My story was about the AACC Foundation, Inc., at the Isaac Cox House. Nobody at the office wanted to help other than the coordinator, Denise McCord. She helped a lot by answering my e-mails because she was harder to reach by phone. Unfortunately, when it came time to talk to donors or scholarship recipients, it was up to me to scour through old foundation newsletters to get a second source for our story. I chose Brian Gill, who owns a catering company called Gill Grilling and created a scholarship for hospitality, culinary and tourism students. He picked up the phone right away and answered about 5 of my questions.
Denise said she would get back to me because I can't contact donors myself due to federal laws, but I didn't have time to sit and wait so that part was annoying. I'm sure I could have found a better source, however, there really wasn't much time and I had to find someone, even a scholarship recipient but it would have been easier with Denise's help because newsletters can only give you so much information. Flynn tried his best too, it was just easier to find someone else on my own due to the deadline. I do not know why she didn't give us a scholarship recipient even though I'm pretty sure we both asked. In the future, I will rely on the phone more than e-mails but this was a different scenario since Denise seemed busy at the office.
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