Spring Fundraising kicks off at GMU Summit

Students and alumni from across the nation gathered this weekend at the George Mason University campus. We Skyped with the kids, showed a video and launched the new mySHH fundraising pages. After a quick pizza break, students broke off into workshops. Each workshop was hosted and organized by students from a different university. Topics ranged from organizing fundraising events to retaining club membership on campus. The George Mason chapter had organized all of the logistics, including reservations, food, drinks, free lodging and of course, three jugs of delicious coffee. They worked day and night to get things ready, especially Katie and Jack.

It was so great to see all of our volunteers who had come on our different service trips, as well as members that I met for the first time. It was especially great to see Kori and James from Clemson because they had to drive more than 500 miles to get there!

The spring fundraising campaign officially began after the Summit. Volunteers like Mike Glasner have already been getting donations through their personal fundraising pages.

For the next few weeks, I will be traveling across the east coast visiting 40 universities with Taylor Hall, an alumni member who had some time on hand before departing for the Peace Corps later this summer.