Recently over the past few weeks we have informed you on our progress on our make a difference project. Due to the time constraints, and countless other factors ( that I will not go into), it resulted in my partner and I being unable to complete the original goal we had decided on. As a remedial my partner and I have come up with a different idea. Since next week is teacher appreciation week, we made a contest, the details are in the flyer shown below. We have made progress this week as we have posted up a handful of flyers around campus, and talked to countless students, as we garnered their interest. We hope to continue to find more participants for our contest, the contest will end the same time Teacher Appreciation Week ends, next Friday. Poems will be sent in via email to my partner or I, or turned in to one of the folders, either at D102 or A104. After that Friday we will review the poems and letters, with the some help from the Language Department, and Mrs. Arisa Sakai. We will then select a winner fairly and unbiased. The winners will be announced the following week of the decision. Until next time....peace!

Hey we are back again for another week of blogging. This  was a long week of planning on our part as we gathered more resources and prepare for our trip to the Man'amko Center. Currently we are having trouble finding time to go to the Man'amko Center, but we will try and see if we are able to this weekend. Two problems that have come up for us would be the questions, "Do we have enough time to do this type of project?" and "where will the funding for the gasoline come from?". I feel that both these questions are very pressing matters, and my partner and I should address them as soon as possible. We are too far into the project to turn back so we have to deliver. This will probably cut into our time a lot more than before, but it is for a good cause. As long as my partner and I set our minds to it we can overcome these issues. We are hoping then people will come along and offer help, and others will follow suit. It might seem like a hassle to other people but I am looking forward to completing this project and seeing the smiles on our clients' faces, as well as on my partner's face for helping them. I'll stop my blog here before I start to get off track, until next week........peace out!

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So far we have succeeded in retrieving some more equipment (as seen below) for our project. As long as we keep following our schedule we should be on track. We are preparing a flyer, which we can post around the campus as well as other areas. We haven't decided on a specific day on which we will visit the Man'amko center but we will find out soon.  Over the past week our decision-making skills have improved as a team my partner and I come to agreements faster than when we first started. We aren't afraid to voice our opinions when we see a problem with our project. My partner and I are garnering volunteers, but in all honesty it doesn't seem to be going well. People think it will be a burdening job, but still we will look for volunteers. Thankfully we have a few friends that are willing to help us. Our main focus for the next two weeks will be to gather more volunteers (between 10-15), prepare a flyer for our project, and decide on the date in which we will visit the Man'amko Center.

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So far my group and I have succeeded in updating our timeline. We have been gathering many of the materials. We have 3 brush cutters we can use as well as a few lawn mowers. We are having trouble garnering clients at the moment, but we think that it will become easier once we visit the Man'amko Center. We are still learning, and we are being patient with our project. We should be on track for an on-time delivery. I would not like to move the project back again. Me and my partner are hard at work so we can get started as fast as possible. As a fall back plan, if we are unable to garner enough clients we will hold a beautification project for the C.K. cemetery, there we will brushcutt all of the cemetery and clean.

Got Grass?

 Hello, my name is Gavin Joel Pangelinan, I am a High School student of Saipan Southern High School. For a limited time, me and my partner, Shawn Olkeriil, will be cutting grass (or Brushcutting) yards for the people in the community that are physically unable to cut their own grass. This includes the elderly, people who are sickly, and people that are physically unable to complete the task. So far we have accomplished in gathering some materials for cutting grass. At the moment the only thing going wrong is our lack of volunteers, it is also our biggest challenge, but that can be solved in time and we can go back according to schedule. Through the process we have learned to be patient and follow our plan, in time things will slowly come together. We should adjust our timeline  back a week or two, so we can get an appropriate amount of clients. My next action is to garner a few volunteers and go to the Manamko' center to gather clients.