Needless to say I love my community more and more with each passing day. Projects are falling into place rapidly. The girls club has taken off. The girls absolutely LOVE it. They come with so much energy (sometimes too much energy!) and they really enjoy playing games and doing crafts. I am working on ways to have them settle down for the “teaching part” of the club.
This Wednesday we will be having a Holiday party and making Holiday crafts for our parents! And we will also be celebrating our SUNDAY success! On Sunday, CHICAS PODEROSAS sold cookies at a soccer tournament and we made 13,000 colones ($26). I thought that was pretty impressive off of cookies…and more importantly, I LEARNED SO MUCH!
1. You cannot buy bags of ice. But you can make your own if you know far enough in advance…oops.
2. I know who to borrow tables, chairs, and coolers from…
3. Selling coca-cola is a GOOD idea. (We did that! YAY!)
4. Invite people that you know will support you…for example: Not THAT many people who were at the soccer tournament were interested in cookies (also know your audience…should’ve sold beer…hahahaha…j/k), but I had invited a lot of kids and their parents from the community – and they came just to support us!
5. Give the kids MORE responsibility and EXPECT the best from them.
6. Ask for MORE adult help. Many women offered to make different kinds of food for our next fundraiser! I was honored by so many women wanting and offering their help for future projects!
2. I know who to borrow tables, chairs, and coolers from…
3. Selling coca-cola is a GOOD idea. (We did that! YAY!)
4. Invite people that you know will support you…for example: Not THAT many people who were at the soccer tournament were interested in cookies (also know your audience…should’ve sold beer…hahahaha…j/k), but I had invited a lot of kids and their parents from the community – and they came just to support us!
5. Give the kids MORE responsibility and EXPECT the best from them.
6. Ask for MORE adult help. Many women offered to make different kinds of food for our next fundraiser! I was honored by so many women wanting and offering their help for future projects!
People are the same all over the world. There is a large percentage of irresponsible people who will be late, unprepared, or never show up. HOWEVER, there is also a LARGE percentage of people who will do everything in their power to support community projects and the kids of the community. One of my most important lessons is learning WHO is WHO. And from that…I am attempting to teach the kids to be the RELIABLE type of people. There were a fair amount of girls who showed up on time and brought what they had signed up to bring. There were also a fair amount of girls who DID NOT SHOW UP and let their fellow club members down. They will be learning at this club meeting that there are CONSEQUENCES for our actions….
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