Monthly Archives: June 2014

The space between duty and passion

Posted on June 23, 2014 by Andrew J. Lewandowski

My first year social work practicum was at Mount Carmel East, and I learned more there than I can summarize easily.  I knew that I’d picked the right career choice when I started to miss working in a clinic on … Continue reading →

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The ABCs of Networking

Posted on June 23, 2014 by jilldisbro

The ABCs of networking: amateur espionage, baseball, and coffee tables. This third week of my dynamic fellowship I began to step out of my Homeport daily work and into the wide world of non-profit volunteer programs across Columbus.  Out in this … Continue reading →

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Pre-season Scrimmage with Adulthood

Posted on June 23, 2014 by juliawade92

My NPO feeds hungry kids, but what these children are really starved for is affection. As I guide a new volunteer to the playground of one of our summer feeding sites, a mass of young girls with heads covered in … Continue reading →

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Garden Metaphor

Posted on June 23, 2014 by ced92615

The longer I spend at the food bank, the more difficult it is to tell someone what I do here. People look for a title or a sentence that touches on your tasks daily but I don’t have that. I … Continue reading →

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Every day is different!

Posted on June 21, 2014 by crawfordw3

Every day at my job is different and I love it! I spent the beginning of the week observing Summer Brain Gain activities. The club members have really taken a liking to the activities! One of the Boys and Girls … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the Team!

Posted on June 20, 2014 by seanbrewster

This third week at the Ronald McDonald House has me focusing in on our expansive volunteer program. I have learned that in order to create this volunteer stewardship plan, I truly have to understand the different facets of the volunteer program. Here’s … Continue reading →

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Dominion Middle School Rain Garden

Posted on June 20, 2014 by lieboldc

  At the start of this week I was able to visit the Dominion middle school rain garden and nursery and speak with its founder Marsha Bracken. The Rain garden is not yet two years old and already looks pretty … Continue reading →

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Trying on Some New Hats

Posted on June 16, 2014 by sglong14

This week at the Broad Street Food Pantry I got to create and lead my first program! Twice a month from May-October, the pantry holds a produce market where we serve over 10,000 pounds of food to our community members. … Continue reading →

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Pharmacy Orientation and More

Posted on June 16, 2014 by victoriaparsons8

Throughout these two weeks at the Charitable Pharmacy, I have been exposed to various themes that affect the work that I will be doing, which include: social stratification, research, and community relations. I would describe last week as intellectually stimulating; … Continue reading →

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The Homeport green and my first Produce Fair

Posted on June 16, 2014 by jilldisbro

Two weeks has just FLOWN by.  Projects, volunteer days, and meetings.  Research, writing, and diagraming.  It feels like I have done just about everything in the past two weeks that could possibly be done at one job in an entire summer … Continue reading →

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