For the past two weeks, I have been working on planning a week vacation to anywhere I choose with a limited budget. I chose this project because I want to work on spending on a budget so that I am not overspending. I also want to travel a lot in college, so I figured I need to start practicing planning a vacation now. I ended up planning a vacation in the spring to Amsterdam on a budget of $2,500. I made a poster-board to showcase my results.
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My community partners project was with Secret Families of Hamilton County, which is a non-profit organization. Their problem was they needed people to know about their organization sooner because they didn't have enough money to buy all of the presents for their families for Christmas. They don't commit to sponsor a family until they have all of the money to pay for them. Our job was to find new ways to advertise and possibly hold some sort of fundraiser.
My mom works with non-profits for a living, which is something I have always helped out with, so it just seemed natural for me to pick this project. I also enjoy helping people and helping out in my community and I am especially drawn to organizations that are committed to helping others, even if it means no gain for them. In my initial meeting with Tom Flanagan, the head of the organization, I immediately realized how much heart he had put into this organization. My team and I learned what the problem was, what he needed us to do and how he wanted us to do it. We were all very excited to get started and immediately began brainstorming. We had several ideas that we proposed to Tom before our final presentation. Some were outrageously expensive, while some cost absolutely nothing at all. We just wanted to get a feel for what he was wanting. In the end, we ended up proposing several new ways for them to advertise, doing Dine to Donates every once in a while during the school year and holding a concert in the park annually for families to go to, with all of the entrance costs going towards the Families. My favorite part about this project was the initial challenge of it. It was unlike anything I had ever been assigned in my high school career and I loved being given the opportunity to think critically and come up with creative ideas that could help people in the real world. It was also interesting working with such a diverse group, skill wise, and having to manage on someone else's schedule. I usually like to take point in these type of projects, so I struggled with stepping back and allowing someone else to do the work. Next time I do a project like this, I would definitely want to make sure I know the all the aspects of the challenge before going into it and I would want to come up with more ideas. I think I can push myself and come up with something better that could possibly help even more people. |
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