Melanie

I'm up to the usual: trying to help Casper's Fund people, trying to stay on top of email and voicemail return, and Cash for Critters. I now have three ladies working on the last three areas, so that's a big help. Courtney, our Cash for Critters coordinator, seems to be having trouble finding businesses that want to participate. I think it's because she is looking at businesses that are too large and have recycling contracts with vendors. I'm going to suggest that she look at smaller business, 50-100 employees maybe. Any other suggestions?

I've got some girls from a service sorority that want to help during their spring semester. So if any of you have large projects that need help, please let me know and I'll pass it along.

I did something exciting yesterday. There was a volunteer fair at Coke and I happened to catch my boss as she was on her way there. She introduced me to the person in charge of volunteering at Coke; my boss has been here 30 years and knows everyone so that's good. The volunteer person told me to fill out an app to become one of the Coke sponsered charities. Pretty cool if it happens. But what's more, I got my boss interested in AARF. This could be a real asset. I'll let you know how this all turns out.