Week one

I got through my first week at my host site as an Americorps member.


Since this is my first job post college I had no idea going into it what to expect. I went from one person's office to the next with my co-Americorps member and each person explained a different part of the organization to us. It helped that our supervisor had been waiting for us, and as a result putting a lot of work aside for the two of us to start on when we got there.


Personally, I liked that I could dive right into my work and not go through this long "getting-to know-you" period where I would be given assignments that didn't matter but were good introductory jobs.


At the end of my first week, my very first proposal was finished and in the email boxes of my supervisors to be edited. I wrote a quote for a press release about a woman who will be honored at an up-coming event, started a second grant proposal and in-put donations to the organization into our database.


Even though I'm still a little unsure of how my Americorps duties will go, I can tell that this is going to be a very good experience.