COLTON’S CORNER
Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IUPUI
Volunteers are priceless.
Colton’s Corner is a page
dedicated to providing
a spotlight on youth
philanthropy. Stories will
include how young people
are getting involved in their
An anonymous person once said
are priceless.” This has to be one
of my all-time favorite quotes. It is
something that I think about on a daily
or playing Call of Duty on their Xbox
from Colton himself.
because everyone can
work on making a positive
change in their community.
Colton hopes to inspire you
can go out and be a young
changemaker yourself (if
you’re not already well on
your way).
difference in my community.
help my parents with church dinners
and other things in the community. In
others is something that we don’t have
do. The satisfaction of knowing that
you’ve made a difference in someone
else’s life gives you a feeling that no
words can come close to describing.
In Our Community.” I explained to him
that I wanted to help people and that I
thought that the organization’s mission
was unique. I wanted to be a part of
that unique mission.
Those questions were pretty basic.
they asked me some questions that
made my mental hard drive crash:
the technology questions. Because
something about computers. I could
turn a computer on and knew how to
thought that I was a “computer expert”
because I could do those things. I was
positive that I didn’t know anything
stand for?” Any “computer expert”
could have explained to you in their
sleep that it stood from “Random
I know the feeling of making a
volunteering for an organization called
PC’s For Youth. I saw an article in the
paper that said that they were looking
for volunteers. They were in desperate
need of volunteers to help repair
computers for students to have for
educational purposes. I knew nothing
but back then I had no clue.
knowledge of marketing and
fundraising allowed me to pass the
interview process. I was hired as
years with the organization I helped
e-mail to the organization’s founder
anyway.
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