It's cliche, but there really is no "typical" day for me in this internship. You never know what could happen, and I think that makes it exciting! There are days when I know I have specific projects to work on and I balance my time throughout the work day to accomplish them, and then there are other times when I think I am coming in to work on a project, but something has just recently come up that morning that needs my attention. Take for example the other day. I had been working on a research project the previous day for the city's annual tree lighting event. In Chandler, during the month of December, they have a huge Christmas tree made entirely out of tumbleweeds (yes actual tumbleweeds) that is strung with up with lights. It is a tradition going back a few years and this year they found a sponsor who was willing to pay for professional signs and lights to be put in front of the tree depicting its history. I had been working on finding a sample of signs to present to the sponsors. Naturally when I arrived I went to my desk expecting to be working on the research project. However I was told by the other coordinator I share office space with that the flyers for our upcoming event, Day of Play, had just arrived and we needed to sort them into piles of 25 and package them up to send to the Chandler Unified School District office by that Friday. No problem!
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| A sample of one of the flyers |
25,000 flyers and 3 paper cuts later the job was finally finished. I had not expected to be working on this project for 2 days, but when duty calls you answer! I was glad I was there to help get the flyers out to the Chandler schools in time. I am really excited for Day of Play and seeing all the fun the kids will have, and I am also excited to help run my first event!
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| The entire table was covered when we were finished |
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ReplyDeleteHi Alex! I enjoyed reading about your day at the City of Chandler. Your positive attitude and go with the flow attitude are an asset for you I am sure. I have found at my own internship that flexibility is a must. One day I had to go pick up a bag of caps and letters to deliver to several members of Congress on behalf of an organization that my organization is on a task force with. I went to each office and left a cap and letter to them asking that on the behalf of persons with disabilities, they would raise the cap on spending and not close down the government. Everyone was polite and said they would deliver the message and cap to their boss.
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ReplyDeleteAlex,
ReplyDeleteYou are so right! One never knows what could help, life can go either way. We just have to be ready to take on what gets tossed at us, right? It sounds like you did a great job and handled the tasks to the best of your ability. :)
I can relate with the fliers stuff. I had to print, cut, put on address labels and then run them through a machine for the mailing labels to be shipped out many times during my internship experience.
-Denise