Mission: WITBL mission is to inspire creativity, curiosity, compassionate leaders who support our community and spread a positive difference through interactive workshops and contributions.
THE GOAL:
Learning:
- Through workshops and providing opportunities with STEM, art, and problem solving
Community:
- Helping our vulnerable communities with resources and compassion
Leadership:
- We encourage our community to lead, create, and serve
WHAT WITBL DOES
Creativity through hands on STEM + ART
- Rocket-Ship building Kits
- High school application guidance
- Birdhouse making workshops
- Engineering building workshops
- Data collection workshops
Giving and Community Service
- FGT donation/holiday giving
- Meal bag donations
- STEM kit donation
LEAD
- Recruit students to volunteer
- Recruit community donors
- Organize workshops
- Organize kits
- Allow opportunities to participate and lead
PARTNERS
- Family Giving Tree
- Family Supportive Housing
- Animal Assisted Happiness
- Sacred Heart Community
ACCOMPLISHMENT
Education
- 10 Students – first educational workshop for students applying to high school
- 50 rocketship kits – sent to Sacred Heart Community for Space Week
- 35 students – Animal assisted happiness arts and craft workshop
- 14 Students – Animal Assisted Happiness STEM workshop
We were able to impact 109 students in our works of education!
Giving
- 15 meal bags – Our first donation in the summer for Family Supportive Housing
- 15 meal bags – Our Easter donation for family giving tree
- 11 gifts – Family Giving Tree Drive
- 20 gifts – Family Giving Tree Drive
- 50 rocketship kits – sent to Sacred Heart Community for Space Week
Community Initiatives
- 6 student volunteers – our first workshop for middle school students applying to high school
- 5 volunteers recruited for our Space week kits creation
- 10 donors for our first drive
- 15 donors involved for our Family giving Tree drive
- 4 volunteers making meal bags
Outcomes
Learn
- Develop leadership skills
- Develop communication skills
- Explore STEM ideas to lead
- Work with data
Create
- Build rockets (trial and error)
- Build structure workshops
- Make art and craft project
- Experiment with limited materials to create workshops for children
Leadership:
- Volunteer
- Organize
- Recruit other volunteer
- Work with community organizers
- Lead workshops + projects
Compassion
- Community needs
- Participate in giving
- Helping others
Long term impact
1. Create
- We want to continue curiosity and help students learn to experiment and work together
2. Learn
- We hope to continue to use STEM, art, and education and help students learn
3. Lead
- WITBL works to continue to encourage students to organize and create positive changes
4. Giving
- We want to continue to support our vulnerable community and give to our community