See you in a couple of hours at the Griffith College Student's Union building (S Circular Rd, Saint Catherine's, Dublin 8, D08 V04N. It's the first building on the left) for our charity Bake Sale! All funds raised will help sick children in Ireland 👩‍👧‍👧❤️

We'd like to thank Noshington Cafe, Little Bird, Griffith College Dublin, Griffith SU and 100minds for all their kindness, generosity and support! This event wouldn't be possible without your help!

All donations are greatly appreciated!

Last Thursday, I organised a 'Fiesta Latina' (Latin Party) in my student accommodation to raise funds to support the most vulnerable children in Ireland as part of my participation as a mentee in 100minds, an amazing project that has allowed me to get involved in my new community; to seek and receive support from strangers who have become friends; and to meet excellent professionals whom I admire.

I'm sharing this video summarising last Thursday's activity as a thank you for all the support I received! To be able to represent and share a bit of the joy of my culture by singing the lotería (similar to bingo); dancing salsa; eating tacos; listening to cumbia, bachata, merengue and samba, was priceless!

Watch the video here: https://lnkd.in/epCHED9r

Many thanks also to everyone who has supported this project with their donations, time or sharing. All donations are still more than welcome!

You are invited to say farewell to 2021 and prepare to meet your goals
while maintaining balance in 2022!

Join us to learn how to set goals and have a clear vision for 2022 in a very practical workshop on Zoom led by Emma Flynn, certified life coach from Ireland. Then, Elise Lasko with coReiki will guide a visualisation session through meditation and distance Reiki.

Reiki is a Japanese energy healing and relaxation technique that supports the body in calming the nervous system. The meditation and Reiki session will help participants to clear their minds and visualise goals for the year coming to fruition from a relaxed state.
To learn more about Reiki visit www.coreiki.com

All funds will support the children at CHI Hospitals in Crumlin, Temple Street, Tallaght and Connolly.

To register:
1. Make any donation on this page (all currencies accepted!)
2. Complete the following registration form: https://bit.ly/mindful2022form
3. You will receive an email with the Zoom link and other important information about the workshop.

Have any questions?
Get in touch
Karen Padilla- 100minds mentee 2021/22
karen.padilla@student.griffith.ie

Thank you all for making this event possible! I had a great time learning from the experience and advice of our amazing speakers Caroline Buckley, Emanuela Marra, Massimiliano Accattoli and Matthias Feist!

In this video, you can recap some key points that Matthias shared with us: https://youtu.be/ir4JQtUQWBU

This was another fundraising event for 100minds, a social enterprise project that connects 3rd level students with the very worthy cause of helping raise funds to support the children at Children's Health Ireland (CHI) hospitals in Crumlin, Temple Street, Tallaght, and Connolly. My target is to raise €1,000 or more in 100 days. All funds raised this year will go towards a new state of the art paediatric simulation centre. You can learn more about the project and donate at this page by clicking on the blue button.

Thank you and I hope these short videos will help you keep thriving!

Last Monday, I had the honor to interview some alumni from Griffith College and get their advice on how to find your path after college.

In this video, get inspired and get great advice from Emanuela Marra and Massimiliano Accattoli, two young entrepreneurs who decided to start their own online businesses during the pandemic: https://youtu.be/rlh-WExnE80

This was another fundraising event for 100minds, a social enterprise project that connects 3rd level students with the very worthy cause of helping raise funds to support the children at Children's Health Ireland (CHI) hospitals in Crumlin, Temple Street, Tallaght, and Connolly. My target is to raise €1,000 or more in 100 days. All funds raised this year will go towards a new state of the art paediatric simulation centre. You can learn more about the project and donate by clicking on the blue button on this page.

Thank you and I hope these short videos will help you keep thriving!

The pandemic has changed the workplace forever. Now, how can international students prepare better to enter the workforce? Is it possible- and worthwhile- to make a career pivot now? How to prepare for a job interview during the pandemic?

