Salutations Non-Profit Sector

Hello everyone, my name is Sarah. I am a junior at the University of Oregon majoring in English and Minoring in Non-Profit Administration. I am an outdoor enthusiast, coffee fiend, bookworm and craft center nut. I would encourage all students and the Eugene community to take advantage of the UO Craft Center. It's an amazing place! I I work for the Annual Giving Program at the UO as a student intern and volunteer at Nearby Nature, a local environmental education non profit. I have been working for Annual Giving for three years now and I LOVE IT! Many people might not know this, but the University of Oregon Foundation is a non-profit. Annual Giving is a program within Development that works in conjunction with the foundation. Annual Giving receives small gifts from alumni, parents, and friends of the University. I started out working in DuckCall, which is the student calling program. We call alumni, parents and friends to update information, share events/happenings on campus,and fundraise for the University of Oregon. Calling donors, alumni, and parents was amazing but I found my true calling working behind the scenes of the Annual Giving Program doing small research projects, compiling information about the University of Oregon, and helping update the Annual Giving website.I find myself verbal vomiting UO factoids which can be somewhat awkward at times. My main duty at the AGP is compiling information about schools and college, research institutes, and factoids about the university. With all of this information I have compiled a PDF File called the Greenbook. The Greenbook is a tool the callers use everyday in calling. And is also the Title of my blog because I will be compiling information about the Non-profit Sector for my PPPM 280 class. I will be reacting to reading from Non-Profit Nation by Micheal O'Niell, lectures and guest speakers. Join me in my journey through the nonprofit sector and grab a book! Tune in Thursday 4/7 for my reaction to Chapter 1 & 2.