DollarforaDrink

Hello all! Here is the news for the day:

- Yesterday Mr. Mark Kelly from BGR wrote a blog entry in the BGR blog about DfaD. You can find the blog entry here. Thanks so much Mr. Kelly!

- This afternoon a man who works at Union by the name of Steve Beverly asked me if I would be able to do a (live) TV interview for a new show of theirs at the Union studio. I am not sure what the show is called, but they will be doing some coverage on various charities/non-profits, and he thought that my new project would fit perfectly. The interview would be for about five minutes, and they would ask me some questions on what the project is, how I came up with it, what my hopes are for it, etc. Obviously, I was very excited and thankful that he would consider me! Sheesh... live TV! Needless to say, I am a wee bit nervous, but not that bad. :P The interview will be on the 11th (of November) at 12:15 on channel 6 for those in the Jackson area. Thanks for this opportunity Mr. Beverly! (Also, please pray…

There was one very important happening today on the DfaD schedule, and that was the Union event night! This was an opportunity for us (Joshua Hays, Matt Elia, and myself) to share a bit more about the organization and to get some discussion going among the students. There were about nine or so students who were really interested that showed up, including Joshua and Matt. While this number may seem small, it was very large to me. I found it so very encouraging to see any amount of people really interested in what I was doing. I feel that my speech time went well (I presented further what the DfaD project was and how we are doing what we are doing). We then had the discussion and question time, and that went well too. The main question that we were addressing was, "how do we get others to see beyond themselves and to actually see the need and to have a real desire to give and help?" One of the big answers was to present a really good video documentary about the situation in Sudan, which…

There were two main events of the day for the DfaD project. The first of which was a visit to the First Tennessee Bank, where my dad and I were able to speak with the president about the Dollar for a Drink project and a possible matching grant. The president (Mr. White I believe...) seemed very interested, but he is going to have to present it to his board about it before he can give a yes or no answer (he is also going to be working through a list of other non-profits that have requested assistance that the last president did not attend to as well, apparently.) Anyway, I am very hopeful here, and we will just wait and see how it works out!

The second event was the visit of one Beth Spain, who is a photographer for Union's newspaper, Cardinal and Cream. We were able to get some good pics I believe, and we will hopefully see some of them Thursday, the scheduled date of the next paper.

Also, the Jackson Sun article was pushed back yet again, and we are hopeful that it will appear…

The days events in retrospect...

- After my OT class at Union I headed over to the cafeteria, outside of which Matt Elia and Joshua Hays had set up their promotion table for DfaD. They had a laptop set up with the Donation page loaded on screen, some of my posters, and a notebook for people to sign up for commitment and a UU DfaD e-news letter (they had to put their e-mail addresses).

I got there just as Matt was "changing the guard" with Joshua. I then joined Matt at the table and started my lunch (PB&J sandwich with pretzels and oreos for dessert! Yummy!) Matt's job was to give people more info on the project as well as spark their interest in it. Once I was done with lunch, I did some of that too. I think that overall we got a really good response and I believe that many of the students will be able to spread this to others. Matt did an excellent job with speaking to passers-by, and I am sure that Joshua was just as good. Thanks so very, very much you two! :D

- A reporter by the…