Slow August

It was been a slow August.. for volunteers, donations and customers. It has also been a month of change. I am now five months into my AmeriCorps term. Things are up and down. I think I hit that VISTA slump but things are turning around. I have some big plans for the fall. I am planning to do a utensil/cookware drive for my program. Working with the furniture bank, one thing that is often requested but not frequently donated are utensils and cookware. So I am going to go out in the community and talk with organizations about my program and how they can get involved. I am going to put boxes at these locations so people can drop off their donations. Once per week I will pick up the donations, bring them back to the office and sort through them. Then I can organize the donations into paper bags and get them sent out to the community. This way people can get involved who don't have trucks. People who drive cars or even ride bikes will be able to deliver these household items to House 2 Home customers. I am excited for this event. We are going to run it in correlation with our one year House 2 Home birthday. I think this will raise visibility of the program and hopefully recruit more volunteers.

So slow August will turn into a pretty hectic fall! Hope I can keep up!

Lisa

WVC, House 2 Home Network

Bellingham, WA