My name is Theodore Rychetnik, and I am a first year DLab student at One Stone. I feel that one of the most important parts of my TPopper is people I meet and who affect my life. I feel that this part of my TPopper connects with my artifact because, in my artifact, I discussed my experience at the Boys and Girls Club’s Moseley Center in Garden City. At the Boys and Girls Club, I was able to spend time connecting with the next generation of students.
I feel that doing good is helping out your community in any way possible. For example, in my artifact, I showed evidence that I was doing good by working with younger kids through One Stone’s Love of Learning program with the Boys and Girls Club. Without this program, many of the kids might have started to feel lonely, especially during this pandemic when they haven’t been able to see any of their friends. I also feel that it is nice that they have someone to talk to. Even though we had to stop doing the in-person activities, I'm happy we can continue talking to the grade school kids through the pen pal system. I feel that this artifact encourages others to Be The Good by showing that just a small act of helpfulness can do great things for the people around them. Over these last 10 weeks, I feel I have learned a lot about myself. But most importantly, I learned how the One Stone community has helped the Boise community in so many ways. I now feel that one of my passions may be to help the people around me in any way that I can. And that, I feel, is truly special.
