My second week of the fellowship consisted of an early morning photo shoot with the Columbus Foundation. It was great to interact with the other fellows, and discuss how our first weeks went. Once back at my nonprofit I was able to attend a partnership meeting with the executive director. The meeting was super interesting, and I learned a lot about building community connections. I also really started to see the value of nonprofits working together to better the community. 

    The second day of the week was spent in a development meeting, and conducting research for a pilot program. At the development meeting I met several committee members and had the chance to draft notes for the meeting. I absolutely loved investigating ways to make the nonprofit more efficient and successful, so researching the pilot program was a great way to spend the rest of the day.

    Mid week I started getting used to the day to day operations of the Family Mentor Foundation. I started the day off checking outgoing orders for the program, then did some development work regarding new donors and partners. To wrap up Wednesday, we had a programming meeting to discuss fall events and the pilot program. It was great to hear the new ideas committee members had to make this program a success. 

    The next two days were jammed packed. On Thursday I worked on programming, and took inventory of our supplies. I also had the chance to meet even more volunteers, who are a vital part of the nonprofit. I then transitioned into making social media posts and designing some stuff for upcoming events.

           Finally on Friday I helped sort and package Buddy boxes for the upcoming delivery. Overall, this week has flown by and I continue to learn more about the nonprofit world each day