Orientation

Last Saturday our group was finally able to start and went through orientation to prepare us to work with the kids at Boys and Girls Town. We changed our cottage to Jones Cottage which has boys aged around 13-15 years old. We changed because a business had adopted the cottage we were going to work with over the summer and rather than them have two sponsor groups we decided to change to cottage that didn't have one. An interesting point that came out during the orientation was when Judy, the Boys and Girls Town Community Coordinator, talked to us about the importance of groups like ours volunteering there. She had mentioned the grants that she had recently written and how important it is, when requesting for federal aid, to show that the community cares about your organization. So in a way, even though us by ourselves are simply offering our time and efforts, we can become apart of something that can lead to the Boys and Girls Town receiving more money that can help them long after we are gone. It just served to remind me how important it is that everyone in the community take at least some time to devote to the non-profit organizations in our area because not only do they need our help but they also need the help of the government. And sometimes we are the best way for them to get it.

Jordan Mason