For our LDS Challenge, the problem we addressed is the lack of encouragement and support in hospitals. We came up with this idea, a kind of an organization which we named the "Smile Theraphy" who acts as candy stripers to lend a helping hand to those who gave up hope or just need a spark of miracle in their lives to live through one day at a time. We can take out just a little bit of time from our schedule to save a life with friendship and entertainment. Just by being there or just by enjoying a nice conversation can help change the attitude of these patients and how they view their lives in this depressing atmosphere called a hospital. How much easier can it get?

While working as a group we discovered that we got along very well and we were able to agree on many ideas that became the foundations of our Big Give Project. We all loved to volunteer and wanted to follow the medical career when we grow up. This was a great opportunity to get involved while familiarzing ourselves with the hospital staff and the higher-ups of our very own Stony Brook Hospital. Working together allowed us to break out of our safety shells and learn to communicate and cooperate as we faced tasks together such as the scavenger hunt that our TA assigned to us. My group was very involved and we got the job done very precidely.

In our group we didn't have specific roles due to the fact that we were cooperatively participating in every aspect of the project. We took on tasks as a team and worked together so that we didn't face any disagreements or conflicts. We debated together and came up with ideas that we could all agree on. From this experience I realized that everyone in this world has their responsibilities that one another counts on and without interaction between peer to peer, societies to societies, cultures to culture, the world can't go round and round. Everyone has to learn to put aside their differences and learn to communicate and cooperate.