It must have been around 6:05 AM Sunday morning when I found myself completely alone, and scrambling to write my warm fuzzies to [almost] all of the mentors (sorry Nina). I looked around the general assembly area and realized that the tables still needed to be cleared of our late night Jack-In-The Box and some chairs still needed to be rearranged before the students begin to pile in for breakfast. I glanced at the clock again and realized that I would probably only get about an hour of sleep before breakfast. It was then that I stopped and thought to myself…What the heck? I’m VOLUNTEERING to do all of this work!?!?

It wasn’t until almost all of the students had left on Sunday afternoon that I finally got a second to sit down and think to myself… wow, in some small minuscule way… we had all just made this world a little better. Just knowing that we had done some good, and getting the chance to see Gordon perform live… made all of the work and suffering worth it.

I just want to let all of the mentors know that we realize that you guys gave up a lot this weekend to volunteer for YLC. You guys sacrificed your sleep, your energy, your valuable time, and MOST IMPORTANTLY, you guys gave up Asian food for a full 2 days to make the YLC Conference happen. For all that y’all have done, I thank you on behalf of the board and executive board members of YLC. This absolutely could not have happened without your efforts. And if a big “thank you” in blog form doesn’t cut it for you, we will be having our Mentor Appreciation in the near future!!

Regards,
David Tang