Morocco-Week One

After the first week in planning the Morocco trip I feel that we have actually begun. In this meeting we got into smaller groups to think of ideas for fundraising, like having a field day. I feel that the trip has become even more real and has actually started because thinking up ideas for fundraising is a basic step in trying to raise money. It becomes more real because you are actually starting to do something to help you get your way on going to Morocco.

My excitement for the trip has sky-rocketed because I am getting closer to the actual trip and the fundraising ideas sounded awesome. Being in the room while thinking and talking about different ideas that could potentially raise a lot of money, just put me in the moment that yes you are going to Morocco and you are going to be doing all this stuff like fundraising that is going to be a blast. Others may not agree that every part of this trip is going to be "a blast," but I think it is because how awesome is it to be planning everything about your trip and working to get the money needed. Thinking of all these ideas and day-dreaming of what might become of them makes it exhilerating because how many parents really believe that we are going to raise enough money, let alone all of it. I was thinking about how much money we could earn from all this different ideas and just amazing all the parents would make me feel powerful I guess; like you didn't expect this to come from teenagers but it happened and possibly taking them off balance. Just the fact that we'll be doing everything, especially the fundraisers, and being successful will make me feel like I can do anything. Having a team also makes me feel like we can do anything because I do agree with the sayign "there's a power in numbers," because how many people would donate money or anything to you if it were just you alone. I don't think anyone would because they probably wouldn't believe you.

I am going to contribute as much as possible, I will go up to businesses or find places to hold fundraisers, think of ideas, and do anything else I possibly can. One talent that I have that I think will contribute to the group and etcetera is optimism and believing that we can do anything. For example, if we had a fundraiser that didn't go to well, meaning we didn't raise a lot of money or not a lot of people showed up, I'd boost everyones morals by saying things like "We still go some money and more people know about us" or "We have plenty of other fundraising ideas that we can do, and now we know that this one isn't a huge hit!" Things like that I think help people feel happier, and it's a lot easier to work with happy people than sad and angry people. I sincerely believe that anyone can do anything if they set their mind to it and I will tell my group that and keep pushing them to do something unless it is really obvious that it is not possible.

When I meet with my smaller group on Monday I hope to pick a fundraiser and make a dates and etcetera to do the fundraiser. I think that we need to do stuff as soon as possible because the more we get in the more money we will earn. My favorite fundraising idea that I have heard is the field day. I think that it will raise a huge amount of money and be a big success. Everyone would have fun and enjoy themselves, which would also make this fundraiser more appealing because kids will probably coerce their parents to let them go but then they'll end up loving it and possibly telling other people to come too. I see it as a great possibility of being a huge success. Field days are always fun and normally everyone enjoys them, so we could do it multiple times where more and more people will come each time.

I have joined the media team and completely agree with the fact that it is very important to put ourselves out there and having valid and alluring reasons to have businesses and etcetera join us or give us donations. I believe that I didn't participate as much as I wanted to or could have because I don't really know anything about making websites and stuff like downloading pictures and having links. However, I will participate more next time the media team meets by giving out ideas on how the webpage will look or what sort of details should be on it, although I have no idea if we already have a website which I will find out because it essential in participating with the media team and getting Sturgis' name out there business wise. I plan on help building the web site by making businesses want to support and donate to us; to come up with good reasons and explanations on why a business might want to give us donations.