As I slipped on my slacks I thought of all those people that were going to be there tonight." There is nothing I should feel scared about, I have met most of these people before, it will all be fine," I thought to myself as I took a deep calming breath. I got to the Teen Center at 5:00pm and positioned myself at the greeting table. Minutes later the room was filled with Rotarians – looking nice and mingling with Task Force.
Rotarians are members of the Rotary Club, a non- profit organization that is committed to improving communities everywhere. The Berkeley Rotary Club has been an important piece to the puzzle we’re working on – the making of the Teen Center – because of their financial support I am able to be a part of the Teen Center Task Force.
After introductions we gave tours of the building to the Rotarians and saw the look of excitement in their faces and heard it in their questions.
After tours back in the lobby Fran (the YMCA’s President/CEO) and Tracy (our supervisor) talked for a couple of minutes, and then it was our turn to be in the hot seat. We all spoke about why we joined the Task Force and what projects we were currently working on. We ended the night with a brief Q&A session.
The questions made us think and speak on our feet, but we all did our part to give accurate responses. Everyone spoke eloquently, I was proud of how far we have come as a team and as individuals. Okay, I’ll just say it – we did great!
Though the night was over and the event was a success, with both sides learning a lot from each other we still have a Teen Center to build.
Rotary likes to be involved in projects ‘with’ the community rather than ‘for’ the community. For more information on the types of projects that Rotary works on click here.
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