This week marked the point when I finally started to become more involved in various

aspects of Camp Kudzu involving volunteers. For one, I got to sit in on a virtual staff meeting

Tuesday evening that contained many of Camp Kudzu’s longtime volunteers and board members

as they discussed the upcoming year with Anna and Caroline. It helped give me great insight into

the inner workings of a nonprofit organization like Camp Kudzu, and I got to see many different

stakeholders’ perspectives on various things that help make Camp Kudzu function behind-the-

scenes.

I also got to work on the fundraising side of things. On Wednesday I assisted Danielle,

who if you’ll recall is in charge of fundraising, with envelope stuffing. I did that from the time I

got in the office, 9:30, to 12:15. That was three straight hours of taking thank you notes and the

corresponding tax information, folding them up together, putting them in the correct envelope,

and when that was done rechecking that everything matched before gluing everything shut with a

gluestick (we have evolved past licking envelopes closed thankfully) and finally adding a stamp.

All of this was very tedious, but it was very, very important to make sure that all of the donors’

letters went to the correct people, because the majority of Camp Kudzu’s funding comes from

donors, and it would not be good to lose any by inadvertently making them think we didn’t care

enough to give them the correct letter. Speaking of showing donor appreciation, the way the

thank-you letters were written reminded me a lot of what we learned during the guest lecture on

donors in our community health class, and it was awesome to see that applied in an actual

situation!

The last thing I did this week that was a departure from my usual schedule was on

Thursday, when I traveled with Anna and Caroline to the Mercer Dunwoody campus where

Anna was speaking as a guest lecturer at a club in order to recruit volunteers for the various
camp sessions. Apparently Mercer has a Pharmacology program that they consistently recruit

from, and it allows the students to get experience and credit for graduation and other

achievements, so Anna reserves a few application spots exclusively for them. It was interesting

(not to mention a bit surreal) to see how this kind of situation works from the organization’s side

as opposed to the student’s, but it was also eye opening too.

Last thing: I changed the format of my logbook since this week my hours were a bit

different than normal, as I explained in my journal portion.

Logbook:

Day Time In Time Out Time On Break Hours Worked

Monday January 9:00AM 4:00PM Lunch: 6
22nd 11:15AM-
12:15PM
Tuesday January 9:00AM 2:45PM Lunch: 6
23rd 6:00PM 7:15PM 12:15PM-
(meeting start) (meeting end) 1:15PM
Wednesday 9:30AM 3:15PM Lunch: 5
January 25th 12:15PM-
1:00PM
Thursday 9:00AM 3:00 PM Travel: 5hr 30min
January 26th 30min
Lunch: N/A
Friday January 9:30AM 3:30PM Lunch: 5
27th 11:30PM-
12:30PM
Total Weekly 27hr 30min
Hours
Total Hours to 64hr 35min
Date