I recently accepted another job and will be leaving my term of service early. However, I want to make sure I don’t completely flake on the commitments I have made. In an effort to contribute to AmeriCorps Week I am trying to compress the projects into one day. After all, if I take no other lesson away from the time I have served it is this – work smarter not harder. So I am using my best VISTA problem solving skills to make this happen in one day.
I can start by making promotional material for the NACL food drive and AmeriCorps and make awareness posters about shelter hounds and writing to your mentor… but how will the homeless people know who they are?
Oh I got it, I can have a hound help me decorate awareness name tags for a homeless shelter and I will write letters to my mentors about the importance of volunteerism and AmeriCorps… wait, I forgot about the Letter Carriers Food Drive.
OK, I’ll have Letter Carriers write to their mentors about holding a food drive and have homeless people walk hounds… but that leaves me with too much arts and crafts.
What if I have Letter Carriers walk a hound while picking up food and delivering awareness posters about volunteerism. I will then drop off name tags at homeless shelter where I will have residents write letters to their mentor. Close, but I can do better…
I’ll give homeless hounds with name tags to Letter Carriers as a thank you for being a mentor to the community for their volunteerism and I’ll make awareness posters to promote the event!
Then reflect on my VISTA ingenuity.
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