Sierra Vance's Service Project

My issue is loneliness in nursing homes and assisted living homes. Loneliness has always been a problem in long term facility homes because the residents there have either lost a loved one or are going to a place where there are complete strangers. During the most recent outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, loneliness has gotten even worse in the long term facility homes. During the pandemic, the residents could not see their loved ones or family members or leave their rooms. Before the pandemic, the residents would eat in the dining room altogether, but after the pandemic, they couldn’t even leave their rooms to talk to their new friends that they have made while living there. 

My plan is to write letters and color pictures for the residents at my place of employment. I will need to approve this project by my boss before I can start anything. Then, I will have to print off all the coloring sheets. I will have to color all the sheets, and start writing the letters on them. I will personalize all the coloring sheets based on what I know about each of the residents. Once I get done coloring all the sheets and writing all the notes, I will deliver them to my residents at supper, which is when I work. 

My results from this service project was that my residents were very happy to receive something. It showed them that there are people who care about them. They were very surprised that they had received letters and a colored picture because they usually don’t receive those types of things.

I learned that this is such a simple and easy thing to do. It didn’t take long to do at all, but it made all of my residents happy and possibly made their whole week. Now they know that people are thinking about them and there are a lot of people who care about them and their mental health. I would do this again in an instant, and I wouldn’t change anything about the way I completed this project.