Cookies & Smiles

For the last action project for my Five Faces class, my classmates and I had to complete 5 service hours for ten individuals. I decided to bake homemade chocolate chip cookies, and give it to random strangers and kids at my Sunday school Mosque. I will be going to different places around my neighborhood, my brother will accompany me with my project to spread joy and happiness. The people who will benefit from my project are the strangers who happen to take the cookie I give them. I think it would brighten a person's day because they wouldn't expect a random person giving them food. It will also make the kids happy at the Mosque because little kids enjoy sweets. I can incorporate alchemist features to my project by me as an individual who loves food, and doing something that will brighten a random person's day. I can also add a little note on the bag making it a bit personal. My project is unique because it doesn't happen often, and people don’t do things like this because they often don't have time, or it’s just not that important to them. The headline to this project is, ''Spreading Joy Through Food''. This is what i'm advocating for. The steps that I will have to take for this service project are, buying the ingredients, baking the cookies (and make sure they taste good), packing the cookies, and then passing them out and spreading love! Down below is my video showing my service project in action. 

AK giving a cookie to a person (2015)

   This just in: Spreading Love Through Food!

After giving away many cookies, I feel really accomplished and satisfied. In the beginning I was somewhat nervous about the idea of giving it to random people I saw on the street, and after getting rejected way too many times, I decided to give the cookies out to kids at my Sunday school. The kids at my Sunday school were very surprised about getting the cookies and thanked me. I only had a limited amount which was very disappointing because other kids kept coming up to me asking for one. Although I didn't get to give each and everyone a cookie those who had one said they were ''delicious'' and ''moist''. Next I decided to put the packaged cookies on the windshields of different cars. I figured since the random people on the street wouldn't take it, the car owners would be surprised by the act of kindness. I put cookies on about seven different cars in hopes of making someone's day. Looking back at this project, it was more difficult than I expected. I had to make the cookies from scratch, then I had write little notes on the packaging, and finally put them on random cars and give them to little kids. This service project made me realize how little things can make a difference in someone's life. We may not know what others are going through but making them smile could go a long way.