week of 7/9-7/13

Monday: Supervisor was out of town visiting the sight of the tournament, told me not come into office, worked 1 1/2 hours from home.

Tuesday: 10:00- 1:00

Wednesday: Not in Office worked 1 1/2 hours from home

Thursday: Not in Office: 2 hours from home

Friday: Back in Office 10:00-4:00
Total 14 hours

Monday:
I communicated with my supervisor about one of the registration packets I recieved and who I should contact on the form. I emailed the individual who sent in the registration packet: an athlete from Washington, about some information we needed from her.

Tuesday:

I came into the office today. I called into a conference call today where we talked about various positions on the tournament committee that needed to be filled. I also contacted individuals from clipped wings, a group for retired US Flight attendants. They have always been very involved with volunteering for Special Olympics, and we have been contacting them to find out what kind of jobs they would like to do. I also contacted individuals from the USGA who will be working with us at the tournament about the registration packet. They made some suggestions, and I sent them forward to my supervisor.

Wednesday:
I communicated with my supervisor about information I got from clipped wings on their volunteers. I also contacted another individual from clipped wings who has ladies that are interested in volunteering. I contacted individuals from the USGA again about the products they will be donating to the tournament for the goodie bags. I also contacted my supervisor about the registration packet.

Thursday:
Contacted my supervisors about volunteers from clipped wings and the registration packet.

Friday:
Communicated with Dorothy Mastromonaco from the USGA about booklets she will be donating to the tournament for the goodie bags and when and where we would like them to be sent. I also communicated with an individual from Clipped wings about her volunteers. I spent much of my day making a footprint for the layout of the awards ceremony in powerpoint. I worked on the event handbook because I was sent some new information to add to it. I developed an excel workbook for all of the information on the registration packets.

Most of my work this week was done through the email. However, I did do some work in powerpoint, excel, and word.

I was a little frustrated this week. Often, I find it difficult to find enough to fill my time while I am at the office. I am sure this will change as I get closer to the tournament.

My objective this week is to make a few phone calls about ice and other products to find out what kind of prices we can get. Also, to make as much progress in the event handbook as possible. As registration packets come in, I will need to record all of that information in the workbook I created last week.

I still need to work on managing my time better while I am at the office, and finding things to do while I am there.

Internship Wild Dunes, Charleston, SC

Special Project: Kids Fest '07

My special project while working at Wild Dunes was to work with three of my fellow interns and develop a Kid's carnival. It was the first time this particular carnival had ever been done, so we were pretty much going from the ground up. This involved contacting distributors about prizes, tickets, armbands, and/or food for the carnival. We also had to contact individuals about waterslides, cotton candy, and sno-cone machines for the carnival. Also, we had to contact homeowners on the resort to ask to use their water and electricity for the carnival.

After we had contacted everyone we needed about products for the carnival, we had to plead for volunteers from individuals who worked at the resort. This was somewhat successful. However, we did not get as many volunteers as we would have liked. We also had to paint all of the signs and/or decorations for the carnival and set up the day of the carnival. On the day, the four of us working on the carnival showed up very early and started to set up.

Next, we had to assign jobs to all of the volunteers and give them jobs for cleanup after the carnival. We also had to contact people from the resort to provide food: hotdogs, hamburgers, etc.

After the carnival, we had to ensure that all of the homeowner's whose water and electricity we used were reimbursed for letting us use their homes. We also had to make sure everything we didn't use was stored in the proper location, and ensure that the lawn was left in the same condition we found it.