To be honest I took this class thinking that it would be just about boring lectures on nonprofits and philanthropy. Well, I was completely wrong. It all started with my first couple of days of being into the Students4Giving program, we were all assigned a given task to choose one community need to focus on. Basically, after countless amounts of discussions and conflicts about which need is actually needed or not, we’ve settled upon the one ideal community need that would possibly solve or get rid of many other community needs. Therefore, we settled on the need of low income housing, it was simply agreed that it would be the most needed need in our community. After that process, we were allowed to choose a nonprofit organization that we would sooner or later donate money too.

One thing that was really quite nice during this class was that every student was heard and nobody had their feelings hurt. But, however; we just had one problem. The small issue encountered was choosing the right nonprofit organization, out of many organizations, to donate 3,000 dollars too.

This Students4Giving program PCC provided is amazing, and it really gave me a sense of belonging of where I stand in a community. Moreover, I truly believe every community college should experience these amazing ways to help make the world a better place. Here's to the Students4Giving program for making a big difference!

Here is the list of the majority of nonprofit organizations that we were interested in:

1). Neighborhood Partnerships/ Oregon Housing Alliance

2). Portland Homeless Family Solutions

3). Community Transitional school

4). Right 2 Dream Too (R2D2)

5). Human Solutions

6). Outside In

7). Street Roots

8). Welcome Home Coalition

9). Janus Youth Programs

10). Naya Family Center

11). Portland Youth Builders

12). Community Alliance of Tenants (CAT)