My interviews went very well and I truly feel like I gained great knowledge and understanding of their organizations, their jobs, their growths, and their challenges in the field. My first interview that I conducted was with Michelle Maddux who is a program specialist from the Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Oklahoma Organization. My second interview was with Emily Wallace who is the Volunteer Coordinator for the Oklahoma Wondertorium. Both of these organizations are non-profit organizations in Oklahoma and that is exactly where I want to pursue my career after I graduate. I want to be a part of some type of non-profit organization like the two that these young lady’s work for.
Beginning with Michelle at the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Oklahoma Organization (BBBS) in Stillwater, OK. I immediately began speaking with her about what the organization is and what they do for the community. This organization is very well known in Oklahoma and is known for their mentoring programs. This mentor program matches teens and adults with children in the surrounding
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The Oklahoma WONDERtorium is a non-profit children’s museum. There are multiple exhibits and different activities for children of all ages to play and engage in. As the volunteer coordinator of the WONDERtorium, Emily is in charge of all the volunteers that comes through the WONDERtorium. She tells volunteers about the museum, shows them around the museum, and sets them up with what they will be doing during their volunteer times. The main priority of her job is to simply correspond with volunteers and in charge of them as they are planning to volunteer, as they are volunteer, and after they volunteer as well. She simply supervises and manages volunteers, she works with the operations manager and programming department to create and plan activities for the kids to participate in during the
The most stressful and challenging situation was during my volunteering in the Rehab unit at the hospital. I was assigned to help a student therapist in assisting a patient in walking. The Patient was overweight and it usually takes more than two people when assisting the patient in walking but the therapist and the patient felt confidant enough that she would be able to walk without much help. When the therapist and I began to assist her in standing the patients knees buckled under her and she fell and began screaming in pain. The combined strength of the therapist and I were not enough to help get up and the only thing we were able to do was straighten out her legs and comfort her until more help came. I felt really bad what happen but
To help with Big Brothers Big Sisters of America’s mission to “provide children facing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported one-to-one relationships that change their lives for the better, forever” (Big Brothers Big Sisters of America” takes money, community, and government partnerships. Government agencies, for example, provide this program with grants and “fundamental initiatives” (Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, 2016). In addition, the Big Brother Big Sisters of America program also has corporate alliances (charitable companies), community partners (volunteer programs), foundations and corporations (grants), and advocacy partners (support the services the program
Some of the lessons I learned from doing these interviews are, that I must study hard and work a lot on myself to succeed. I also learned that I have to educate myself as much as I can and get higher degrees in school to be able to have the best job opport...
Before beginning my volunteer work I faced quite a dilema. Where could I influence children, help them develop their leadership potential, educate them about agriculture, and have fun-all at the same time?
One organization that has help me tremendously along the way is the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. I have been involved since I first entered high school and have seen the potential, first hand, that a passionate believer can have on a persons moral and social outlook on life. As and officer in the Fellowship of
A few leadership experiences that I have had come from athletics. I started playing athletics when I was in the fifth grade and I still continue to play as a senior. Over the years I have had the ability to be one of the leaders of both the softball and basketball teams for my school. Being a leader has taught me to use leadership skills that I will need later in the future.
Selecting to do my service learning at Harvest Hope Food Bank was a very impactful experience. This was so, because of the fact that I have never volunteered at a food bank until now. The organization was able to connect me with the required skills I will practice throughout my career as a professional social worker, therefore better preparing me for assisting clients who may be dependent on my services.
