Health Leadership Projects
Promoting life-long healthy habits is one of the main goals for this class. All unit projects are
designed to reinforce classroom activities through individual application, practice and processing of unit
skills.
 Some projects require a parent signature (SR) and validating statement (VS). This is indicated after
the point value of each project. No credit will be given for corresponding projects if proper
signatures or validating statements are not present. See below.
o SR = Signature Required (by parent/guardian or interviewee)
o VS = Validating Statement (at minimum a one sentence description of activity by
parent/guardian)
 All projects must be word processed and presented neatly in a small 3 ring binder or project report
cover. Remember to include your name, class title/period, and the date that you are submitting the
project.
 All unit projects are given a number. You must include what project number you are completing on
your paper in the heading.
 You may not complete the same project twice and you must earn points from a minimum of two
categories.
General
1. Visit the American Cancer Society, the Heart Association, the March of Dimes, the King County
Health Department, or any agency that gives out information related to disease. Find out what resources are
available. Write a one page paper on what you discovered about the agency and attach a pamphlet you pick
up. (50 points) SR and VS
2. Get your Health card/Food handlers card during this semester. Make arrangements with the
health department and make a copy to verify the date. (25 points)
3. Donate blood. Bring verification from the blood bank and a brief (1/2 page) write up about how
the experience went. (50 points)
4. Conduct an interview with any person who works in a health field that is NOT related to you.
Arrange the interview ahead of time. Have a list of 10-15 questions ready before the interview. Transcribe
your findings into a written report. Include the person’s name, job title, date, and time of interview. (50
points) SR and VS. If you choose not to write up the interview, have the person sign a piece of paper on
letterhead stating that you conducted the interview. Have them include date and time. (25 points) SR and
VS
Physical Health
5. Fix an entire wholesome dinner for your family from scratch. Make sure that the meal is low in
saturated fats, salt, sugar, and high in fiber and complex carbohydrates (avoid fried foods). Turn in a copy of
your menu and the recipes and pictures of your meal. Include a summary of the experience including why
your meal is nutritious and your family’s reaction to the meal and your reaction to the preparation time, etc.
(50 points) SR and VS
6. Participate in a walkathon/marathon that is aiming to raise money toward any health concern.
See teacher for approval, needs to take place during this class. You must complete a ½ page reflection
about your experience. (50 points) SR and VS (i.e. Race for the cure, Jingle Bell Run, Dawg Dash, etc…)
7. Get a general health physical (if never had one). (50 points) SR and VS
8. Research the key components of the new healthcare reform and present in a simple brochure to
inform other students. (50 points)
Family/Relationships
9. Invite your grandmother, grandfather, aunt or uncle out to breakfast, lunch or dinner. Give them
your focus time and really listen to them, and get them to tell you some family history. Write a brief paper
(1/2 page) about the experience. (25 points) SR and VS
10. Choose a friend or relative with whom you’ve had a serious conflict within the last year.
Describe the history of the conflict. Brainstorm ideas of ways that you might help to resolve the conflict and
ways that you could have acted differently. Now write an action plan on ways to reduce the conflict. Go
ahead and implement your plan. In the final section of the paper write about how your action plan worked
and what you learned. (25 points)
11. Spend one or more days living with another family- if possible a family from a different
background of your own (not your best friend). Without mentioning names, write a paper describing the
differences and similarities between the two families. Include what you learned from the experience. (50
points) SR and VS
12. Make a list of five friends. For each friend, think of something you could do to nurture that
friendship or to help the friend. Choose what you will do for each of the friends and do it. Write a brief paper
about what you did and how it went. Attach your initial list and ideas. (25 points)
13. Plan an “adventure day” for your family. Write a paper about what you do and how it went. (25
points) SR and VS
14. Track your family’s genealogy for at least four generations, identifying names, birthdates,
relationships, careers, etc (50 points) SR and VS
Mental/ Emotional
15. Tutor a developmentally/learning disabled person for at least an hour. (50 points) SR and VS
16. Volunteer at a mental health facility for at least an hour and a brief (1/2 page) write up about
how the experience went. (50 points) SR and VS
17. Keep a diary for at least one week (7 days total). (50 points)
Community/ Social
18. Join FCCLA (100 points).
19. Participate in FCCLA fund-raisers (30 points per event).
20. Create a STAR event, present at Regional’s in February (100 points).
21. Parent(s)/ guardian attend Open House (15 points).
22. Return Academic Plan with parent signature (10 points).
23. Pick up garbage along the road through an appropriate organization (in other words, you’re not
just going out and picking up trash on your own) (50 points) SR and VS
24. Organize a campaign to get eligible students registered to vote (at least 10 registrants) (50
points) SR and VS
25. Volunteer at a food bank/donation center for at least one hour and a brief (1.2 page) write up
about how the experience went (50 points) SR and VS
26. Work at a booth during Salmon Days for at least one hour and a brief (1/2 page) write up about
how the experience went (50 points) SR and VS
Around Class
Hand back paper/project/assignments
Clean up classroom
Create a thank-you card for a guest speaker, have entire class sign
Volunteer in class (read, perform, role play, etc.)
Plan a guest speaker for class related to course
Other? Get idea pre approved with Ms.Engels
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