Unexpected. That would describe the
first challenge announcement experience. Not only the practically earth shaking
revelation of our challenge, but the multifaceted involvement of Goodwill in
communities and diverse business pursuits opened my eyes—I only knew Goodwill
for their stores and didn’t realize the amount of personal development programs
and empowering opportunities it gives to those faced with obstacles that
inhibit total assimilation. When I heard that the challenge was going to be at
Goodwill Columbus, I knew that the challenge was going to be
philanthropic—maybe creating a platform to display some of the issues we were
going to learn or developing a proposal for an organization with similar
missions as Goodwill…but never a car/boat/trailer collection. Collecting these donations
with success will rely on a ton of creativity. Getting people to donate these
major investments is going to take a lot more persuasion than convincing people
to give outdated clothing or preserved goods to a drive. The most exciting part
is that even if we end up with one car that will still be hundreds of dollars
worth of donations.
This
project will definitely help me to improve my skills in networking and outreaching.
These cars and boats aren’t going to fall into my lap, so this challenge will really
force me out of my comfort zone to extend myself to all kinds of people and
resources to look for unwanted cars and boats. However, I think that I can use
my strengths of being conscious of practical methods to pursue the most
beneficial and realistic ideas. It can be easy to get carried away with
idealistic and maybe unrealistic ideas on how to approach this challenge. This
challenge will help me innovatively and tactfully complete this mammoth
challenge, and hopefully give me some tips on how to get my own first car!
