. The next time I meet with her I will get some contact information. My learning stretch for this project will be going out of my comfort zone and  asking people I don’t know for help. Like asking someone to be my mentor will be difficult because I’m not sure of the right way to go about it. Another learning stretch I predict will be presenting my project. I’m nervous that I won’t present what I actually want to say, since presenting is a struggle of mine.