Author Archives: cailynnfox

The fellowship is over! I can’t even begin to describe what an incredible and invaluable experience this summer with Ohio Humanities and The Columbus Foundation has been. I am not ready to say goodbye to the office and the staff. … Continue reading →

Multiple times this week I had sobering moments of realization – I am drifting very closely to the end of this fellowship at Ohio Humanities with the Columbus Foundation. I’ll save most of the emotions I have experienced and the … Continue reading →

This week was very conducive in my education on how to advocate for others effectively. At this week’s Learning Session, we had the opportunity to hear from Nick Jones, the Director of Healthy Neighborhoods Healthy Families, and Tracey Najera, the … Continue reading →

At Ohio Humanities this week, we jumped head-first into the process of creating an entirely new audience for Lumen, a yearly publication published by Ohio Humanities, because the very first edition is coming out this autumn. Based on the the … Continue reading →

It was a very productive week for me at Ohio Humanities, as I finally got to finish the donor stewardship project that I’ve been working on for weeks! After I finished the phone calls to donors last week, I drafted … Continue reading →

This week presented a very different pace than any of the previous weeks, given that the only two full workdays for us were Tuesday and Wednesday. On these days, I finished up making thank you phone calls to past donors … Continue reading →

I believe that this past week has been the most conducive for my learning so far about the fundraising aspect of nonprofit functioning, which is incredibly important in almost every nonprofit. I have been working diligently on several of my … Continue reading →

This week, after having Monday off in observation of Juneteeth, I jumped in to the advancement strategy involving donor appreciation. I will be working on giving phone calls and sending emails and postcards to recent donors to express to them … Continue reading →

This week, my project has begun to kick into full gear at Ohio Humanities. I going to be working closely with a couple members of the team, particularly Scarlett, the Development Director, who has been very encouraging and whose instruction … Continue reading →

Hello! My name is Cailynn Fox, and I have been granted an amazing opportunity this summer as a Columbus Foundation Summer Fellow with the Ohio Humanities Council. I graduated last month from The Ohio State University with a Bachelor of … Continue reading →