New Year activity

The end of one year and start of the next holds significance in many cultures across the world. As a child I enjoyed the television broadcast of New Year's celebrations as midnight occurred in sequential time zones. I also enjoy the start of a new year as a time to reflect on the last year and prepare for the next.

Recently the NYC Oxfam Action Corps held a potluck meeting with a New Year's activity. The post below was written by Elizabeth to share this activity with other Action Corps volunteers. 

NYC Resolutions

Submitted by Elizabeth Tillman

As the year draws to a close, it is important to look back on 2014 while also looking ahead to 2015. At our end of the year potluck celebration, our NYC Action Corps members were asked to do just that. They each reflected on this past year and took turns writing down their favorite Oxfam memories and highlights from 2014. They then set 2015 Oxfam Resolutions, all the things they’d like to either accomplish themselves (i.e. attend more meetings, be more involved this year) or help the group to accomplish (i.e. recruit more members).  We were then able to step back and see everyone’s praise recreate and illustrate the successful year that we’ve had, reminding people of all that has been accomplished and helping them to remember some points and events they may have forgotten. It’s our own Action Corps yearbook, a collage of what impacted us the most over the past twelve months. But no reflection would be complete without next turning attentions to the future. Each 2015 goal came together to help us map out a coming year, that hopefully, will far surpass this closing year. And even as the chalkboard is erased and our potluck celebration becomes just another Oxfam event past, we’ll have those highlights and goals to keep us on track and remind us of the work that we want to accomplish for Oxfam.