EFA- Reflection

Education for All was a different then many of the other activities that I completed this year and last year. Over the course of the year my my main focus was not learning new things about myself but helping others. I really feel like I was able to help others by being a part of this group. We raised money through several different fundraisers. Our most successful one for raising money was the oie sale earlier in the year which I both baked for and sold in. This year we raised much more money then we did last year and I am hoping that the club will continue to grow and raise more money again next year.

I feel that I did successfully reach my goal of helping plan an activity because being a part of EFA a very new club at Sturgis, it allowed for every member to have a bigger say at helping build up this club and plan what fundraisers we would be doing. I felt like I helped plan the pie sale the most. This is because I helped decided who would bake what pies and negotiate the best time to sell them as to reach maximum profit. I also added in my views when we were planning the school supplies sale and the crepe sale and when was the best time to do them and what were the best prices. For the fundraisers to go well it was very important to have good planning and that was what was something I was able to contribute to.

I also feel like I reached my learning outcome of engaging in issues of a global importance. This is because EFA is one of our most globally reaching clubs. This is because the money that we make goes towards helping build schools in the middle east. I learned so much about this problem during the last year. I new that education was lacking in the middle east but when I watched a movie during one of our meetings in EFA I learned how deprived these children are of any education and tricked into attending schools that are not what they seem. I would never have know the depth of the problem with out entering EFA and I am glad that I do. This problem seems to get little attention from major forces and so I am glad that our clubs and clubs like it all over the world are both raising money and spreading awareness of this cause. At the end of the year we will send in all the money that we made to help these children. With more awareness raised I hope even more good things will come to these children in the next years. I think EFA is a very important club for raising awarness of a global problem and trying to help it.