For my Service Learning Project, I plan to work with Gabrielle Cruz, a fellow advisee and peer. We will be working with an organization known as the "Adopt a U.S. Soldier" organization, a service allowing civilians to partake in a pen pal system with an active duty United States soldier, to sign a portion of the school up. As soldiers are overseas, they tend to miss everything that happens at home and in their communities. Feelings of exclusion and loneliness often result in soldiers to develop mental health issues such as PTSD, depression, anxiety, etc. Our hope is that our project will comfort soldiers, contributing to decreasing the number of soldiers who develop mental health issues.
We will also present small assemblies to create awareness of mental health problems in U.S. soldiers and how the BACS community can help to create a safe atmosphere for soldiers and veterans. |
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