Action Project

I am in group number one for my Action Project with Franca, Miguel and Clarence. The agency in which we volunteered through was called the Grace House and was done on March 19, 2010. What the Grace House and our group did was complete a fundraiser in which we first all distributed brochures to families, friends, peers, etc. to provide them with the option to purchase lunch and/or dinner with different food items at different prices. This was done before the actual date of the fundraiser (March 19th) so once the day came, we knew who ordered what, where they were located, and how much of the different foods needed to be prepared.

On the morning of March 19th, Miguel and I met eachother at 8:00 am at Northeastern to drive downtown together, which is where the Grace House is located. We stopped at Jewel on the way to purchase plastic containers, sodas, plastic silverware, plates and napkins to help with the preperation of the fundraiser. Once we got there we were all given different orders we had to organize and drop off. The order sheets informed us of how many lunches in total were ordered and which specific items we needed to box up. We were responsible for making sure each order had the exact meals specified on the sheet and organizing everything into large boxes (as some orders had 12-15 meals that needed to be delivered). After getting together all the orders, we then drove to the different locations to drop them off with each of us having one of the women who live in the Grace House to ride with us to help with directions. Once we got to the specific places, we asked for the person who called in the orders and collected the money they owed for their food. After this was all done, we returned back to the Grace House. At this point I personally had no more orders to box up and drop off, so I helped others with preparing theirs. Along with this, I helped the women who were in charge of making the food to clean everything up for the start of dinner. This process lasted until 5:30 pm.

All the money that was made from this fundraiser was given to support the SOS Children Village of Haiti. In the end we ended up raising about $2,500 which I feel will greatly help the people of Haiti. This was an extremely fulfilling experience and I can't describe the joy I had knowing that I was going to make a difference in these people's lives.