My name is Jaiden DeBoe, and my project for this semester is going to provide a direct link from community organizations to young adults in said community. Throughout the last semester, I spent my time researching the one problem that is the focus of my overall group project: “How can young adults be engaged in water conservation efforts?”. I felt that the best way to do this was to connect Heartlands, my community partner, with peers at SIUE. This started out by asking professors at SIUE how they felt about community organizations in a school setting.
After I received my survey responses, I immediately began my work on this semester’s product, which takes me to where I am right now. I am currently working on two smaller products, one which will allow Heartlands to know more about professors at SIUE, and one which will let the professors get to know Heartlands a little better. The goal of these two products is to allow them to understand each other better and hopefully form a connection in the future.