Reflection of the Week

This week we have finished our two pieces of rhetoric and have also been working on our persuasive papers. The two pieces of rhetoric I created were for the organization called Pat's Place. One is a poster for a Snack and Juice drive which uses Pat's Place colors, pictures of children from Pat's place and other pictures symbolizing people together helping others in need such as a big hand holding a little hand. This poster's goal is to get parents and other individuals to donate to Pat's Place. I also created a wordle using words describing Pat's Place and child abuse. This wordle will be put on stickers and water bottles. This is something every individual can take home but also be informed of the issue and how Pat's Place has made a dramatic difference. As we have been focusing more on our persuasive papers I have developed my solution. I believe that there should be more organizations like Pat's Place that work with individual children that have been abused and their families with the goal that the child will be able to eventually live with their families again in a safe and healthy environment. In many child abuse cases, the child becomes a part of the state and is put into foster care. I believe this solution to be the easy way out. I am so passionate about this issue because every child deserves to have a chance at life and to feel loved. Foster care does not give them that nurturing they need.

Overview

This week we have been focusing on our two pieces of rhetoric we are going to create for the NPO of our choice. I chose the non profit organization called Pat's place. This organization focuses on sexually abused children giving them a safe place to be and works with their families to eventually be able to be back with their families in a healthy environment. After researching them I decided I want to focus on a snack and juice drive for Pat's Place. On their website they are looking for juice and snack donations for the children. I am planning on creating a poster using the pathos appeal. Also I want to take what is on the poster and be able to put it on t shirts wrist bands and possibly even water bottles. I am hoping to raise money and snack and juice donations for Pat's Place. I still am working on the idea and slogan I will use. I chose to do this because this organization is exactly what I want to do when I graduate. I am a social work major and am hoping to be able to work with kids. I am hoping I will be able to work with Pat's Place in the future as a way to start my experience in this field. I have always had a strong passion for helping children that really need it and am looking forward to be able to give back to an organization that has taken care of and saved the lives of so many children.