My
experience volunteering this semester came through a fraternity-sponsored
event. The charity we sponsor is called DC Candle Lighters and they try to
support childhood cancer patients. I worked with a committee to set up an event
for the week we were raising money. We worked together finding a spot to host
the event and doing research on catering vs. cooking ourselves. It provided an
understanding on a shallow level of what it takes to host an event. Deciding
who would be our crowd and how we could feed and entertain them took time and
research with polling people to see if they would come. Making a Facebook event
helped get a quick foresight into how many people would show up to hear the head
of this charity talk about her work. It was a great experience tying together
many concepts we learned to plan an event that ended up being a success. My
takeaways from this experience honestly was a deeper appreciation for wedding
planners and big events it is stressful with many moving parts juggling several
tasks is what comes with the job.
The
event ended up being hosted at the Fraternity house where we set up an area for
the head of DC Candle Lighters, Lisa Grewe Tignor, to speak and another area
for food. We had a schedule of events as well as set up times to ensure a
timely and well put together event. My other classes such as sports marketing
and marketing have been allowing me to put together budgets and without the
combination of all my classes that event might not have been a success.
http://www.dccandlelighters.org
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