Hard Work Does Pay Off

Week three has started off very eventful. Monday we spent researching social service organizations in the Eastern North Carolina area that we could possibly contact and partner with in the future. We learned the importance of keeping meticulous notes on everyone that we contact. Monday afternoon we got a chance to make our first presentation without Shaunee which went extremely well. Being that we are so young, it’s surprising that so many people actually listen to us and take us seriously. One of the people that we met with in Rocky Mount in the past week actually asked “Am I being punked or what?” because he thought we looked so young. It was great that the group we presented to Monday actually looked passed our age and saw our message. It was slightly difficult because we had very limited time; however the wonderful elevator speech practices that we did in training definitely came in helpful as we made sure to hit certain talking points. Tuesday we were in meetings from noon until 9:30 that night. Of course with meetings being back to back all day, there was tardiness (not on our part of course) and rescheduling that had to take place but we fit everyone in (FLEXABILITY at its finest). Even though the day was long we made great contacts with active people in the community and we also got the chance to glean information on more contacts from them. We had 4 one on ones and then we moved right on into 2 presentations that we had to make that afternoon. No real time for lunch, no real time for breaks…if you want something done sometimes you have to work hard for it. We want a government of the people, by the people and for the people…so we work hard for it. At our last presentation we were on the end of the agenda, but it was great to hear what the SCLC was doing in the community. They too were glad just to have young people involved and being active. We had to leave early but as a departure gift we were all given a 2 liter soda and a bag of popcorn. You see, hard work does pay off.