“As one person I cannot change the world, but I can change the world of one person.” I relate to this quote by Paul Shane Spear because it mirrors how I feel about pursuing a career in nursing. I want to be able to help others as much as I can. Arriving to this career choice was not a simple decision for me. What influenced me most in wanting to be a nurse was helping my grandfather during the past several years, and helping him through different illnesses and surgeries. My grandfather, who I call Papa, lives with me and my immediate family. I feel blessed to have the opportunity to help him because he and I are very close and he is my best friend. Through my involvement in helping him heal from his medical challenges, I was able to come
Paula, the special education director explained her background with human service work and what her different career fields was like for her, even in multiple different states that she worked for. Emily Smallwood, the Career Pathway Specialist, has a degree in psychology and assists the senior students with their next goal after graduation. We spoke about her experiences educationally and careers. She previously worked for multiple different companies like Healthy Families of America. Janet Gall is the college pathway specialist and assists students with taking the right steps towards meetings their goals and deciding on the right college as well as, preparing students for SAT’s, ACT’s, and the accuplacer. She too has worked for various companies in the human service field. Shelleen Dawalt is a life coach at the school, and previously worked for DCS, and the Department of Corrections and currently also works part time at Ivy Tech as a criminal justice instructor. Spending extra time with each of them was fantastic, I gained so much knowledge about other possible career
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America was started over ninety years ago. Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBSA) agencies have provided supportive, one-to-one relationships between adult volunteers and youth living in single-parent homes. Today, BBBSA provides about 75,000 young people with one-to-one supports (Public /Private Ventures, 1995a). In a presentation of the BBBS services, Public/Private Ventures (1995a:4) stated the following: Volunteer screening is a must and is a very strict procedu...
When I began this class, I had never had any experience or knowledge on non-profit organizations. After reading the chapters and doing the project for CHASI, I began to realize that non-profit could be my niche. I chose to pursue a degree in criminal justice, because of the many job possibilities, but I never would have imagined non-profit being one of those possible careers for myself. I was raised under the philosophy from both sides of my family, that if you give, you will get in return, I believe this so much and I have witnessed it personally throughout this semester. I have given my time and effort to raise money for people, who I don’t know and who are less fortunate than some, and although I may not receive money or items back in exchange, I get to feel a sense of pride, which is more than enough. So when I went to the nonprofit career website and looked through the job listing, there were many that I was interested in but only a couple that I could actually see myself doing.
Volunteering to me is much more than just something I’m doing to build my resume, its something that I actually enjoy doing. In high school I was heavily involved in Key Club, an international service organization that promotes aiding others and student leadership. The collegiate version of Key Club is Circle K International (CKI), which is another Kiwanis sponsored organization; this organization advocates and performs community service at hundreds of campuses across the globe. I decided to join Circle K in college to continue evolving with an organization whose goal is to help develop community-minded leaders.
In the middle of my junior year, I got a job with the YMCA for an After School Leader position at a local elementary school. My family was surprised that I applied for this job because it would require that I scold kids and yell across fields, which is out of my character. Being a soft-spoken person, I would have to put more effort into my job than my coworkers would but, I was more than ready to step up to the job. Everyday immediately after school, I report to Pu’u Kukui Elementary School and before getting out of the car, I shake off any negative energy so that I can lead in the best way that I can. As an after school leader, I get to spend time with these students on a daily basis but on a deeper level than most teachers. I organize games
In the past four years of my life, volunteer work has left an indelible mark on my heart and mind. When I became a volunteer, I had a very vague notion of leadership. As my high school days come to an end, I am left with the feeling that I have finally come into my own shoes, discovering the things that are important to me and those that are not. I have found my personal leadership style, and I now pay attention to the leaders I come across each day. For this reason, volunteering has been both an enlightening and inspiring experience, for I am surrounded by peers, mentors, and the volunteer program director, all of whom are leaders with creative visions of their own.
Volunteering enables a person to develop new skills that he or she would otherwise not have been able to develop. Unlike most other organizations, a charitable organization is happy to give positions to passionate, though inexperienced, individuals who desire to help others and benefit the community. Therefore, an individual with little experience in a field of work can gain meaningful skills that he or she can use in the future. For example, while I volunteered at the hospital this summer, I learned about the daily work lives and professional duties of doctors and nurses. Had I not volunteered, I would not have learned about these things. I was always interested in the medical field, but volunteering at the hospital let me explore my interests and en...