National News Around the WorldThis is an installment in an ongoing series as Jessica Mueller (age 24) chronicles her experiences as the new chairman of her chapter’s Board of Directors.
Today marks my first “official” day as chairman of the Brookings County Chapter Board of Directors. I had expected to just start my duties today but our chairman was unable [...]
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As of July 1st my chapter will be expanding by 6 counties, taking over operations of a CSDU that spans all the way to the North Dakota border. What’s more, this is all occurring as I am being elected chairman of the board of directors. All I can say is bring it on! And am [...]
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I apologize for my absence. Activity on my board has been slow until last week when we started rolling again. We are one step closer to expanding our chapter by eight counties!
Last week the expansion committee had a conference call with our CSM and laid out what we would like to see happen if we [...]
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Our break-a-thon fundraiser was an absolute success! The students from the local martial arts studio brought in almost $4,000 in donations for the chapter, with our only cost being the boards that the youth broke. We hope to make this a huge annual fundraiser for the chapter. Next year maybe we’ll break bricks?
We are [...]
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Our newest board member owns a martial arts studio in town and came on the board with the idea to have a holiday break-a-thon. His youth students are collecting pledges for the boards that they are going to break. This is very exciting and I’m hoping that this becomes a huge annual event for our [...]
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Last month I was asked by our executive director to take a lead in a student led fundraiser on my campus. We had the assistance of our American Humanics Student Association (nonprofit management/leadership student organization) at the university. I was excited for the idea of a dance that would serve as a joint fundraiser for [...]
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When I was elected as vice chairman of my local Red Cross board of directors I was full of excitement. I knew this would be a great leadership and learning opportunity. The board expressed that they elected me so that we have young leadership that will take our chapter forward and that they [...]
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My university’s slogan is “you can go anywhere from here.” I always thought it was corny – but as I look back on it, it makes sense. They might not mean just physically going some where, but accomplishing something where you are at. Using that starting point as a beginning for something [...]
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