Yeah, it's been awhile... but I've been crazy busy here at the Starfish Office.
First of all, let me update you on these poor loans of mine. There is apparently nothing ANYONE can do to help me and that includes senators. I've resigned myself to waiting out the 1 month, 3 weeks and 6 days and dealing with the debt and bad credit when VISTA is over. A big thanks to Senators Bayh and Lugar, I know you tried.
Ok, what's next? Starfish Initiative's Third Annual Fundraising Breakfast was October 1st. I had been working on this event pretty much since I started as a VISTA. We had a few slip ups the day before... Like the hotel told us we could plug right into the ballroom's sound system and when our A/V guys showed up to set up the event manager told us the sound system in the room hadn't worked for quite some time. Or the fact that the floor diagram that the hotel gave us was numbered and set up COMPLETELY different when we got to the room to set up. But the hotel ended up giving us speakers for free and we moved all the table numbers around some we wouldn't have to print 500 new name tags with different table assignments. Speaking of tables, I was very proud of my center piece design. It's simple and clean and showcases our Scholars and their mentors. We also have LOVELY bookmarks for favors. Sheniece and I tasseled 1000 of them the day before the breakfast. Despite the road bumps, the breakfast was a success. We raised around $100,000 in one hour! I'm pretty happy with that. And as I'm making follow up calls to guests, I'm getting some great feedback. Yep, definitely proud of myself for this one.
First of all, let me update you on these poor loans of mine. There is apparently nothing ANYONE can do to help me and that includes senators. I've resigned myself to waiting out the 1 month, 3 weeks and 6 days and dealing with the debt and bad credit when VISTA is over. A big thanks to Senators Bayh and Lugar, I know you tried.
Ok, what's next? Starfish Initiative's Third Annual Fundraising Breakfast was October 1st. I had been working on this event pretty much since I started as a VISTA. We had a few slip ups the day before... Like the hotel told us we could plug right into the ballroom's sound system and when our A/V guys showed up to set up the event manager told us the sound system in the room hadn't worked for quite some time. Or the fact that the floor diagram that the hotel gave us was numbered and set up COMPLETELY different when we got to the room to set up. But the hotel ended up giving us speakers for free and we moved all the table numbers around some we wouldn't have to print 500 new name tags with different table assignments. Speaking of tables, I was very proud of my center piece design. It's simple and clean and showcases our Scholars and their mentors. We also have LOVELY bookmarks for favors. Sheniece and I tasseled 1000 of them the day before the breakfast. Despite the road bumps, the breakfast was a success. We raised around $100,000 in one hour! I'm pretty happy with that. And as I'm making follow up calls to guests, I'm getting some great feedback. Yep, definitely proud of myself for this one.
A table all done up (the yogurt was gross and the muffins were a little small, but the fruit was soooo good!)
A center piece
Three of our Scholars acting out "The Starfish Story"... it was really cute
Phillip and his mentor, I was so proud of him in his suit, he did a really good job
Joyce (our Executive Director) and Nick (Starfish Scholar, currently a sophomore at IU), he emceed the Breakfast
And now, time to think about life after VISTA... Seriously... I need a job. Less than 2 months left and I really don't know where I'll be when this is all over. I have a few applications out there and I'm hoping to get a few leads soon. If anyone reading this knows of any job openings in Indianapolis that I'd be qualified for, let me know!
Alright, back to revamping Key Club and writing a grant for them. I'll keep you updated on the job front.
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