An update of the week...
Wednesday- Another hour and a smidge in the campaign office preparing for the Feb 26th event. Wednesday there were more volunteers than work and I could see we were going to run out of things to do. Others teased me about being too intense as I ran around trying to get things ready so folks weren't sitting around with nothing to do. I hate wasted time, but what I sometimes forget is that talking to one another and not working... is NOT a waste of time. Breathe, E!
Thursday- My birthday! The morning started out with an Exec. Committee meeting for the AmeriCorps Alums' Leadership Council. AmeriCorps has now graduated over 500,000 AmeriCorps Members. These folks are out in communities all over the country and around the world. That is a powerful group of people who have delved deep into community change! If they were all in one place, they would be the 33rd biggest city in the U.S. They could change an election! I know that each one of them has good ideas about making the world a better place.
AmeriCorps Alums is an organization whose mission it is to harness the power of Alumni. There are AmeriCorps Alums chapters all over the country including one in my neck of the woods. I have the honor to sit on the Leadership Council and Exec Committee of this organization. I get to help organize this amazing human force of change.
After the conference call, I joined some of my fellow Gulf Coast volunteers at the Hands On Portland Heart of the Community Awards. This is an annual event that showcases volunteers from around the area. There was not a dry eye in the house as the room watched short videos of the amazing volunteers and what they have accomplished over the last year. It was very inspiring.
Total Volunteer Hours as of 2/14/08: 14.25
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