{"id":7662,"date":"2017-05-10T12:23:59","date_gmt":"2017-05-10T17:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/liftoffnews.com\/?p=7662"},"modified":"2017-05-18T11:02:43","modified_gmt":"2017-05-18T16:02:43","slug":"can-do-attitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/liftoffnews.com\/?p=7662","title":{"rendered":"Can-do Attitude"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7662-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/liftoffnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Podcast-2.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/liftoffnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Podcast-2.mp3\">https:\/\/liftoffnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Podcast-2.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>In recent years, we have found a way to make the can drive that benefits Helping Hand into a competition between the home rooms. The results produced more cans, but has the competition taken away from the focus on feeding the poor? When it comes to charitable causes, do the ends justify the means?<\/p>\n<p>The can drive did not start out as competitive as it is currently. In fact up until just last year, there was barely any competition at all. Mr. Steve Aday saw this, and he decided to make a change. \u201cThe day they announced the can drive, I just started going around to all my classes, my religion, study halls, and everything,\u201d said Mr. Aday. \u201cWe were going to beat Mount [Saint Mary\u2019s]. The goal was to beat Mount.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And in the end, it worked. Last year, we exceeded all previous years and beat mount by coming together and competing with each other. \u201cThe faculty, and several clubs, and then the seniors, they really kind of got behind [the idea of] let\u2019s make this a bigger deal,\u201d said Mr. Aday. \u201cYou throw a competition to a lot of guys, and those guys are happily going to hop on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, some might argue that having such a focus on the competition is superficial and hurts the meaning of something like giving to the poor. After all, even Jesus said, \u201cBeware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Aday has a different point of view to this controversy. \u201cI understand completely the whole when you give alms don\u2019t let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, and that you should give to the poor for the sake of giving to the poor, but I also think that these boys, these kids, can learn a valuable lesson about service to other people while doing this and also it becoming a bit of a competition,\u201d said Mr. Aday.<\/p>\n<p>He thinks the can drive even inspires a bit of humility. \u201cYou hear a lot of these kids, especially by the end of the can drive, that have done all of these things, they\u2019ve gone out of their way because they want to win, but they don\u2019t want others to know that \u2018I gave 100 dollars\u2019, or \u2018hey I brought in 500 cans today because last night I walked around in my neighborhood for three hours collecting cans\u2019,\u201d said Mr. Aday. \u201cThey humbly turn these cans in because the home room might win overall, but you don\u2019t hear \u2018John doe in the junior class brought in 3,000 cans by himself.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Aday thinks that the humility and charity of giving to the poor can coexist and even be helped by the competitiveness of the recent can drives, but what do other members of the school think? Dr. Jennifer Gilley understands and supports Mr. Aday\u2019s idea. \u201cI understand that the overall, the overarching goal of the can drive is a charitable event. At the same time I think that sometimes it\u2019s necessary to give some sort of motivation or incentive to do our best every year,\u201d said Dr. Gilley. \u201cIn the end, it\u2019s still benefiting the people who need food, which is the whole point in the first place.\u201d Junior Michael Miller agrees, even if not on a personal level. \u201cIt didn\u2019t motivate me as much, but I know there are some people that it really helped. People that get more into intramurals and wanted things like the by and things like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the day, the food still gets to the poor, competition or not. The only difference is, with the competition, much more food is delivered. Sure it might seem a bit pretentious and contradictory to revel in the glory of beating another homeroom in cans, but odds are the people receiving the food don\u2019t have a problem with it.<\/p>\n<div data-opinionstage-embed-url=\"https:\/\/www.opinionstage.com\/api\/v1\/placements\/3498975\/code.json\" style=\"display: none; visibility: hidden;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent years, we have found a way to make the can drive that benefits Helping Hand into a competition between the home rooms. The results produced more cans, but has the competition taken away from the focus on feeding the poor? When it comes to charitable causes, do the ends justify the means? 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