Dear Bodhi,
I just received word from my mom today and I am very intrigued and excited about this opportunity. This proposal you have discussed with my mom is an opportunity of a lifetime. I would love to come on this trip and take in this new culture.
I have oodles of logged volunteer time not only with your organization but within the Cadet Organization. I offer my experience and knowledge to the trip and I think I will be an asset and a wonderful addition to the group.
I would love to see in person the work my mother put in for the nunnery and the school, because she changed hundreds of young girls lives for the better and would to follow in her footsteps. I have been known to be a very helpful person; I love helping people. I do small charity stuff here and there and donate what I can to make other peoples lives a little bit better. In addition to donating clothes I recently donated three recycling bags brimming with stuffed animals to the Goodwill which were all gone the next time I came!I have volunteer experience all the way back to 2008, when I first started cadets. I have now aged out as of this year but plan to come back to the Cadet Organization as an Officer. Just last year, I received the Cadet Citizenship award for my efforts of volunteering but also towards promoting the cadet program as a whole and being a spokesperson for my corp. I also received a Royal Legion Cadet Medal of Excellence for my services and volunteered time towards cadets and the legion.
I haven't gone on any sort of trips for two years, and I think this Nepal trip would be a nice change of scenery. The last major trip I took was to New York in my last year of high school and went to Connaught Ontario last summer. Albeit, Connaught was not that exciting, but still an experience.
I do hope I can be on this trip, granted I will miss family and friends, but I think this trip is a good thing for me; it will be sort of like a spiritual journey for me to discover what I am truly passionate about.
Thank you Anatta and CEBA for nominating and accepting me for this amazing opportunity and I won’t disappoint,
Muriel Swanson
