Last Class and ALAR Project Reflection

During our last class we all shared our ALAR projects. I think my group did a great job with presenting everything that must be done to undertake the grant writing process. We realized that many people probably had not even looked at a grant, including ourselves, so we brought a blank grant from the Lowe's Hardware website. It seemed like the easiest to fill out and they offer $5000. We also had our classmates to take the needs assessment survey that Heather conducted with her staff at her elem. school. We took a few minutes at the end to look at the results. I really liked working with everyone in my group. We each pulled our weight and split up all the parts that we needed to work on and typed up our info then emailed to Heather to make our final powerpoint. We met a little early before class last night to go over the final product. I think this project was very helpful to everyone in the class, because I think most people would try to undertake writing a grant themselves. But it really is a group effort or a committee effort. A stronger result will come about, if there is a strong group helping to write the grants.