The April 25, 2014 Connect with Southern Indiana session was held in
Pike County and began at the
First Baptist Church Family Life Center. I debated putting that in the title of this post, because it's not really a destination location. However, there is not a whole lot in Pike County for us to have met elsewhere.
We began the content portion of the day with each group's 2nd presentation on their project. Our presentation went much better than last time, because we kept the opening simple. I came up with a visualization for our business model and it seemed to work well (I'll post more about that later). The other projects are also coming along well, and some of them I'm really excited about! My favorite idea, outside my own, is probably the Volunteer Olympics (will post more on each project later). Then we learned about the
financials of an organization from Coach B, which was not the most interesting topic but necessary. ;)
After learning about the financial parts of an organization, we departed for
Azalea Path. Azalea Path is a beautiful botanical garden located in Pike County. More information can be found at
http://azaleapatharboretum.org/ and
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Azalea-Path-Botanical-Garden-and-Arboretum. They are currently building a new facility that will be a great location for weddings and events. Keep your eye out for that!
A storm downed some of the trees, and instead of just having stumps they had them carved into statues!
We also got to hear from someone from a previous Connect class that worked to create an Azalea Trail. The group was able to obtain a grant and use the money to start a trail of azaleas across several counties in S.W. Indiana. Not all projects that come out of Connect come to fruition, but there are some that after years of working are able to produce something that wouldn't have been possible without Connect with Southern Indiana!
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