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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Day One<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Welcome to Day One of my Thirty Days of Service!! I am so excited to share this journey with you and am so thankful that you are here. Over the next 30<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>days, I will share with you my journey completing 30 service projects with 30 organizations in 30 days! My intent is simple, to inspire you to get involved<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>serving others. I hope to also entertain you a bit and look forward to sharing with you what I do and learn every day.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks again…now on to Day One…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Day: One<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Organizations: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Volunteer Los Angeles: http://volunteerlosangeles.org/<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> and <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>DonorsChoose: http://www.donorschoose.org/ <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Activity: Reading “The Cat in the Hat”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I say all the time that man plans and God laughs. Well, that certainly appeared to be the case today.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As I have been planning my days of service over the past couple of months, I have run into many challenges — finding 30 things to do in 30 days with 30<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>different organizations isn’t easy! I have had calls and emails go unreturned, I have looked into organizations that just didn’t really meet some basic<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>requirements and have scheduled and rescheduled many of my days so that I could ensure they would all get booked. I have also been trying to anticipate<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>potential challenges that could arise once I start my 30 days — what do I do if something gets canceled or I can’t find a project for a day? But, I truly<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>didn’t think I would run into a challenge on Day One…but, I did! And, fortunately I had a backup plan…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Here is Brad’s YouTube video commentary about the day.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUsXLB6e0wo<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Link to article:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>http://www.good-citizen.org/blog/day-one/<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>