Social Entrepreneurship Portfolio

I will be doing my project on St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. St. Jude’s sets out to cure multiple different pediatric illnesses, such as cancer, among its patients. In doing this, the hospital is also researching the different illnesses that patients have and the different treatments that may be possible. In doing this, the founder believed that no family should pay for treatment and has thus been dependent on donations and grants. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is based out of Memphis Tennessee , but they cater to families from all over the world. Although they cover travel expenses, having the one location can make it hard for families to travel especially when the illness is caught in a later stage or the child is not physically able to travel. St. Jude is partners with multiple hospitals around the United States, but they cannot or do not cover a lot of the benefits that the main headquarters covers. I would like to investigate why the hospital has not been abl...

 In my practicum class last year, we did an activity about what matters to each of us in a job and there was a consensus of wanting a better work/life balance with the company we will one day work with and how each career will have a different work/life balance percentage. This article talks about how Lauren Bacon has found that more people are becoming more concerned with their own well being and the well being of those in their family rather than the number of zeros on a pay cheque. As those people are seen to be choosing a life style over an actual profession, Bacon has set out to change the way people or businesses are seen when those priorities mean more to employees than what they are making.  In may of this year, Panasonic announced that it will be starting a four-day work week. They explained that this allowed employees to be more flexible to help meet other responsibilities and maintain a better work/life balance. But, not only does it help the employees, but it i...