Last Sunday, The Overwatch Partnership had their annual golf outing. It took place at New Albany Links Golf Club, which is a really need facility. I was in charge of helping with the silent auction table. There were some really good auction items, such as a house in Hilton Head and signed Cleveland Browns footballs. I helped create some of the bidding sheets for extra items that we received. There was also a 50/50 raffle. The winner won over $400! Overall, a lot of money was raised. It seemed like everyone had a great time. We ate catering from the golf club, which was really good. It was a taste of the south, so there was mac and cheese, chicken, coleslaw, salad, and more. The lemonade they made was my personal favorite! 

While everyone was golfing, I rode around in a golf cart with board member Katie Foster. We took pictures and videos of all the golfers and got a lot of great action shots. While talking, we had the idea to put together a promotion video for next year’s golf outing. Katie said it would help for people to see the actual course and what they’d be doing, and that would help to get more people to sign up. l met with Katie later this week for an interview and it’s apparent that she has a ton of great ideas. She works as a healthcare consultant, and she told me that she loves solving people’s problems. One idea she had was doing before and after videos of people that go through the OWP mentorship program. I’m very glad doing this fellowship introduced me to her, as I am not only very inspired by her but I think she is a great connection to have! 

After recovering from the 95 degree heat at the golf outing, I worked on correcting data in the OWP system and doing more interviews with board members. I also researched more grants to apply to, and I am going to start emailing current mentees to gauge how their experience is going with their mentors! I am thoroughly enjoying my time working with the OWP, and I am already was thinking about how it will all be over soon. 

Thank you for reading, 

Kindall Benjamin