This week, Eric was on vacation. Even still, I made sure to find things to work on. For starters, I continued working on adding grants to the Microsoft Word document I created. I added five more grants to the list that OWP can apply to. While I am not the biggest fan of using AI, I did find it helpful in narrowing down specific companies and business that offer grants that OWP would be eligible to apply for. I described my nonprofit’s mission and mentorship program, then asked AI to list 20 companies that offered grants that aligned with OWP’s mission. I went through each suggestion on the list and read through the requirements to make sure Overwatch was able to apply. A lot of them were repeats and some of them were invite only, so I asked AI to filter those out. That is how I narrowed down the five businesses offering grants. Another thing I did was add more mentor and mentee feedback responses to the Excel sheet I made. It was overwhelmingly positive! The mentors said the communication with their mentees was going great, which I was glad to read. 

This weekend, I am volunteering with OWP to help run a booth at an event called Shootout for Soldiers. It is a 24-hour lacrosse tournament held for veterans at a park in Bexley, Ohio. Overwatch will have a booth set up from 12-6pm, and I will be at the booth from 3-6pm. I have never watched lacrosse before so I am actually very excited to see it in action. I’m also excited to interact with a lot of new people and make some new connections! I am sad that I already have less than a month left as a Fellow. The work I have been doing has been so rewarding and a lot of fun, and it makes me look forward to what the future holds. 

Until next time, 

Kindall Benjamin