Major Service Project:
1.I was involved with the Columbus Speech and Hearing office from December 2015-present. My involvement with this organization began when I learned everything about their department because of my sororities involvement with them. Delta Zeta supports the Columbus Speech and Hearing people as one of our local philanthropies. I became involved by volunteering my time there spending time with the child patients. I first started out just by dropping off donations and crafts we made throughout recruitment, but then I looked into general volunteering there and stayed ever since.
2. As a result of this experience, I have learned about myself that I take hearing for granted majorly. I also learned about myself that I enjoy babysitting a lot more than I had in the past. I found it was a lot easier working with the patients than i thought also, i had the idea in my head that because they had speech and hearing problems that we would not be able to communicate at all. However, that was the opposite of my experience. I realized we could communicate on another human level besides just talking to each other out loud. We played games, we danced, we learned all about each other’s worlds, just by being in each other’s presence.
3. The positive change to the community as a result of my service experience has come from my representation of the Columbus speech and hearing through Delta Zeta promotion and food events. By getting the word out to the gigantic greek community at Ohio State about the wonderful organization that is Columbus Speech and Hearing, that I think is the best way the community can benefit from my service. I can teach people about the current risks facing hearing today and warn them of potential noise-induced hearing loss problems.
4. While working at the Columbus Speech and Hearing Center, I also had the opportunity to work with the Miracle Ear Hearing aid company, interestingly enough, the same company that my sister Claire Motz, a marketing graduate from Miami University, works for. I had the opportunity to discuss with the Miracle Ear CEO about taking the Columbus Speech and Hearing Center to the next level of service opportunities. Through Claire, I was able to contact some major contributors that are now on board with the Columbus Speech and Hearing center, who now is expanding into Cincinnati, Ohio, the HQ of Miracle Ear Network.
5. Because of this service project, I am better fit to declare my future plan regarding health and business. By becoming involved small in the Columbus Speech and Hearing Center, I was able to volunteer my way starting from the youngest patients up to their contributors and sponsorship office. From there, I was able to use my connections with family from Cincinnati in the Miracle Ear Company to get more funding and sponsorship for The Columbus Speech and Hearing. It is hard for me now to decide which I’d rather pursue, business or health care.
Health and Wellness: For this aspect of the H-Goals, I attended a Health and Safety Orientation for my study abroad program coming up in May. At this orientation, we discussed ways to stay healthy while abroad and ways to make sure I am safe the entire time. I scheduled a Travel Consultation appointment with the Wilce student health center to make sure I am up to date on all my vaccines.
Global Awareness: I recently applied for a study abroad program to Australia thorough the college of Humanities and Environmental Sciences and I got accepted. The program is a 3.5 week long trip in May to Queensland, Australia to explore the Great Barrier Reef, Tablelands and mountains. I chose to partake on this amazing journey to expand on my appreciation for adventure, nature, service to others, and learning about sustaining human environments in other countries that I normally would not be able to travel to on my own.