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The organization I am interning at is the City of Chandler Parks and Recreation Department. To get more specific the department is actually comprised of two divisions; the Parks Division and the Recreation Division. I am interning for the Recreation Division in the area of Special Events. I work directly under the Special Events coordinator and in conjunction with her Coordinator Assistant. It's only a two person department that puts on all the special events for the City of Chandler! These two ladies do so much, and of course they have the help of other city departments, but for the past month I have been hands on in helping coordinate the events.

In terms of what I will be doing for them it varies. Overall I will be assisting in helping coordinate the Fall events. They include Chandler Mayor's Day of Play, Halloween Spooktacular, Woofstock, and the Tumbleweed Tree Lighting. In between all that is various other projects for the department that include things like researching other city's policies and procedures in regards to special events and public space, working with other community programs and nonprofits to help them with their own special events on public property, and so on. I love the variety so far, and I look forward to all the unique challenges I will face!