Project Citizen

Yesterday a lady from church (that I used to visit teach) asked if I was free on Friday.  I told her I was, and she asked if I would be willing to help judge some projects for Anchorage School District.

I said sure, why not?!

So this morning I car pooled with Bev (the lady who asked me to help), Lynn (a lady from another church ward in the area), and Cathie (another lady from my ward).

We made our way into town--to the BP energy center.  (I told Luke I was at the BP energy center, and he said "where's that?".  I said "it's in the woods south of the BP tower".  To which he replied "sounds like something out of a horror movie"...)

Don't worry...it's not a scary building...

The projects were by middle school/jr. high classes.  As a judge I had to listen to the presentations and then ask questions and give the group a score on a score sheet based on content of their presentation.

It was really fun!

I was paired with another judge (Lisa) and we listened to 4 presentations.  They were about:

1-Homeless People
2-Fireworks
3-Underage Drug and Alcohol Use
4-Dog Poop

Each group had to identify a problem, come up with ideas to solve the problem (including pros and cons to each idea), choose one idea to focus on, and tell how it should be implemented.  They also have to say which branch of government would be involved in the implementation, and they have to prove that their idea is constitutional.

Some were a lot better than others...and I wish I had known more about the subject matter beforehand so I could have been a better question asker/feedback giver...  Oh well.  Next time...

Oh.  They also fed us pizza.

Paid in full...ness!  haha!  :)

If you want to read more about the Project citizen program-since I did a mostly horrible job describing it- (and believe me...I filled out a few score sheets today...so I know) you should click here.

Happy weekend!