November Reflection

This month we had a CAS meeting with our entire IB class. Our advisers reviewed all the requirements in order to fulfill the CAS requirements to get the IB diploma. We reviewed what our projects have accomplished so far and how much work and reflection we need to be doing in between now and May.

October Reflection

This month we went to the shelter. They now have a new rule that prohibits people from volunteering until they complete a class.  This is very frustrating because we have been volunteering there for almost a year and now they want us to do extra work just to socialize with cats and walk dogs. The issue is that there are only a small options  for the class, none of which I can attend due to other commitments. However, we were still able to look at the dogs and pet some of the cats this month.

September Reflection

This month, I went to Roice Hurst as before. In all honestly, Roice Hurst sometimes doesn't seem very grateful for the volunteers that come and help in the facility. However, we went and spent time with the dogs and then also went and socialized with the cats because those are the animals that receive the least amount of attention.

August Reflection

This month, I turned in the accumulation of all my CAS reflections to my CAS coordinator. This was due to make sure that we were not slacking off and that we were actually making progress in our CAS projects.

July Reflection

This month I finished getting rid of the leftover items from the sale. Anything that Goodwill, Habitat for Humanity, or Salvation Army did not take, we took to the dump. Everything is gone now and it feels great! This month we also took the check into Roice-Hurst. The cashier check that I took care of at the bank was for 1,656. However, along with all the checks that people made out when the bought items at the sale, the total came to 1,891! It was pretty exciting, and they were very grateful. We then were able to play with the kittens at the shelter.

June Reflection

Well, the sale was last weekend and it went wonderful! It was so much more work than I anticipated, and I am super glad it is over. We raised 1800 dollars for Roice-Hurst Humane Society! As far as the sale, on Friday we started loading furniture at 5 am and hauling it over to the church. We had to recruit another truck to help move furniture at Abby's house but it worked out great. We had everything out and on tables by 8:30 when we were supposed to start our sale, however, people were looking at things as early as 7 am. Everything that didn't sell on Saturday we donated to Goodwill, Habitat for Humanity, and anything those organizations wouldn't take, we hauled to the dump. Also, we had a man named Tim come down late Saturday after the sale and allowed him to take as many items as he wanted for free because he is doing the same thing we just did in September. If felt good to know that we helped out Roice-Hurst through another sale. I am glad this is over, but I'm very amazing at how successful it was. I am very proud of my group and I, and I am very pleased to learn our own strength when being put in charge of something this big. We will continue to visit Roice-Hurst through April of 2015 for our monthly reflections. Overall, my group and I worked collaboratively to make this sale very successful.

May Reflection

This month we collected about 5 more donations. It was a very big challenge when contacting all the contributors and attempting to find a time when we could all meet and haul the donations. Another new challenge is finding room for the increasing donations, but we are packing things away in an organized way. We are very happy with the results and we are gathering a lot of unique and profitable items. Yesterday, we filled the truck with everything from furniture to clothing from 3 different donations. My neighbor, who is helping his church with a yard sale they are putting on, said that next week after the last day of their sale, my group could come by and take all the leftovers and use them for our sale. I then called one of my dad's friends and asked him if we could use his trailer and he gladly said yes. So next week sometime we are going to go to that yard sale and get a whole bunch of great things for our rummage sale! Shannon Freed, the events director at Roice Hurst, has also been keeping in touch with me to help get the word out about the sale. She has been a great help. We have run into a bit of a storing problem as all three of our houses (mine, Abby's, and Karen's) are almost full, however we decided to just start making room since it is less than a month before the sale.