CAS Action Experience - Steptember

At 2 September, all the IB students started the activity called “Steptember”. The objective of the activity is to create awareness about celebral palsy disease by walking 10.000 steps per day. We demonstrate that we aren’t just collecting money from people, we also create a chance to walk and exercise. This is why the name of the organization is comprising of step and September.

After we walk, approximately 10.000 steps per day, we entered the numbers of steps to the web site of steptember. Money is collected from the school community, which means majority of the people contributed to the activity.

Since we walked approximately 10.000 steps per day, it is sometimes hard to attain this number. I often have exercise, increasingly during IB period, most likely I run, walk and do fitness. It was hard to complete 10.000 steps in first days, however, I developed and adapted myself and get used to complete 10.000 steps. At first, I was laboring to compete steps after school, which was pretty troublesome, afterwards I become more engaged with walking and managed to complete it within the time limits of school. I realized my skills and developed my growth in terms of being able to walk. At least, I have some skills to attend extracurricular activities whereas, at some times I slog on walking.

During this activity, all the students contributed to the activity to raise fund for celebral palsy disease. It is significant to work collaboratively. We also had an opportunity to play sports instead of walking, they are both valid. With my previous experiences and knowledge, I tried to obey the number of steps and raise fund at the first week. I conveyed the message to my other friends and my family, thus they committed to the activity.

This is a continual activity; therefore, it is necessary to show commitment. We showed commitment by walking every day about 10.000 steps regularly and showed perseverance with finishing 10.000 steps off. Also waiting for getting money from both teachers and my friends is a demanding continuum.

Celebral palsy is a vital disease which restricts people’s body movements. It represents a global significance due to there are lots of patients across the world. It is estimated that 500.000 children and adults in the United States are diagnosed one or more of the symptoms of cerebral palsy. It is both a national and an international event due to symbolizing a common disease’s Turkey stand. Therefore, steptember presents us both an “action event”, and a “creative event” ensuring global significance working on a widespread disease.

This event encloses action and creativity because we designed some action plans for fund raising, for instance creating boxes and placing them to floors is creativity, whereas walking and having exercise is the action part.