I have finally been getting into the routine of working at Green Columbus. At the start, each day was very different, and I was constantly learning something new; now I am in a good routine. Each day is still different, but I know what to expect when I go into every day.

I attended my first Green Columbus Board Member meeting this past Wednesday. My first and last one, since they meet once every other month. I presented to the board the membership model I have been creating and my newsletter. The board was very encouraging and had feedback on my work. I appreciated the way they delivered the things they thought I should change. There was a good build-up of what I did well and what could be improved on. I spent the rest of the week improving the notes they gave me and doing extra tasks they assigned at the meeting. Some things were small like adding more photos to our website. Some of the large tasks they gave me include how to sustain a newsletter once I am done with my internship. That entails creating a schedule for our newsletter, suggested topics and even some prewritten pieces.

In of my previous posts, I talked about how I never had a passion for trees before this internship and commented on how that passion is growing. I was telling our executive director, Shelly, this past Monday that I keep finding myself talking about trees in social settings. I keep finding myself informing my friends about how trees can decrease crime. Or I find myself telling my roommates about the decreased tree canopy in the area of our future house. Every time someone mentions a tree, I harp in and tell them about how they could get a free tree from my nonprofit in October. Who knew trees would provide so much to talk about?

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