Hello Everyone!
My name is Shelby Lawrence and I am starting an internship at Rescue Gospel Mission here in McMinnville. I am a junior, pre-nursing major and am planning on going up this spring to the nursing school. For my internship I will be working with some health related topics such as vaccinations and awareness about disease prevention. I will also be reaching out into the community to help the Mission find donations of food, medicine, and money.
Upon arrival for my first day at the shelter (last thursday) I was a little uncomfortable. I did not know exactly what to accomplish the first day and did not even know all of the staff members at first. However, after an hour or so of being there I felt completely comfortable. The director, my supervisor, Cheryl, gave me a tour and introduced me to the other staff members. We went over the ideas I had and she told me some things that they would love me to start projects for since they do not have the time to do so. A few ideas we discussed were contacting local businesses for donations and conducting some sort of medicine drive for common medications needed. This got me excited to be at the shelter in this position because I not only get to interact with the people at the shelter, I also get to use knowledge I have gained from classes from my major to help me in the position. It will be a great opportunity for me to get to apply the school knowledge I have with actual practical applications related to my field. The rest of my first day included getting to know the staff and starting to brainstorm businesses with my supervisor that I could contact for donations. I am excited to go back this week!
Hope everyones internships are going smoothly!
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