The autumn breeze, overcast skies, and light sprinkles have created a moody atmosphere today. As I sit here writing today's post wishing I had something to help clear my head cold, sipping on some hot mint tea I can't help but reflect on how intense this past week has been. (Background info)-About 10 years ago we were having some problems finding someone who could print/publish our materials at a cost that wouldn't cut into our funding too deeply. The problem was in order to do so we had to order literally thousands of each item to make it cost effective. Since that was not an option we decided to self publish and thus began an entirely new adventure. ) Fast forward to 10 years later: We have managed to keep our clients happy because we bust our tushes to get the materials printed and shipped in a very timely manner. Because we print on the fly we have little back stock.
About 3 weeks ago we got our largest contract ever. The California National Guard ordered 1000 of our 'My Teen Safe Dating Journals', 3000 of our Parenting Your Kids Away From Abuse: A Parent's Guide..." and 6 of our K-12 Personal Protection Empowerment Program master sets. That, my friends is a grand amount of printing. So we started printing. Day and night, we worked , pulling our volunteers in to help bind and bag and box. Finallly, today we drove it over to San Luis Obispo to their base and delivered it.
I'm slowly learnng my way through the Twitte; Learning more about how to effectively communicate and interact with other groups, individuals and organization that are similar in nature to ours. We realized some time back that social networking was a viable avenue to reach out, but this month is the first time I have been able to take the time to dive in.
This blog is also our first effort, so any suggestions or "kind" criticism is always helpful.
I looked at they white board calendar that I have on the wall behind my desk this afternoon and it hit me that we are putting on our workshops for the Presidio of Monterey (CA) Army base next week.
We've loved traveling to all the various states and bases that we've been to over the past 9 years, but its always nice when you can drive there instead of flying. I feel very fortunate when we get to do our child and teen workshops. The Parent workshops are always a given and of course our staff training. We usually get to do them for the kids and teens too, but once in awhile they either get shortened or have to be cancelled. This time we are getting to do a Kindergarten group, 1st through 3rd, 4th thru 6th and haven't gotten the final word on how the teens are going to be broken out. I'm particularly excited about these workshops because we usually have to put them all together in largers groups like K-5 and 6-8, 9-12. Is we get to deal more directly with their specific age group and have so much fun with them.
My tea is almost gone so guess I'll post this blog and see what wonderful new people I can find on Twitterhttp://www.safenetwork.org/.
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