I started my week flying back from a wedding in Atlanta to find that Syracuse has seemingly jumped forward in time, from a lush green forest to one in the midst of fall, all in the span of a weekend. I found myself using my new understanding of non-profits to engage in meaningful conversations with people around the city. For example, I took a Lyft with a gentleman who wanted to set up an organization to provide sanitation services in rural Ghana, and I was able to direct him to information sources and centers in the area that I had learned about in my classes. On Saturday, I met members of a local foundation doing a “Hot Dog Donation Drive” to raise money, and I was able to learn about their organizational model using language from recently-assigned readings.