Weekly Update

This week I had to finish writing and present my proposal. I also had two very important meetings. I had to meet with the Lions Club on Wednesday, September 11, 2014 to discuss different ideas. They were very interested in my idea of the Leos program, a program where they team up with the school to get the youth to volunteer. All while teaching them leadership skills through serving in community and world projects. They were also interested in my talking to them about meeting with a grant writer. I met wit Sally Tripp on Thursday, September 11, 2014. We discussed different ways of funding that I could look into to give back to the Lions Club. She gave many interesting ideas for them to get involved with the community all while making a profit. She also explained to me the benefits of using social media, television, and radio broadcasting to increase funding as well.

Standards for Civics:

• 12.2.4 Understand the obligations of civic-mindedness, including voting, being informed on civic issues, volunteering and performing public service, and serving in the military or alternative service.
• 12.8.2 Describe the roles of broadcast, print, and electronic media, including the Internet, as means of communication in American politics.
• 12.8.3 Explain how public offices use the media to communicate with the citizenry and to shape public opinion.

I believe that I used these standards because I have began volunteering my time to help the Laton Lions Club. I reached out to them to help with as much as I could, they didn't come to me. While I was talking to Sally she really got it into my mind how much the media can really influence a project, organization, or business. It can affect them both positively and negatively. They can tell people about the needs that we need as well as how much the Club really means to the community, but they can also twist around saying that they aren't capable of doing it. It all just depends on US.