Mentor Log #3

On February 14, I went to another FMHI meeting. It started out with the same icebreaker that I did at the Sala Talk. Then everyone went around the room and shared their "reality tv shows." It was cool to see everyone's different perspectives. Then each subgroup of FMHI (Needs Assessment, Older Adults, Youth, Outreach) shared what they have been working on and their future plans. Needs Assessment is creating a questionnaire for focus groups that will be conducted in the near future. The difficulty of creating unbiased and easy to understand questions was discussed. Then Older Adults shared the insert that they made for the FMHI brochure. It had both english and tagalog text on there for older filipinos that maybe do not speak or read english. I thought this was really great because the people in the group even put their contact info at the bottom so that people could call them to help connect them with help. Then the Youth group talked about the Sala Talk that I attended. During this time, I spoke about what happened and the topics that were discussed. I also talked about how I really enjoyed this event and that I hope to participate in another one. Next the Outreach group talked about the very simple website that they have created for FMHI. It is really simple but it is an acknowledgement of the fact that technology plays a huge role in getting the word out. I know when I first heard about FMHI, I tried to search it on Google but not much came up. So I'm glad that as technology is playing a bigger role in society, FMHI is making an effort to be up to date. After that, some upcoming events were announced to the group. Then the meeting ended. Afterwards, my mentor and I discussed a plan for getting the rest of my hours done within the next 3 months.

I really enjoyed the FMHI meeting because everyone there had been working hard on their projects and were doing really well. On a side note, one of the members actually approached me and told me how she was impressed with how willing I was to share my experience in the Sala Talk. She also appreciated that I am one of the first kids to be a part of FMHI since its creation about seven years ago. I really appreciated this comment because I think FMHI is a great organization that does a lot of great things for the community.


INDIVIDUAL HOURS TOTAL: 4 hours
RUNNING TOTAL: 8 hours