A) Last Friday my class and I delivered a check for 1,660 dollars to Variety, the Children’s Charity of Wisconsin. We also donated a check of over 600 dollars to Make a Wish Foundation. It was truly a great feeling to actually donate the money. I felt very satisfied when I saw exactly where my money was going. Seeing the the young handicapped boy get on his bike for the first time really made me feel happy. This experience also allowed me realize that all of the time spent to raise the money was definitely worth it. I now truly know that the money we raised is going to a great cause. This Friday we will delivering a check for nearly 400 dollars to the Kewaskum Food Pantry. I am really looking forward to this because the Kewaskum Food Pantry is the charity that my group is donating the most money to.

Zack Brogaard

A) My team decided that we wanted to give the majority of the money we raised to the Kewaskum Food Pantry. This is because we all feel that food is a necessity, not a want. We also felt that it was important to help our community of Kewaskum. Therefore, we decided that the food pantry should receive more than half of the money we raised. All of us also really like the idea behind Make a Wish so we decided that the rest of the money should be donated there.

B) My experience working as a group has been a bit challenging, but in the end we worked things out. We found it difficult to decide on which charity we should donate our money to. My group was split between the Kewaskum Food Pantry and Make a Wish. We solved this problem by giving some of the money to both of the charities. This way everyone got what they wanted and was happy.

C) I honestly do not know exactly what to expect from next week but I am very exited to find out. I am predicting that the organizations we donate to will be extremely exited and thankful of our donation. I also expect that I will feel very satisfied knowing that the money will be going toward a good cause.

Zack Brogaard

A) I learned that my organization, The Kewaskum Food Pantry, is a very small organization.  I also learned that The Kewaskum Food Pantry is ran entirely by volunteers.

B) It is important to look at the numbers before making an investment so that you know where your money is going.  It would be foolish to give your money to an organization that only gives 5% of the donation to the charity.   When I give my money to an organization, I want to know that the majority of the money is actually going the charity.  I learned that the Kewaskum Food Pantry is a very young organization and therefore they have not yet filled their taxes.  For that reason, they have yet to completed a tax return.

Zack Brogaard

1. My experience creating our purpose, vision, and mission statements was interesting but at the same time rather challenging.  I believe that everyone in my group has an image in their minds as to the vision of our fundraiser, however, it was hard to actually put it onto paper.  As for the mission statement, I thought it was difficult to create a step by step plan on paper.
2. I believe that the organizations that we contact will be very exited to hear that a younger generation is participating in Philanthropy.  I also think that they will be eager to receive our donations, therefore, they should be willing to attend our panel discussions.

Zack Brogaard

A) The brown paper bag activity helped me learn about myself a little more.  By doing this activity I learned what things are truly most important to me.  This activity also helped me learn a little more about my classmates.  I realized that all of my peers choose different items than me, meaning that everyone has different favorite things to do in life.

B) My team’s fundraiser is going to be a 50/50 raffle.  The raffle will take place over about a three week period during the month of October.  We will put an advertisement for the raffle in the school announcements.  We will also try to sell raffle tickets at any remaining home football games.

Zack Brogaard