Jacob Kraybill introduced 4 programs that are running by MIssion Graduates, and we chose Parent Partner Program as our main focus during the summer. During the project we first learn how an “in -kind” donation letter should be like, and draft one for Mission Graduates’ outreach. In the letter, we try to write appropriately and get closer to the donor. On the other hand, the goal of the outreach is to get incentive tickets for our parents in the Parent Partner Program and also to get children's games and other activities that can go into the Parent Rooms at each of their schools. Therefore, the next step was to research different places in San Francisco that could potentially offer us these things. What’s more, we go through …show more content…
We focus on increase the capacity of parents in San Francisco to support their children’s current academic success and future life goals, including a college education. There were some challenges to help students and their parents to know more about the importance of education, also apply several bonus like donation for them. When we got the mission before one month, the biggest question appeared in our mind -- what can we do for them? Researching sources and submitting application became our main work during the volunteer period. However, most of our application were returned or canceled because of lack of information, providers’ problem and the communication with those …show more content…
One of the most important skills we learned in class was communication. As stated above, we spent a lot of time researching potential partners that could possibly provide giveaways and donations for events.
This time required all four members of our group to be on the same page. If we were all researching independently we had to make sure that we were first, not researching companies and foundations that did not fit the mold of what we were looking for in our partner request and secondly, that we would not reach out to the same partner twice or more than one type of organization too much. For example, if we reach out to 6 professional sports teams in hopes of receiving ticket donations and only 2 museum ticket donation, we do not have a good balance of partners. This independent in work turn required us to not only have solid communication between one another, but also to hold ourselves accountable to finish our