Taylor - Blog #7

Today, the other senior, Jessica, and I went with Allison to meet with a woman named Mary Ann Cramer, the Executive Director of Teen Leadership Corps (TLC). TLC is a non-profit organization that, through an academic course with a specific curriculum, encourages teenagers to engage in and lead service opportunities within their schools and their communities. TLC’s course is present in 13 different schools and is affiliated with 4 others. Mrs. Cramer contacted Allison and Cathy, the Kick-It Director, in hopes of incorporating Kick-It into the service-based curriculum in some way. So, Mrs. Cramer is hoping to hold a conference at the Q for students and teachers from the schools that are currently participating in the TLC conference and for those who are interested in participating in the future. Mrs. Cramer is hoping to bring in multiple teen leaders who have either started their own organization, have overcome a hardship, or impacted their community in some way as guest speakers, and asked Allison if Quinn, her son, would be one of the key speakers. Allison, of course, said that Quinn would love to share his story and speak about Kick-It (which he founded). After the meeting, we went back to the office and I continued working on the spreadsheet of major donors (“Big Shots”) and their contact information for the rest of the afternoon.