Keeping the Wind in Our Sails
Posted by Renzo Pisa on Wednesday, June 10, 2009
When we began this challenge, we all knew one of the toughest things would be to keep our energy up at all times. Fortunately, this has not been the case so far. Our adventure has had many different stages which have helped us stay focused and full of energy. When we began we had all sorts of ideas, our main challenge was to narrow them all down and try to draw up our game plan, set some goals for the organization and come up with a name. Once we thought we had a clear idea of the direction we wanted to take then our challenge became the logistics, where would we get our bags? How would we get them? How would we transport them? What was our timeframe? These and many more questions kept us busy for about a week. After we had that dilemma solved we moved onto the execution of our plan, we soon found out how different all our plans were from what we were actually doing.
That leaves us at present time, executing, reaching out to our friends, families, colleagues, and all those wonderful people that have given us a hand so far. Our initial goal was to take 1,000 bags on our first trip to Colombia. Today, June 9th, 56 days after the first idea was born we have incorporated our organization and filled all the paperwork to achieve non-profit status, collected over 250 bags, and started to put together a team of young eager-to-help individuals with a common goal, give our children a chance.
That leaves us at present time, executing, reaching out to our friends, families, colleagues, and all those wonderful people that have given us a hand so far. Our initial goal was to take 1,000 bags on our first trip to Colombia. Today, June 9th, 56 days after the first idea was born we have incorporated our organization and filled all the paperwork to achieve non-profit status, collected over 250 bags, and started to put together a team of young eager-to-help individuals with a common goal, give our children a chance.
The Give Back a Pack Foundation, a nonprofit organization, was formed to improve the educational opportunities for disadvantaged children throughout Latin America. Our mission is to collect and deliver as many back packs and school supplies as possible. However, to make a difference, we need the support of individuals, groups, corporations, schools, churches, and local communities. With the donation of one supply-filled back pack, your gift will have a direct impact on a child’s life.