Join this Live Forum to hear some ideas around these questions from some Griffith College alumni working in different industries.
Date: Monday, 31 January
Time: 1.15-2.00 pm (lunch time)
Zoom Meeting ID: 972 017 7949
Price: Voluntary donation to 100minds at this profile

100minds is a social enterprise project that connects 3rd level students with the very worthy cause of helping raise funds to support the children at CHI hospitals in Crumlin, Temple Street, Tallaght, and Connolly.

It is a great honour for me to be part of this amazing project. My target is to raise €1,000 or more in 100 days. All funds raised this year will go towards a new state of the art paediatric simulation centre. You can learn more about the project and donate on this link: https://www.100minds.org/campaigns/2022/participants/karen-padilla

All donations are greatly appreciated, and I hope to see you on the event!

Last year I decided to leave my career in the corporate world to fulfil one of my dreams: to come to Dublin to study for a Master's degree. My new lifestyle has given me more time to do other things I have wanted to do for a long time, such as volunteering for causes close to my heart.

In fact, I now have the honour of volunteering for two amazing projects that I am thrilled about and have allowed me to fulfil this other dream I had. One of them has been 100minds, a programme that has challenged me to raise 1,000 euros in 100 days to help sick children through different fundraising events.

Today I am at the end of this journey and these are three of my biggest learnings:

1. The experience is more extrapolable than we think, we just need to be open-minded and give way to creativity. Thinking about how we can put the tools, knowledge and connections we have at the service of any cause helped me to see opportunities and serendipities that I wouldn't have seen otherwise.

2. When planning activities we have to be fully committed, but also have the conviction of what we are doing. One of the things I decided early on is that I wanted all fundraising activities to be consistent with my values and aspirations while adding value to people's lives.

3. It's great to ask for help. From the beginning, I had the support of so many people who were willing to listen to my ideas, give me their suggestions and help me refine them, as well as share their strengths and skills to make each event a success. Although things didn't always go as planned, whenever I needed help, I got it in one way or another.

Fundraising in a foreign country- 8,072 km away from home, my comfort zone and where my strongest connections are; and in a different currency- has not been easy at all, but boy, these 100 days have taught me so much! It reminds me to always be a learner of my environment and find abundance everywhere I go.

I want to take this opportunity to thank the people who have been there for me from the beginning: My brother, Ian Padilla, who has always been there supporting me; my friends Elise Lasko and Maria Fernanda Alvarez Rojas, who, despite the distance, have been with me since the beginning of this project and have listened and encouraged me more than once; and to my new professional connections from 100minds, who soon became friends as well, Adina Sarah Abraham, Emma Flynn and Áine Foley. Without you this project would never have been as fun and rewarding! And of course, many thanks to all the people who have donated to this project from all over the world!

Generosity has no nationality and no limits. You can still support this project by donating by clicking on the blue botton on this page.

Thank you so much not only for each and every donation and generosity, but also for helping mentees like me to grow personally and professionally through the experience of volunteering!

A massive thank you to everyone who came to our charity bake sale last Friday and Saturday! If you missed it, you can still support sick children with your donations on this page!

We made a short video to thank again our sponsors, Little Bird (@littlebirdcoffeeyoga) and Noshington Cafe (@noshingtoncafe), as well as Griffith SU for supporting this event! It wouldn't have been possible without your help!

You can watch the video here: https://youtu.be/XUP0Auu_a_Q

Last December, Emma Flynn, certified life coach from Ireland, and Elise Lasko with coReiki from USA, gave a very practical workshop on how to set goals and have a clear vision for 2022 and guided us through a visualisation session through meditation and distance Reiki.

Reiki is a Japanese energy healing and relaxation technique that supports the body in calming the nervous system. The meditation and Reiki session will help participants to clear their minds and visualise goals for the year coming to fruition from a relaxed state.
To learn more about Reiki visit www.coreiki.com

You can watch the recording of the event here: https://youtu.be/BrdCERVFuf0