Batting 1.000

Yes folks, results of our first grant proposal came in late yesterday afternoon. Guess what? We won! At this rate, we will win every grant we apply for.

You can read all the gritty details at the Metro Atlanta Arts Fund (thanks guys!), or you can hear it from me, Lain Shakespeare (lain@wrensnestonline.com), Executive Director, undefeated grant writer, and occasional blogger.

Basically, what we’ve been granted is intensive, free, and professional one-on-one consultation for a specific project. Our project will teach me and our board how to organize and orchestrate a volunteer program for the Wren’s Nest. Now, instead of me telling potential volunteers to “go back to the hole you crawled out of,” our consultant will teach me how to say something much more appealing and likely to attract even more volunteers.

Well worth it, I think. I’d expect more grants in the future, especially now that we will have an intern that will either write them for us or allow me to write them for us more easily.

That’s right, an intern for the lil ole Wren’s Nest. Her name is Carson. Take a gander:

While that particular picture may be a little dated, I do think it adequately displays her potential for greatness and success at the Nest.

Welcome, Carson. See you in March.