SOI bake sale WOO!!!

Today during break SOI held its first bake sale/ tea sale, and surprisingly it did very well. I worked the sale along with some other SOI members. I thought it was really cool how many people actually came and bought things from us, even though Mrs. Todoroff was still selling things in the office. I think that by doing this bake sale I also became more apart of the school, which is something I don't normally do. I had to speak up, and help out, which is something I usually struggle with.

First GSA Meeting

Today was the first day I attended GSA, and when I walked in I was amazed by the large crowd, although that may have just been because it was national coming out week. There was also a guest speaker, who was a member of the CIGSYA house, and we discussed transgender people. I think this was interesting because it definitely broadened my horizon a little bit, while giving me some insight into how these people may feel, and how amazing they are for doing what they do. This meeting was nothing like I thought it would be, in a good way. It was like, nobody was afraid to say what they were feeling- somewhat like a huge family of friends. Although there was only myself and one other senior there, I think I am really goign to enjoy this group, and I look foward to making friends with people who I wouldn't normally talk to because of the difference in grades.

SOI planning day

Today we opened our SOI meeting by reading an article from the newspaper about organic farming and it's effects. I think that this article actually informed me of a lot of things that I kind of already knew, but wasn't so sure of. The article was basically about a study conducted on children, comparing children who ate organic foods versus non-organic foods. It was found that the non-organic foods had a lot more toxic elements in them, which were harmful to the children. The organic foods didn't have any.

We then discussed our plan for a bake-sale type thing, and we set the date to be Wednesday. Everyone worked together as a group to compromise what they could contribute to this sale, and we decided that something we would sell would be organic tea. I volunteered to work the bake sale, because I think that this will help me to get more out there, rather than just staying behind the scenes and donating food. I am looking forward to our first bake sale of the year, and I hope it is a success.

The First Day of SOI

Today was the first meeting of SOI. IT was basically made up all all seniors, and one junior or sophomore. We discussed oru goals for the year, and what events we would like to plan in order to raise money for independent organic farming. We also discussed trying to raise awareness of living organically by maybe having "organic pot-lucks" during lunch sometimes, where anyone is welcome to come and try out organic foods. We talked about a bunch of different sales that could happen at break, and how we might raise money to make these things happen. There is going to be a short meeting every week during lunch, where we can just check in with eachother and read a newspaper article that one of us brings in. The rest of the group is going to rely on us doing what we want and working together as a group to raise money. I'm definitely excited.

My Last Day at the MSPCA

Today was my last day at the MSPCA, and I feel like I have accomplished a lot while I was here. I definitely have opened up my views towards animals, and I am able to see and understand their need for love. Also, durin the course of my time at the MSPCA I have endured getting dirty, which I usually hate completely. But while I'm here, I realize that I need to get dirty in order to get the job done, and that is what I did every day at the MSPCA; I honestly didn't mind it either.

Today, I cleaned the cat room as usual, and I finished early, which made me feel acoomplished, because I usually finish at the last minute. I think my partner and I really worked well together to make the room perfect, in a reasonable amount of time (about 3.5 hours instead of 4.) I'm glad that I took the oppurtunity to volunteer here, and I think that I might come back in the future, as something to do for fun.

Progress At The MSPCA

Today was another day at the MSPCA. I worked with the girl who I had showed what to do last week, and we made a lot of progress working as a team. I improved a bit, as I transfered almost every single cat, even after I got scratched by one. There was one cat who was new, who was very shy and didn't want to be touched, so instead of taking her out of her cage, I left her there, and worked around her. Although I was a bit nervous of what she was going to do, I continued doing it and realized she wasn't going to hurt me. I think that I have definitely been gaining a lot fromt his experience at the MSPCA, and I am meeting my goals. I'm definitely stepping out there and doing things I wouldn't typically do, and I'm actually having fun doing it. I'm really glad I chose this as something to do, and I can't believe I actually benefitted from it. I thought it was just going to be some sort of thing that I would dread going to every week; but its not that at all. I'm gonna miss it when I don't come back anymore. I wonder how my next week will go. I hope I can say that I compeltely acheived my goals.

Leadership at the MSPCA

Today was an amazing day, progress-wise, at the MSPCA. A new lady came in, and I got the priveledge of training her and showing her what to do in the cat room. It was so wonderful, she was a rally sweet woman, and we got along very well. I felt as though I had to take a lot of responsibility in my duties, and complete them correctly. She asked me questions about what to do, and I was the one who had to answer them. It was kind of neat because I remember when I used to be the one asking questions.

We cleaned the cat room, like usual, and I took a lot of responsibility with the cats. I did the majority of the transfering, and I was proud of myself. There was even one cat which I managed to transfer, which I never would have before. I used to be afraid of this cat because she was very timid and would always claw people. But I did it, and I didn't get clawed.

I feel as though I am definitely growing and developing new skills by working at the MSPCA, and I'm glad. I'm going to msis it when it's over...

I won't be able to work at the MSPCA the next two weeks, because of college visits, however, I plan on going back on August 21, and I hope that I still have as much confidence as I did this week.