Panel Discussion

I really liked the discussion in class last week. You could tell everyone who talked was very invested in the community and really wanted to do there best to make a difference. They really were a great example of elevating our greek community.

There were two different things that Jordan said that really stuck out to me. Her story of being thrown into being recruitment chair was incredible. I can see the large amount of stress that is put on our recruitment chair every quarter trying to better our chapter. The fact that she went for and jumped in and did it shows how much she really loves her chapter. Those are the kinds of actions that are going to make her chapter and the greek community in general stronger and better. The second thing she said was that if there isn't any disagreement, then there is a problem. Sometimes when heated discussions and intense subjects have to be discussed at chapter, you find yourself wondering what went wrong. But she is right. If we aren't challenging each other as a chapter and as a community, we are never going to become better. We should never be satisfied with the way we are now. We should continue to push ourselves father and father every day.

The best quote from the final thoughts that I heard was find yourself by loosing yourself in the service of others. This statement means so much more to me after this past year than it ever would have before. Everything I get to do for St. Jude through tridelt has changed by life. I am so lucky to be able to associate myself and participate in all the good deeds that tridelt does for this hospital. I know that the service, time and money I put into the organization is truly making a difference in people's lives. Loosing myself in the service of these kids has made me find myself and realize how extremely lucky I am. I know how lucky I am and have to take the good fortune I have been given and make a difference in someone else's life because of it.

This link shows our goal of 10 in 10, the goal to raise $10 million in 10 years. This goal was easily done in 4 years instead of 10 and we now have a new goal of raising an additional $15 million in the next 15 years.