I spent much of my time today in thesis emailing various people; first, I emailed my mentor to follow up on the discussion we had last night about the possibility of me helping to organize a large-scale fundraising and awareness event in the DFW community as the final product for my thesis. What we decided on was having me help organize a Spring Carnival, wherein people from all over Dallas could come to the event to learn more about Pratham and its cause. Apparently, the Pratham Kids Club had organized this in years past, but for some reason they didn't do it last year. Vineeta Aunty told me I could help lead the effort to bring it back for this year.
When we discussed yesterday, she asked me to confirm with Mr. Correa before we went ahead with this idea, so I also spent a good chunk of my time typing up a long email to him asking if this would be an acceptable product for my thesis project. If he says yes, Vineeta said she'll put me in touch with the Kids Club board members, who are the ones who manage all the non-Readathon events throughout the year. I met them in early June at the Walkathon (which was before I signed up for the Readathon), so it'll be a nice chance to catch up with them again (I haven't talked to them since then).
I also spent some time looking around on the Pratham website to see if they had records of any Spring Carnivals from past years that I could look at. An event of this size takes a whole lot of planning and effort; I was just curious to see whether they had any articles or reports on it from before like they do for the Pratham Galas. So far, I've found nothing, but I'm going to keep looking.
When we discussed yesterday, she asked me to confirm with Mr. Correa before we went ahead with this idea, so I also spent a good chunk of my time typing up a long email to him asking if this would be an acceptable product for my thesis project. If he says yes, Vineeta said she'll put me in touch with the Kids Club board members, who are the ones who manage all the non-Readathon events throughout the year. I met them in early June at the Walkathon (which was before I signed up for the Readathon), so it'll be a nice chance to catch up with them again (I haven't talked to them since then).
I also spent some time looking around on the Pratham website to see if they had records of any Spring Carnivals from past years that I could look at. An event of this size takes a whole lot of planning and effort; I was just curious to see whether they had any articles or reports on it from before like they do for the Pratham Galas. So far, I've found nothing, but I'm going to keep looking.
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