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We are three students from Scarsdale High School who will be spending 6 weeks on an internship project. We will be reaching out to foundations that support mental disabilities, construction companies and citizen activists. Our goal is to contact any people and foundations that might want to help fund the sidewalk. During our internship, we will be learning how petitioning and town and state government works. We will be also raising awareness about mental disabilities and public safety. Our ultimate goal in this project is to get the sidewalk built.
This blog will be a compiliation of everything relating to the sidewalk project and our progress.
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Three developmentally disabled residents of a group home with Down Syndrome want to raise money to get a sidewalk built on Chatterton Parkway in Greenburgh, NY.
Guides
- Emily Kingsley (Our Sponser)
- Mr. Henry (Our Mentor)
- Mr. Leong (Our Case Manager)
People We Have Met
- Paul Feiner (Greenburgh Town Supervisor)
- Allyson Felix (Part-Time Consultant)
- Sgt. Gillis
- Greenburgh Town Engineers
- Nita Lowey (U.S. Congresswoman)
- Peter Feroe (Assistant to Nita)
- The 3 Musketeers - Jason Kingsley, Raymond Frost, Yaniv Gorodischer
- Lawrence Birnbach
- Vic Leviatin (former teacher at Woodlands High School)
Obstacles
- Some guy who works in an office at the Greenburgh Town Hall. He tries to discourage us by implying that we are not working hard enough and doesn't take us or this project seriously. It is very frustrating when people think that we are not accomplishing work just because we are interns and in high school. We face this obstacle with many other companies that we call up to support us, but we are determined to make this project happen and to make a difference.
Sidewalk Obstacles
- The road is very narrow and steep. The phone poles are too close to the road and it would cost extra money to move them. Moving the phone poles closer to the houses will most likely be dangerous because we do not understand the medical consequences of living closer to the power lines.
-Liabilities of the sidewalk being on private property.
Sidewalk Obstacles
- The road is very narrow and steep. The phone poles are too close to the road and it would cost extra money to move them. Moving the phone poles closer to the houses will most likely be dangerous because we do not understand the medical consequences of living closer to the power lines.
-Liabilities of the sidewalk being on private property.
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5 comments:
wow! Sounds like such an amazing project!
I hope you get it built!
I am shocked that such a problem could go on for so long with out the notice of the town! Why won't the people in charge start taking care of scarsdale residences?
this is an amazing project
Oi, achei teu blog pelo google tá bem interessante gostei desse post. Quando der dá uma passada pelo meu blog, é sobre camisetas personalizadas, mostra passo a passo como criar uma camiseta personalizada bem maneira. Até mais.
sidewalk project
LOL i miss this
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