Civic Identity

Ashley Sitzman, Cora Hulten, Nicole VanErsvelde

"Locating Self in Community"
Civic identity means applying each person's personal values, beliefs, experiences and knowledge to benefit the community as a whole. Each person brings something unique to the table and the community will benefit the most when each person in utilized to their maximum potential.

Alyssa Bauer and Ashley Sitzman doing housework at Women and Children First

Nicole VanErsvelde and children outside on the playground at Our House

Jadie Knobbe and children at Our House playing with Lincoln Logs

Colton Musser, Allie Stutting, Nicole VanErsvelde, Sarah Harding and Carolyn Lo preparing crafts at Arkansas Children's Hospital

Working as a team to organize books at Women and Children first

Alyssa Bauer, Abbey Schaefer, Jadie Knobbe cooking a spaghetti dinner at Women and Children First

Stead Family Children's Hospital Spring Party
- For our post service immersion experience we will be hosting a party at Stead Family Children's Hospital.
- We will be using our artistic ability to engage children at the University of Iowa's Stead Family in crafts and games. Examples of the crafts we will be leading can be seen below.

As Dance Marathon members, we can apply the knowledge we learned and bring it to our own organization here at the University of Iowa. Throughout our trip, we learned about various organizations aiding children. Each of these organizations approach children's health in a unique way. Therefore, we can take these different approaches and apply them to UIDM.
Members of our team are leaders in other organizations such as Student United Way, Camp Kesem and the Vegan Society. They can take knowledge learned to each of their organizations as well.
Another application of the knowledge we learned in Little Rock can be found in the members of our team graduating or who have already graduated. They are able to take the information gained on this trip and apply it in their professional lives and workplaces.

Thanks to the University of Iowa Dance Marathon for sponsoring our trip to Arkansas!

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