Service Learning Choices

For a few years now I've been participating in walk-a-thons around the city and never realized that it counts for service learning hours. I absolutely love doing the walk-a-thons because it goes toward a good cause. Over the past 4 years, I've been participating in the Susan G. Komen Race for The Cure on Mother's Day and I plan on doing so this year as well. Arriving early, I normally make a donation and the proceeds go towards a cure for breast cancer and breast cancer research prevention. I hold this walk very close to me because I lost my grandmother to breast cancer, so I always make sure to participate. 

At the ending of the walk (which averages to be about 2 hours or so long) people can go up to a podium to have the names announced of the breast cancer survivors and of those who have lost the battle to breast cancer. I make sure to get my grandmother's name announced every time I go. 

I believe that if more people got up and made a donation, it would make a huge difference. Every penny and dollar counts, and it's for a great cause. If people aren't willing to walk, they really don't have to but it's good to donate. 

Besides the breast cancer walk, there is also an autism walk and an AIDs walk that happens in October that I'm going to try to attend every year.

I do have other ideas as to what I want to do, but I'm pretty positive that I'm going to stick with this.