Angelfood

Grade Level: 9-12

Academic Areas: Science, Health

Duration of service: Semester-Long

Character Virtues: Caring, Justice and Fairness

Service Areas: Human Services

Materials Needed: working kitchen, utensils, food, planners, art supplies, textbooks/computers   for finding nutritional information, knowledge of and access to organizations in community that may need services, camera and film (optional)

Total Cost of Project: $100 – 200

Time Needed for Project: 200 minutes in class and 2 hours outside of class per students

Time Needed for Teacher Preparation: 15 hours

Experience Needed in CE: limited

Experience Needed in SL: moderate

Service Learning Project:

Students will work with a community kitchen organization after school or on school breaks to prepare menus, shop for, and prepare meals for homebound AIDS patients.  They will work with community volunteers in a local “meals-on-wheels” non-profit program for AIDS patients that enables clients to have a daily nutritious well-balanced meal.  The dietary needs of the patients as well as other health-related requirements must be taken into consideration by the students during all steps of the project.  The service learning project will expand students’ knowledge of AIDS. It will also make students aware of the important role that community members  and students play as volunteers in a community.

Goals and Objectives

Academic

Learning Goal: Students will be knowledgeable about how AIDS is contracted and transmitted.                                       

Standard: MST Standard 7                                                                                                                                              

Learning Goal: Students will be knowledgeable about the daily nutritional needs and different treatments for individuals with AIDS.                                                                                                                                                                       

Standard:  MST Standard 7 & HPEFCS Standard 2

Service

Community need: Proper nutrition for homebound AIDS patients, commitment of community                                          

Possible Community Partners: “Angel-food East” (Community/Church program) or any community health outreach program.                                                                                                                                                                           

Objective: Students will make menus, shop, and prepare meals for a local “meals-on-wheels” non-profit organization.                                                                                                                                                                                         .

Character

Virtue: Caring                                                                         

Objective: Students will provide nutritional support for AIDS patients by volunteering their time to the project.                   

Virtue: Fairness                                                                      

Objective: Students will become open-minded about the disease and learn that all people, regardless of whether or not they have AIDS, are part of the community and should be treated fairly.

Virtue: Respect

Objective: Students will develop respect for other community members that volunteer their time.

Key Activities

Key Planning Activities

1.      Students will be instructed regarding HIV transmission, various treatments, and how the disease affects individuals’ nutritional, emotional and daily needs.

2.      Community outreach representatives will visit the classroom to discuss the exact needs of the “meals-on-wheels” organization so the students can properly serve the homebound patients. Homebound organization volunteers will be invited to the classroom to meet with students several times throughout the project. 

Key Service Activities

1.      Students will prepare nutritional menus that can be used by Angelfood East volunteers for homebound clients with AIDS.

2.      Students will shop for meals they have planned and deliver the food to the Angelfood East kitchen.

3.      Students will prepare nutritious meals for clients and package them for delivery.                                                            

Key Reflection Activities

1.      Oral:  Students will discuss in small groups how they feel the experience of working with other volunteers planning meals, shopping and/or preparing food for AIDS patients has changed their attitudes about people living with AIDS. (Caring, Fairness, and Respect)

2.      Written:  Students will write a creative piece that will share their personal service, their feelings, and the impact of how their experience might have made a difference in their lives or the lives of the people that received the meals. (Caring and Fairness)                                                                                                                                                              

3.      Performance:  On December 1st, World AIDS Day, or April 15, Day of Silence, students honor AIDS patients by wearing and handing out ribbons, delivering public service announcements on the school TV station, and take part in a candlelight vigil with community members.  (Respect and Caring)

Celebration Activity

At the end of the project, students, parents, faculty, and possibly community volunteers will gather for a celebration to be recognized by the community for their participation in the project.