December Reflection

This month, because of the holiday season, we were not able to go volunteer at Roice Hurst Humane Society. However, I did talk to my family and friends about donating products for the sale. I know it's early, but my family has agreed to donate anything that we don't need anymore, which is a lot of sell-able items. I also have a fairly new doghouse that we can sell, donated from a family friend. I think it's good to start collecting items early. One ethical implication would be the resistance from some people regarding our cause. There are people out there that believe that humans come first in this world, and therefore our project should benefit the homeless or teen shelter. This may cause us to loose some contributions or potential buyers at the sale, but we believe our cause to be a positive impact for our community.

November Reflection

This month we found the location for our rummage sale next summer. I emailed the director at my church (First Presbyterian Church) and asked him if we could use the church parking lot. He replied: "Miss Cottingham, We would be pleased to let you utilize our parking lot for your project. Please see me to schedule the date(s} 1 month in advance so we don't have conflicts with other functions.
Sincerely,
Terry Heers
Director Of Administration FPC"
We now have a set location for our rummage sale. We also went to the animal shelter as we are going to do each month.

October Reflection

We went to Roice Hurst Humane Society and helped walk dogs and socialize with both and cats and dogs. Animal abuse and abandonment is a global problem and this is why we chose this organization.  They were very thankful for our support as they are always looking for volunteers. We assured them we would be coming in once a month for our school project.

Our Plan

Each month, along with planning for the rummage sale in summer 2014, Abby Bridgett, Karen Prather, and I (Liz Cottingham) will visit Roice Hurst each month and volunteer for the shelter and the animals. When there during their visiting volunteer hours, will walk dogs, wash dogs, play with cats, and help in whatever areas needed. For the planning of the rummage sale, we will use the facility of a church parking lot although we still need to communicate with the church about that. Throughout the year, we will advertise by posters, newspaper articles, Facebook/Twitter, and possibly the radio. We will designate a day before the sale for people to bring their things to us, we will store the donations in the church before the sale, and people from all over can donate their clothes, furniture, accessories, and even money. Before the sale, we will price things and organized them for the sale. The day of the sale, we will have signs leading to the church from major roads and have everything set up in a part of the parking lot. The sale will begin in the morning around 8 and end around 3. All money that we make will go to the Roice Hurst Humane Society. Any extra donations will be donated to the Latimer House/Salvation Army. Because this project doesn’t take up 18 months, we will continue to go to Roice Hurst each month until the end of our senior year when CAS projects are due. For our monthly reflections, we will use videos, pictures, and written reflections via blog to communicate our progress.