Sam Myers: SLP Success

Upon completing our SLP projects at the dorms, I realized that my group and myself overthought alot of the complications or conflicts that could have kept us from having such a great turnout. The biggest thing that comes to mind is the concern that we had about attendance at the event. We estimated to have around 20 people or so. We had that many lined up at the door before the project began! There are certain factors that I did not really consider, but after looking back I understood that we had many assets working with us. For example, the fact that we had it at a girl’s dorm and it included little fluffy animals. That should have told me from the start that we would have people show up. Being involved on campus, I am used to having events like this and not having a large number of people come. I quickly came to realize that there are many students in the dorms that may not have the time or the outgoing personalities to rush out and get involved in clubs and community service projects. This was relevant when over 100 people showed up and they were excited to be there. Another was the help we had from the RA’s. They stepped up and took a big role to help advertise and kept the program running smoothly throughout the night. They understood that my group was in charge and let us do our jobs. All of these compiled to make my groups SLP project an extreme success!