Running Total: 14 Hours
3:30 pm- 5:30 pm
Well i would like to start off by saying that a couple of these blog posts are a little late i have been having some technical internet difficulties including other personal reasons why these posts are late but nevertheless i would like to share what i did. On wed April 3rd i arrived at my mentors office "A Better Way" to shadow her (Connie Martinez) for a little bit so i actually accompanied her to a work meeting. At first i felt a little weird just sitting there but i quickly got over it because all of these counselors really try to keep things lighthearted as possible. what this meeting consisted of was discussing and planning there next fundraiser which will take place in May at Bissat Booald in San Francisco, so basically what they were talking about was the that is was going to be an all age venue, there were going to have food being served but have not yet decided what they will be serving also they explained how the entertainment of this event will be a local high school band. The cost of the event wont be much it will be around $5-$10 because most of the event will emphasis on donations, as well as a raffle that will bring in more money to. Although the meeting was quite boring i have come to realize that this is part of a counselors job going to meetings and participation in these events that might sometimes be a little stressful although the meeting was not that exciting i really like my mentor and its always great to see her and of course to earn more hours as well. The meeting was from 3:30pm- 5:30 pm and I have a running total of 14 hours.
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
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Running Total: 12 Hours
10:00 am- 5:00 pm
Yesterday March 31st I got a nice 7 hours in with my mentor, I went down to the A Better Way office and helped my mentor and her co workers set up for the Easter Event. this event was for some of the organizations clients. I helped decorate the whole entire office, i had to clean up and organize the toys in the office that are there the daily for their clients and just make sure they were neat and tighty for the festivity. Once we finished all the cleaning and decorating we went down stairs to get the food they were going to serve, we brought it upstairs and set it up in there big conference room. All this took two hours from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm. when the event started i got to say hello to a few of the clients but i was mostly busy assisting with serving the food. After the line of people died down i got to sit down and eat lunch with my mentor. when we were finished she asked me to help with the little Easter egg hunt for the kids, we gathered all the kids and brought them to the front while we quickly hid the eggs. After the egg hunt as the event seemed to wind down we handed out some goodie bags to the kids. once the event was over which was around 4:00 pm i spent the last hour just helping /cleaning u and by 5:00 pm i was out the door. its was defiantly tiring but it was a fun and interesting experience. It was a long day full of lots of people but it cool because i got to see my mentors clients and interact with them. being a help in these kind of thing again shows how being a counselor of an organization like this, that your going to have to put on events like this for your clients which is something i never really realized before all of this. Again this was a great experience, my mentor was very pleased with my help yesterday and i have made plans with my mentor to do more hours on work days, I cant wait for that.
10:00 am- 5:00 pm
Yesterday March 31st I got a nice 7 hours in with my mentor, I went down to the A Better Way office and helped my mentor and her co workers set up for the Easter Event. this event was for some of the organizations clients. I helped decorate the whole entire office, i had to clean up and organize the toys in the office that are there the daily for their clients and just make sure they were neat and tighty for the festivity. Once we finished all the cleaning and decorating we went down stairs to get the food they were going to serve, we brought it upstairs and set it up in there big conference room. All this took two hours from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm. when the event started i got to say hello to a few of the clients but i was mostly busy assisting with serving the food. After the line of people died down i got to sit down and eat lunch with my mentor. when we were finished she asked me to help with the little Easter egg hunt for the kids, we gathered all the kids and brought them to the front while we quickly hid the eggs. After the egg hunt as the event seemed to wind down we handed out some goodie bags to the kids. once the event was over which was around 4:00 pm i spent the last hour just helping /cleaning u and by 5:00 pm i was out the door. its was defiantly tiring but it was a fun and interesting experience. It was a long day full of lots of people but it cool because i got to see my mentors clients and interact with them. being a help in these kind of thing again shows how being a counselor of an organization like this, that your going to have to put on events like this for your clients which is something i never really realized before all of this. Again this was a great experience, my mentor was very pleased with my help yesterday and i have made plans with my mentor to do more hours on work days, I cant wait for that.
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