Mighty Hawks

EmpowermentMighty Hawks seeks to support members of the Kitchen-er-Waterloo community who have mental and physical disabilities. By developing an inclusive environment, Mighty Hawks supports these individuals in every aspect of life including: social life, volunteering, and employment. Our vision is for our members to be confident and independent in the Waterloo community.

Entrepreneurial ApproachWorking one-on-one with each member, allows the Mighty Hawks program to identify the specific needs of our mem-bers. Currently, Mighty Hawks is supporting a member start his own business!

Social

Empowering members to unite and create new and long-lasting relationships

Economic

Teaching financial literacy skills to improve budgeting and saving abilities

Environmental

Educating partic-ipants to incorpo-rate environmental stewardship in their everyday life

Becky and Joe met through Mighty Hawks. Now, after two years, their friendship has evolved into a relationship. They are now living in common-law.

Quality of LifeMighty Hawks Members:

Built confidence to com-municateCreated and improved interpersonal skillsDeveloped financial liter-acy skills

8 members

50% of members currently

found jobs

Need There is a lack of support systems for the one in seven peo-ple in Ontario with a disability that affects their daily lives.

Project E

EmpowermentWe strive to support community members to take action on the environment. Through dialogue, local businesses and resident’s have been empowered to take action and recy-cle e-waste.

Entrepreneurial ApproachAside from e-waste that cannot be reused, a fraction of the equipment can be used for different purposes. Many busi-nesses have working laptops that are out-dated for their use. Enactus Laurier saw the opportunity to use these lap-tops as resources to instruct classes on employable skills and financial literacy.

“Enactus Laurier is doing a great job thus far by promoting awareness of the importance of recy-cling electronics due to their highly toxic compo-

sition and their impact on the environment. ”

Jose PalaciosPresident, Eco-Tech

Recycling Process1. E-waste is picked up2. Data on devices is destroyed3. Devices are separated by raw materials and recycled accordingly

1, 100 lbs of e-waste

19 Business

Partnerships

Social

Phase 2 consists of providing refur-bished laptops to develop employ-able skills

Economic

Supporting local businesses with free electronic waste disposal

Environmental

Reducing land-fill quantities and lowering the K-W carbon footprint

NeedThe disposal of e-waste is a difficult process and many community members do not understand the environmental impact.

Laura DouglasPresident

Prof. David RoseFaculty Advisor

Dr. Kim MorouneyAssociate Dean, SBE

Sponsors and Supporters

Open Space

ANDREA CAMPBELL

Additional Projects

Bookswap helps Laurier students save money by providing an outlet to buy and sell used textbooks.

Help Hunger Disappear is an initiative to abolish hunger in the Kitchener-Waterloo area.

Short-term: Enac-tus Laurier collected 5827 lbs of food for the Waterloo Region.

Long-term: Next year we will be edu-cating adolescents on healthy eating and nutrition.

250 unsold books were shipped to schools in Tanzania.

100 000 pages diverted from the environment for education.

$5000+ in profit generated for Enac-tus Laurier initiatives.

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