Blogging about BBBS...
I must admit...blogging has not yet found a niche in my l ife. I think it's fascinating and I like looking at other people's blogs, but I just don't have the savvy yet to make mine fun. For example, once again... I cannot figure out why it won't let me upload a photo, and frankly, it makes me want to scrap the idea of putting a new post here today. Darn it! I want a post WITH a picture... and why shouldn't it be just as easy for me as it is for everyone else?! I shouldn't have to do research into HTML. Anyway, the picture I would have put with this one is of Paul & I on our wedding day, with Heidi (my Little Sister in Big Brothers Big Sisters) standing beside us.
I had the idea that perhaps a blog would be an innovative marketing/recruitment tool for BBBS in terms of generating interest in the program and "meeting" potential Bigs. So, I thought I'd do a little research this afternoon and see if anyone else has already tried this idea. I was very pleased to find some cool BBBS-related blogs. Here they are:
Right now I am in the "thick of things" with the Bowl For Kids' Sake campaign. It's kind of immensely stressful... and I don't feel confident that we're going to reach our goal. I am working SO hard, and devoting tons of personal time to the endeavor as well. I'm learning a lot, and am taking every challenge, success, and frustration as a learning experience and something to use constructively to make our 2008 campaign that much better. I'm a bit self-conscious that I'm probably a VERY boring person to converse with right now, because my thoughts are so consumed with work-related stuff.
At the same time that Bowl For Kids' Sake is going on... some MAJOR volunteer recruitment needs to happen in the counties we serve. We especially need Big Brothers. Anyway, here I go rambling about work again... but I am thinking that maybe a work-related blog (with posts about the agency, posts about matches, posts about events, etc.) might have some usefulness and might be a creative outreach tool. However, right now, I simply don't have the time. I'm not tossing out the idea though...
