Is Lee really helping?

When I woke up this morning I thought, Crap, I don't know where else to visit that relates to my project. So, I walked outside and looked around at the beautiful campus before me. I had an epiphany. Lee University is the place I visited today.

Why Lee University, you ask? Sadness, hopelessness, poverty, homelessness, it exists everywhere. Even on a Christian campus. It exists the moment you step out your front door.

I wanted to find out how much charity work students think Lee University, as a whole, does. In simpler terms, add up all the service hours each Lee student does within a semester. What is that number? I asked 45 people this question and here are the percentages:

• 20,000- 30,000 Hours per Semester= 13%
• 31,000- 40,000 Hours per Semester= 19%
• 41,000- 50,000 Hours per Semester= 30%
• >50,000 Hours per Semester= 38%

The largest amount of people said that Lee as a whole does above 50,000 hours per semester. Lets look at the math:

There are 4,115 students at lee. 3,353 are full time, which means they have to complete 80 service hours in 4 years. That equals to around 10 a semester:

3,353x10= 33,530 Hours per Semester

Add in faculty service (about 140 people) and assume they do about 5 hours of service per semester:
33,530+ (140x5)= 34,230 Hours per Semester 

Now, I am no math major and this is just estimation. But, we here at Lee often times think we are doing more than we are. And in actuality, this applies not just to Lee, but most organizations and  communities in the USA.

My goal here is to get you thinking. Don't take someone's word on the subject of charity. Find out for yourself how much is actually being done. Your help is needed more than you know.