Critical Reflection For A Grant

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Tran Nguyen
Critical Reflection #5

This past week, my team is working on apply for grants. We are applying to the City of Arlington and Arlington Tomorrow Foundation. We’ve been using class time to work on applying for the grant together.
The things I learned while working through this service-learning is that applying for a grant is harder than I thought. In the beginning, my team thought that applying for a grant would be easier than planning an event. But we were wrong. There are many things needed for a grant. But I believe working together, as a group, helps a lot through the process. We can talk and give feedbacks to each other.
I feel like my appreciation for others differ today as compared to before this experience has changed a

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