I think the biggest lesson I’ve learned from this fellowship is time management. You’d think having a full eight hours to conduct work would be more than enough, but on the contrary I always leave with the next idea in my head or thoughts on how to improve a project. 

Week seven has been filled with lots of research, designing, and organization. I’ve been able to witness the starting vision of a pilot program grow and become a near tangible product. This week I also had the opportunity to attend a web seminar on the kindful and point app integration. This integration connects the volunteer app, Point, with the CRM, Kindful. It was really interesting to hear the story of Point’s beginning and its continued journey to serve nonprofits. 

If I could give week seven any name it would be “weirdly challenging.” The challenges were not from work itself, but this week included a power outage at work, a very chaotic trip to Sam’s club, and last but not least I got locked out, while at the office alone. Luckily for me, the Family Mentor Foundation knows all the neighboring buildings, so I was able to go over and call for help. 

Besides the random occurrences, I was able to continue to work specifically on our upcoming impact report. This report allows us, volunteers, and partners to see what Family Mentor Foundation has done in the past year, in regards to the number of kids served, boxes distributed, and feedback from schools. 

Like the past six weeks before, week seven has brought me new challenges, and learning experiences. On one hand I am excited about returning to school in August, but will definitely miss coming to the office everyday, and being a part of the FMF team.