First Morocco Trip Meeting

I signed up for the Morocco trip because I know that it will be a fantastic experience and I will learn so much from it. It appeals to me because I have never been to a foreign country like Morocco and it seems extremely interesting. I love challenges and the Morocco trip seems like a challenge that I want to take. I hope to gain some perception of the real world by going on this trip and I want to learn about the culture of the Moroccans as well as how different it is from American culture. I hope to gain knowledge about the Moroccan world and how the people act there.

I am both anxious and exciting for traveling to a foreign country because it is something that I have never done before and it will be so different than what I am used to doing. I am excited for the things we are going to do in Morocco and anxious for the long journey to get there. I plan to contribute to the group by reaching out to businesses, possibly hosting fundraisers, and raising money in different ways to help out with the costs of the trip for the group members. I have some ideas already that I plan to discuss with my peers going to Morocco. The year of planning, fundraising, and group activities is something that is new to me, but it is something I am very comfortable with because I accept challenges and I see it as a learning experience.

My personal goals are to raise a significant amount of money for both myself and my group members to help decrease the cost of the trip. It will be a challenge but I know if I put a lot of thought into it and hold fundraisers, as well as reach out to businesses and prove to them why they should support me and the Moroccan group, I can raise a lot of money. I have a few plans for raising money for myself and for the group, I plan to hold a couple of jobs that will set me up with a good amount of money and then have fundraisers as well as have companies support the trip for the group. I thought Wednesday's meeting helped most of the students realize that it will not be that hard to raise the money for the trip and that if they go for it and try hard they will raise all of the money.