Iowa's Quality of Life

Danielle White

I am not going to write about my community in Bettendorf because I have not lived there for about three years now and Drake University has become my community. I have joined many organizations on Drake’s campus as well as seen other organizations directly impact the quality of life not only the community at Drake but the Des Moines area. One that has impacted me and the Des Moines community the most is the Student United Way of Central Iowa. I helped create this organization last year after attending Alternative Spring Break my freshmen year where we helped build houses and communities directly affected from Hurricane Katrina. Jump starting this program made me realize how much the Des Moines community and Drake’s campus needed our organizations help in charity and fundraising all across the board. We helped promote Combat for Hunger, worked closely with Habitat for Humanity, Boys and Girls Club of Central Iowa, and a Trash for Treasure exchange at the end of the year that directly affected the community and students.