So far this week I feel like I've done nothing but talk on the phone non-stop! I've talked to 9 different hotels/ballrooms to book a venue for our fundraising breakfast, so many mentors that I've lost count (you would think adults would know what RSVP by January 13th means), 4 different people at Butler University to find a room for our first College Fest, 3 different Steak n' Shakes, 1 Jimmy John's and 3 different people in the Jimmy John's Indianapolis office to donate some food for College Fest. And I still have almost 2 days left in the week! It's kind of fun and I like talking to human being instead of emailing people back and forth all day. I'll keep the tally running...
We're starting to wrap things up for the Mentor Dinner which is next Thursday. I have a meeting at the venue today and hopefully everything will be smooth sailing after that! (Knock on wood!!!!) As for the Fundraising Breakfast, Bethany and I have 3 site visits tomorrow... Sheraton City Center at noon, Hyatt Regency at 1, and Marriott East at 2. I've never been to any of these hotels, I hope their ballrooms are nice and that we can choose one of them for the breakfast. My goal is to have the venue booked by the 23rd, hopefully before then.
On the sponsorship front, I started writing my first sponsorship letter for Starfish last week and I'm going to be writing a grant, hopefully starting next week! I'm excited about the grant... It's something I'm really interested in doing, or at least getting my feet wet. When someone mentions grant writing, people normally cringe and get a little scared (which was my first reaction), but I think if I'm at least a part of the process one time I'll get a feel for what goes on.
That's my update for now. I'll be going to the Inauguration next Tuesday!! I'm sure I'll update again when I get back!
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Any luck with the Jimmy Johns?
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