About Us

We are a student group from Illinois State University comprised of Communication majors working to support and raise money for Illinois Pet Central Helps, a newly founded pet rescue nonprofit organization in McLean County.

Group Members and Roles:

Kelsi Smith - Webmaster: Kelsi created the website and its format. She also put a jar at her workplace to help raise money, and worked with Summer to collect items to donate and fundraised at Walmart. She collected all item donations, created the itemized list of item donations and receipts, and delivered the donated items and money to Pet Central Helps.

Summer Elsaadany - Liaison: Summer reached out to the chosen nonprofit and local organizations to coordinate storefront solicitations, fundraising, and volunteering opportunities. She also obtained a list of needed items for donation, and worked with Kelsi to collect and donate items. She volunteered at Pet Central Helps, fundraised at Walmart, donated items to Pet Central Helps, and assisted Rachael with creating posters and fliers for distribution at Walmart. She also helped deliver the donated funds, items, and receipts to Pet Central Helps. Additionally, she created the Gantt Chart for the final project portfolio.

Liz Symington - Recorder: Liz composed meeting agendas and minutes to keep the team on track and organized during meetings. She logged all meetings we held and uploaded them for viewing and grading via ReggieNet, and communicated any assignments we have in the class. She also volunteered at Pet Central Helps and fundraised at Walmart.

Hayley Donohoo - Webmaster: Hayley assisted Kelsi in keeping the website up to date and fundraised at Walmart.

Theresa Baumann - Historian: Theresa kept and organized all of our important documents in one place. She fundraised with the group at Walmart, helped Rachael make the jars for fundraising, and volunteered at Pet Central Helps.

Ariel McGee - Treasurer: Ariel assisted Rachael in handling the money that was made through fundraising. She was also in charge of the group spreadsheet; this logged volunteer hours, monetary donations, and item donations. She fundraised at Walmart and volunteered at Pet Central Helps.

Rachael Wernsman - Treasurer: Rachael was primarily responsible for handling all the money made fundraising. She handmade the jars used for donated funds at Culver's and was in charge of communicating with them to coordinate the fundraising. She also created the posters and fliers that were distributed to people at Walmart. She set up and maintained the GoFundMe page as the primary source of monetary donations and gave all monetary funds to Summer for delivery to Pet Central Helps.