Hello everyone! I'm excited to be back at Drury for another semester with CARE. I hope everyone's winter break was as awesome as mine :)
Last semester was a little rough for our CARE group. Getting things started with the calanders and coordinating volunteer shifts was difficult at first, but provided us with a chance to work out all the kinks before this semester. This semester, we hope to accomplish a lot with CARE, including mobile adoptions, a visit to the sanctuary in Aurora and our "Dollar Dog Dinner" in April.
Our greatest experience with our organization this semester was the success of our fundraiser. We made bracelets with phrases on them like "Puppy love" and "No kill" and sold them in the commons on tuesday and thursday last week. We had great success with getting many donations and a lot of interest in CARE. We gave away all of our bracelets and made around $91.15 in donations.
Our greatest challenge this month with CARE is getting regular shifts for our volunteer hours. CARE is currently overloaded with student volunteers and is having trouble placing everyone. We hope to be able to accomplish our hours through mobile adoptions and filling in for shifts when there are openings.
I'm looking forward to our "Dollar Dog Dinner" the most this semester. It will be a good opputunity for us to reach a large number of people, promote interest in CARE and have a good time before everyone gets stressed about finals. I also think it will generate a lot of donations for CARE, which they desperately need.
Summit has really taught me a lot about being a leader and working in a group. I'm not always the best with communication, and having to make sure everyone knows what is going on with CARE pushes me to work on this. I plan to be more active in reaching CARE and finding out what they want this semester, and helping my team to fulfill their needs.
-Anna
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