Armed with the Community Partner Manual, a notepad and a smile, off to the Early Learning Coalition we go! Myself, along with Heather and Savannah, made our way to their location (which is right across from Rodeo Whip, but alas, I did not get any ice cream). We met with the Outreach Manager, Allison Miller. She was excited to hear about what the CCE could do for the office! She was extremely interested in developing a marketing or digital arts internship so that their marketing materials could be redone. It was surprising to realize that she didn't know that our office was available to help her market events and recruit volunteers for the Early Learning Coalition. We shared calendars, gave her some information about capacity building, and then she and Savannah couldn't resist discussing their babies (only a few months apart) before we headed out!
Bonus: Here's a
FUN upcoming event that they need volunteers for! It's the morning of September 6th, and I'll have it up on OrgSync soon.
We also had a site visit with The House Next Door. They actually had a great idea to help assist with background checks, something that deters quite a few students from getting out there and volunteering. They are looking to partner with the Police Department to see if they could set up background checks at one of the community partner fairs that we have on campus. If that were to work out, that would be an amazing step to integrating community engagement into our incoming students right from the start.
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