Travel Plans

I am excited to say that at the end of August I will be heading to Malta! My boyfriend's entire family lives there...and he hasn't had the chance to go in 10 years. We will be heading there for 2 weeks including a short trip to the Greek Islands. I also just decided that rather than hopping straight into the job hunt I will take the opportunity to do some traveling from Oct-Dec. I plan on starting in Northern Australia and heading down the Eastern coastline finishing in Sydney. We will then head over to NZ for another 3 weeks. Cannot wait.

JustGive

Last week was the Michael "Pinball" Clemons Foundation awareness campaign "Just Give". During my co-op placement at MPCF this was an initiative that I spent a lot of my time working on. Just Give is a week-long kindness campaign. Our goal was to not solicite or ask for anything, just simply generate awareness on giving and giving anything you can at that. I managed to work around my school schedule and volunteer on both Monday and Tuesday mornings. I met with 50 other volunteers matching in dress. On Monday I held doors open for the daily commuters in the path and simply smiled and said good morning. This was met with a lot of confused "uhh thank-yous". The next morning I came back to the path and held a message of hope. This was extremely powerful. People came to me from all angles asking to take a picture, or telling me I made their morning. The following days were spent at various shelters around the city, giving out high fives and finally, collecting peanut butter (the most needed item at shelters). I am extremely happy that I can continue to help out foundation and the great work they do. I can tell that they are just as happy that I am still willing to help them out as well.