This week, I went to St. Charles Preparatory School to help run a booth at the Shootout for Soldiers event. It was a 24-hour lacrosse game, and Overwatch ran a booth from 12:00-6:00pm. I was there from 3:00-6:00pm. It was nice getting to talk to people about Overwatch and the mentorship program when they stopped by. I also got to hand out OWP’s flyers and business cards. Some of the people that came up to the table expressed wanting to share Overwatch with friends and relatives, which I thought was really exciting! I hope OWP expands and gets to help as many veterans and their families as possible. 

Other than that event, this week I met with Eric. He looked over the Mentor Playbook that I created and he loved it! I was very pleasantly surprised that he didn’t see anything that needed to be fixed or changed. I spent a lot of time on it so I’m glad that my work paid off. Eric gave me two new tasks for next week. First, he asked me to research local businesses in Columbus that make poster boards. I have been working on creating a list of these businesses and listing how easy/difficult it would be to buy from them, how much they cost, do they have poster board mounts, etc. The other task I’ve been working on is finding national/local veteran specific companies that give out grants. A lot of businesses have specific requirements for their grants that don’t include veterans, so it would be easiest to find companies that donate specifically to veteran nonprofits and organizations. 

I can’t believe we’re already on Week 8. I’m so excited to see what the future holds after this. 

Thanks for reading, 

Kindall Benjamin