"I want it that way ..."

It's about that time in my service where I feel the need to focus on fun. We threw a fun event last week that included forming new partnerships, recruiting new volunteers, cultivating our current participant base and raising some money for a new program.

Team Up is a nonprofit that produces high-quality music events (like our Gigs4Good event) to raise funds and awareness for other inspiring nonprofit organizations while providing an exciting and accessible avenue for people of all ages and stages of life to participate in meaningful giving.

Team Up for Nonprofits is awesome! Check them out: http://teamupfornonprofits.org/

Last Thursday night the Gigs4Good concert featured Alex Mercier with Thick as Thieves, along with opening act Bekker. Both are Seattle natives themselves and put on an awesome show. My personal favorite was when Bekker decided to bust out some old school Back Street Boys. Even better news: we were able to draw a substantial crowd of over 250 people!

The money raised from the concert is going toward our new HandsOn Leadership program. It's a training course and a volunteer project designed BY volunteers, all rolled into one. HandsOn Leadership gives our volunteers a chance to create new, meaningful volunteer projects that support the needs of local nonprofits. Plus, it was designed, created and implemented by our very own AmeriCorps*VISTA Stephanie. In my opinion, that makes her Larger Than Life ...