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March 16, 2017August 5, 2021 by Laura Roberts

Seven Hills Foundation: Improving Efficiency for Community Outing Planning

Student Researchers Project Goal and Objectives Project Goal: Develop a digital resource that increases efficiency for Seven Hills employees to identify quality field trips for their participants. Objectives: Determine necessary and important criteria for Seven Hills community outings and develop an evaluation checklist based on these criteria. Identify, evaluate, and document venues based on criteria…

March 16, 2017August 5, 2021 by Laura Roberts

YMCA of Central Massachusetts: Communication at the YMCA

PROJECT SPONSOR The Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA), originally founded in 1844, is a worldwide nonprofit organizationwhich meets the needs of the community through programs and services. The YMCA now has many branches scattered throughout the world that continue to aid in building the foundations of the community. The Central Community Branch in Worcester, MA…

February 26, 2017August 5, 2021 by Laura Roberts

Seven Hills Foundation: Hosting an Assistive Technology Expo

Welcome to the Seven Hills Assistive Technology Expo Page!Our Interactive Qualifying Project was to assist Seven Hills Foundation stay updated with the latest innovations in Assistive Technology. We decided to host an Expo to see if this was a good way to solve the problem, which ended up being true. To give Seven Hills our preparation steps…

February 21, 2017August 5, 2021 by Laura Roberts

WalkBike Worcester: Bicycle and Pedestrian Counting Program

Welcome! During our interactive qualifying project we worked in collaboration with WalkBike Worcester to recommend how Worcester could establish a sustainable bicycle and pedestrian counting program. We focused specifically on using the Local Access Score as a tool to select the counting locations for this program. Project Sponsor: WalkBike Worcester WalkBike Worcester (WBW) works…

February 7, 2017August 5, 2021 by Laura Roberts

Habitat for Humanity (HfH): Increasing Youth Involvement

Welcome to the webpage of the Habitat for Humanity 2017 IQP. For our interactive qualifying project, our team worked in collaboration with the Habitat for Humanity affiliate of the MetroWest/Greater Worcester area under the direction of the local volunteer coordinator – Molly Pietrantonio. Our research was oriented around discovering the interests and motivations of local…

January 12, 2017August 5, 2021 by Laura Roberts

Wachusett Earthday: Inventory Management

Welcome to our page! During our interactive qualifying project we worked in collaboration with Wachusett Earthday Inc. to provide them with a recommendation to improve their inventory management. Specifically, we developed a plan that depicts how Wachusett Earthday could incorporate a recommended inventory management system into their day-by-day operations. Project Sponsor: Wachusett Earthday Inc. Wachusett…

December 7, 2016August 5, 2021 by Laura Roberts

Princeton Historical Society and Princeton Arts Society: Creating a Self-Guided Historic Tour

Welcome to our page! The Princeton Arts Society and the Princeton Historical Society desired a tour that would expose residents and visitors of Princeton, Massachusetts to the town’s history and art. This project focused on identifying the historically and artistically significant sites in Princeton then researching ideal components of a physical brochure and an online…

October 27, 2016August 5, 2021 by Laura Roberts

Habitat For Humanity: Telling the Story of a Local Non-Profit

Project Sponsor: Habitat for Humanity MetroWest/ Greater Worcester No matter who we are or where we come from, we all deserve to have a decent life. We deserve to feel strength and stability day after day. We deserve to know we have the power to take care of ourselves and build our own futures. Through…

October 27, 2016August 5, 2021 by Laura Roberts

Community Harvest Project: Harvesting for Health: Optimizing Farm Operations for a Local Non-Profit

‎Welcome to our page! The goal of this project was to collaborate with Community Harvest Project (CHP) to comparatively analyze similar organizations, and to optimize operations in nutrition education, tracking produce distribution, managing partner relationships, volunteers, and community outreach. Through 15 interviews with similar nonprofit organizations, and four CHP staff interviews, we ascertained that CHP…

March 17, 2016August 5, 2021 by Laura Roberts

YMCA of Central Massachusetts: Helping the Y to Further Integrate Newcomer Populations through Community Engagement & Encouragement

PROJECT DESCRIPTION Migration from one country to another is a challenging journey that many people in the United States have experienced. Thirty-seven thousand Irish men and women migrated into Boston, Massachusetts because of the potato famine in 1847. More recently, the devastating 2010 earthquake that occurred in Haiti caused the migration of approximately 58,000 Haitian immigrants…