Journal Entry 13- Reflection on Service Learning Experience

Journal Entry 13- Reflection on Service Learning Experience (part 1)

Green Team is a student organization supported by the Office of Housing and Residence Life.  The mission of The Green Team is to promote sustainable living standards in housing.  This mission supports environmental initiatives and recognizes the ecological importance of our environment.  Education is the first step to creating a responsible culture and starting at home with simple knowledge is practical and highly effective. 

As a staff member of the Office of Housing and Residence Life I was also able to maximize the potential of our efforts by doubling this Florida Gulf Coast University campus event as a specific housing program to increase attendance so that residents along with all students were able to benefit as much as possible from the event.  Green Team was looking for volunteers to help plan and execute their new Green Eagle Festival.  I choose to be proactively involved throughout the entire event and became named the Green Eagle Event Coordinator.  Leadership comes from being proactive and seizing the opportunities that are always presenting themselves.  The Green Team Sponsor is Deidra Cassella, a Housing GA.  The initial duties of the position required coordinating the outside organizations that planned on participating to improve the overall success of the event.  Participation included managing paperwork between housing and the Campus Reservations Department.  Communication and organization was key to fulfilling the duties and responsibilities awarded by the position.  To set up communications I opened a new email address greeneagleevents@live.com.