Rent a Bike and Feed Another

Description of Experience:

By renting a bike in Downtown Beirut, the money paid for renting the bike would be used

to fundraise the Lebanese Food Bank cause in order to help those who cannot afford food.

Name: Cindy and Caren Tohme
Date: Grade Level: IBDP 1
Title of Proposed CAS Experience: Rent a Bike and Feed Another
Type of Experience: (select all that apply)
Activity, Service
Experience Status (is this a new experience or an ongoing project)
New

Timeline: (location of the experience; how often; Time length of the experience)
Beirut Waterfront on the 1st of May from 8:30 am till 1:00 pm.

Name of Supervisor and Organization: Lebanese Food Bank
Telephone number: 03714401
Address: Habtoor Roundabout Sin El Fil

Personal Goals of the Experience: To be able to bike for as long as we can in order to help me
become more active during the day.

Intended learning Outcome (s) LO6 and LO7

How I intend to reach the identified Learning Outcome(s)
LO6: Attending this event with many of my friends and renting multiple bikes would help the
cause of this fundraiser, which addresses an issue of global significance.
LO7: Instead of using my money to buy something that may not be very useful or beneficial
to the community, attending this event gives me the opportunity to make a global-friendly
decision, while benefiting my health at the same time.
Student Signature (s): Caren Tohme and Cindy Tohme

Rent a Bike and Feed Another is an event that took place on May 1st, 2019 organized by Beirut By Bike, a Lebanese bicycle rental service, in collaboration with the Lebanese Food Bank in order to help those who cannot afford to feed themselves. My sister and I were very excited to take a bunch of our friends with us to take part in this event and to encourage a healthier lifestyle as well. We had already made the plan to leave the house at around 8 AM so that we could start biking around Beirut by 8:30 AM.
However, the night before the event, our volleyball coach sent us a message informing us that our volleyball training was to be rescheduled to an earlier time due to an inconvenience regarding the booking of the court (it was initially at 4:30 PM, but it was changed to 9 AM). Thus, seeing that we could not attend both plans and we could not miss our practice, we had to cancel the biking event. I was devastated and I almost felt as though I had disappointed the poor families that my friends and I could have at least tried to help by renting the bikes on that day. This absurd idea that filled my head with guilt was what I later realized to be just an exaggeration as a result of overthinking; it made me feel much better thinking that many other people will be attending this event and the families in need will receive the help needed from others either way. Following my volleyball training that day I was reminded once again why I chose to commit to this team in the first place: they were my second family and one of my main sources of motivation. I realized that making a sacrifice such as the one I had to make on that day is the whole point of commitment and perseverance.

Learning Outcomes Achieved:
LO4: Show commitment to, and perseverance in, CAS experiences. 
I was unable to attend this event due to my commitment to my volleyball team practice.
LO6: Demonstrate engagement with issues of global significance.
This event was organized in order to help those who could not afford to buy food, an issue demonstrated in many places all around the world.
LO7: Recognize and consider the ethics of choices and actions. 
Making the choice to attend my volleyball practice instead of this event has made me question the ethicality of my decision. However, I weighed out the consequences and was able to make the decision I felt was right.