Junior Project

DIary: Progress
edition
How can I teach younger students to be prepared
in emergency situations?

Allie Armstrong
One Pager:
 My Mentors:

My mentors for this project are

Jenny Worth, Jerry Haugg, and
Kiana Haugg. They have been
very helpful with my project
and are very invested in Red
Cross. All of them have been
very passionate about
connecting with our school and
community.
 Progress post: 8/31
So far for this project I have met with my mentors over Google Meet and talked about what I can do for
my project. I have become the vice president of the Red Cross club and have gone to the weekly
meetings for the club at lunch time on Tuesday. Yesterday we had our meeting with our mentors again
and have gotten more information regarding the numbers we need to reach for our Prepare with Pedro
and Jenny also sent me the information regarding FAST which I plan to present to Mrs. Federoff as soon
as I am prepared.

❏ Met with Mentors on 8/10.

❏ Became Vice President of KCS Red Cross.
❏ Weekly meetings at lunch.
❏ FAST information received and I plan to meet with
Mrs. Federoff.
 Progress Post: 9/7
This week I had another virtual meeting with the mentors of the red cross club, we discussed getting
the Prepare with Pedro curriculum up at Haiku Elementary and some upcoming events for volunteering.
I emailed Mrs. Federoff about getting the FAST curriculum to our school and she approved. Hoping to
get it to the ninth grade health class as well as the community engagement and seminar classes.

❏ Red Cross Meeting.

❏ Prepare with Pedro at Haiku Elementary.
❏ FAST curriculum approved for high school!
 Progress Post: 9/14
This week we went to Mr. Sargeant’s class to present the Red Cross to the community engagement class.
We talked about the benefits of becoming a member and what you can do with your service. I had the
opportunity to talk to Jenny Worth who came to the school and we are hoping to go to Moloka`i and
present to the school there (10/7). We also had our lunch club meeting with the Red Cross, we discussed
upcoming events like our trip to Haiku Elementary this Thursday (9/25), this trip has since been cancelled.
We also have an upcoming event on October 29th to give out candy to the young kids and pass out Red
Cross information to the families there.

❏ Community engagement class presentation.

❏ Red Cross club meeting.
❏ Upcoming Moloka`i trip.
❏ Haiku Elementary visit cancelled :(
❏ Helping our new Red Cross members become official
volunteers.
❏ I also became a teacher on the Red Cross Google
Classroom.
 Milestones:
Things I have done so far:

❏ Becoming Vice President of the Red Cross and being a key part of our weekly
meetings.
❏ This has allowed me to connect our members with my progression in my junior
project as well as keeping them updated on certain events we will participate in.
❏ Getting the FAST curriculum approved by Mrs. Federoff.
❏ Visited with Mr. Sargeants community engagement classroom.
❏ I was able to talk to the students about my experience with the Red Cross and
how it can benefit them.
 Timeline:
I am on track as best as I can be. I never had a solid timeline created at
the beginning of this project because I am working for an organization
beyond myself. Sadly our scheduled presentation at Haiku Elementary
was cancelled last minute. I thought I would able to move faster with
this project but I have laid down the groundwork so hopefully things
can move forward. Working with an organization means you have to
work with their schedule and timelines as well which can be difficult.
 Challenges & Surprises:
Something that has challenged me with this project is the stress to do
something meaningful with this project. This was more prevalent for me
at the beginning because I felt like I had no room to fail. Having to work
with people that can change their minds can be discouraging. I am
surprised at how amazing my mentors are, they are really helping to
keep me optimistic about what we can do.
 Next Steps:
I am hoping to get into contact with Jenny Worth and get our members
trained in the FAST curriculum. I am hoping to get into contact with a
class for every high school grade so that we can reach more kids. I am
hoping to present a Prepare with Pedro presentation with an
elementary school class at KCS very soon. I am going to try to plan a
KCS Red Cross Club field trip on September 26th to get all of our
members CPR certified. I am also hoping to solidify our plan to go to
Moloka`i and do a presentation there on October 7th.