RSVP and being Junior Intern

 

 

To Read or Not to Read, That is the Question

Honor Baslim

 

 

Hi everyone,

 

So I'm not exactly sure who is going to take the time to actually read this blog post, but if someone does I do sincerely hope you enjoy it.

 

Thus far into my Summer of Service I have begun work as the 2013-2014 Junior Intern, as well as working with graduated Senior Intern, Courtney Williams with the Volusia County Retired & Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) as an intern.

 

The Retired & Senior Volunteer Program is a program that recruits retired individuals of a minimum age of 55 who are interested in volunteering. Each RSVP program selects three issue areas for there county, in Volusia county the three issue areas are: early childhood literacy, mentorship with at risk youth, and disaster preparedness plans for businesses.

 

With RSVP today (May 21) I assisted Courtney in an orientation of newly recruited volunteers out at the Daytona Beach Public Lirbrary. We had four volunteers arrive promptly at 10am and we were with them till roughly noon. An associate of Courtney's named Lauren who works with the Early Learning Coalition of Flagler & Volusia County came and spoke with the volunteers (all of who are interested in reading to young children). The Early Learning Coalition focuses primarily on reading to children four and younger, but RSVP also coordinates with Head Start, as well as many other youth literacy programs. Since it's summer time however the new volunteers will not be able to start working with kids in classrooms until the beginning of the school year, until then we will get them fully oriented and get their background checks fully processed while continuing to recruit new volunteers.

 

As far as Junior Intern process goes, this summer I am working primarily on 3 projects: The 2013 Fall Retreat, Freshman Exploration, and orienting incoming Bonners. A LOT, and I mean a lot of help from our fantastic Senior Interns Deryck and Julie. If anyone is reading this and has any suggestions about any of this please PLEASE feel free to text me (978)239-4705.