Today we have our big brainstorming Tower meeting. We have invited Prov Execs, our marketing team, an outsourced PR firm, and some other people from the community to help us "Think Big". We are not making any decisions today, but it just to help get our wheels turning and start planning ahead. We do know for sure that Tower events will begin with a blessing a week before the grand opening. Today I will be responsible for taking the notes on a big notepad for people to see.
After the meeting, Cheri is taking Shannon, myself and I believe Bri out to lunch for our work at the Run of the Mill. Then I will spend the rest of the afternoon working on my article from Camp Prov and try to get some work done on a display board for Shannon. My goodbye lunch is on Monday and its hard to believe my time here has almost come to a close.
Next Wednesday will be my last day and its hard to believe I will have completed close to 18 hours. I still have to write this article, do some work for Susan, fix up the rest of the Speakers Bureau stuff and gather the final info for the Community Benefit Report.
I will post notes later on how the Tower meeting went.
Hours: 9a-4p
Thursday, July 22, 2010
7/21 Colby-Pacific
Wednesday I started my morning out very early on the Colby campus for the clinical ethics board meeting. This meeting happens twice a month and I was fortunate enough to sit in on the meeting with VP of spirituality and mission integration, Tim Serban, for Prov. It was great to be in the meeting because it was very similar to the biomedical ethics course I had just completed in the spring and extremely interesting to talk about real controversial ethical topics.
Then I came back to Pacific and we had our weekly staff meeting. We spent a lot of time reflecting on the festival from the weekend before--what we liked, didn't like, plan to do differently, etc. Then we spent a little while brainstorming for the Tower meeting we will be having Thurs.
Hours: 7a-4p
Then I came back to Pacific and we had our weekly staff meeting. We spent a lot of time reflecting on the festival from the weekend before--what we liked, didn't like, plan to do differently, etc. Then we spent a little while brainstorming for the Tower meeting we will be having Thurs.
Hours: 7a-4p
7/20 Pacific
Today I wentto Pacific rather than Prov PG because in the afternoon I went to Camp Prov with Cheri and King5. King 5 wanted to do a story on the camp and follow a family around there, so not only did I get to experience the camp, I got to experience what it was like working with an organization and how they help the news to get a good story. John Sharify and his videographer were both in tow--following a mom who had two kids at the camp with dwarfism and trekias.
Camp Prov is for disabled or (special needs) children who receive therapy throughout the year at the Prov Children's Center. The camp runs for about 6 weeks but each kid goes for a week on either the morning or afternoon shift.
I haven't seen so much joy and happiness in people as I saw that afternoon in a really long time. All of the people there were truly amazing and it will be a great story.
Hours: 9a-4p
Camp Prov is for disabled or (special needs) children who receive therapy throughout the year at the Prov Children's Center. The camp runs for about 6 weeks but each kid goes for a week on either the morning or afternoon shift.
I haven't seen so much joy and happiness in people as I saw that afternoon in a really long time. All of the people there were truly amazing and it will be a great story.
Hours: 9a-4p
7/19/10 ProvPG
Monday I got to come into work a little late because of working 20 hours at the Festival over the weekend. Monday I worked on small projects--like calling the winners of the drawing, printing out the Pulse and having it signed, meeting with Susan's daughter and getting a copy of a couple LSAT practice exams, ordering an invoice for the fishbowls, etc.
Hours: 11a-4p
Hours: 11a-4p
Monday, July 19, 2010
Mill Creek Festival 7/17-7/18
Saturday Hours: 7:30a-6:30p, 11hrs
Sunday Hours: 10:00a-7:00p, 9hrs
20hrs total for MC Festival
At the festival, I was in charge of organizing all of the volunteers from Jackson High. On saturday am, we had to set everything up from game boards, display boards, tables, tents, etc. When the volunteers arrived, I had some blowing up balloons, some handing balloons out, some giving children temporary tattoos, and some rallying volunteers to try on the "drunk driving glasses".
Some students were more helpful than others, and one day a bouqet of balloons was found ditched under a rock. Besides that, the volunteers were extremely helpful.
There were two major games--a spinning wheel and a matching board game. Each had valuable info to the public about ProvPG and the New Medical Tower. There was also a booth for the organ ladies who did demonstrations all day long which consistently had a crowd.
We gave away water bottles (which were a huge hit) as well as Prov dog bandanas bc Prov sponsored the Pet Plaza. We also had giveaway bags w/ Prov info and hand sanitizer.
Overall the event was a big success, and we will be discussing at this wednesday's staff meeting how they can improve/change for next year.
Sunday Hours: 10:00a-7:00p, 9hrs
20hrs total for MC Festival
At the festival, I was in charge of organizing all of the volunteers from Jackson High. On saturday am, we had to set everything up from game boards, display boards, tables, tents, etc. When the volunteers arrived, I had some blowing up balloons, some handing balloons out, some giving children temporary tattoos, and some rallying volunteers to try on the "drunk driving glasses".
Some students were more helpful than others, and one day a bouqet of balloons was found ditched under a rock. Besides that, the volunteers were extremely helpful.
There were two major games--a spinning wheel and a matching board game. Each had valuable info to the public about ProvPG and the New Medical Tower. There was also a booth for the organ ladies who did demonstrations all day long which consistently had a crowd.
We gave away water bottles (which were a huge hit) as well as Prov dog bandanas bc Prov sponsored the Pet Plaza. We also had giveaway bags w/ Prov info and hand sanitizer.
Overall the event was a big success, and we will be discussing at this wednesday's staff meeting how they can improve/change for next year.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
7/15/10 Pacific
Began the morning with checking e-mail, went over a couple things with Cheri, trying to find an LSAT prep course online, reviewed the display board for the festival with the photos I took at Mill Creek and am now trying to start Julie Zarn's ED slide show for the speakers bureau.
Neck and back/head are hurting today and last night...hard to focus when my forehead is pounding.
Yesterday I got the schedule for the Mill Creek festival and I will be in charge of the volunteers. This involves volunteers at the Pet Plaza, blowing balloons, handing out balloons, and giving away the temporary tattoos. I have to be there 7:45am Sat until 6pm and about 10:30a Sun-6p
Hours: 9a-4p
Neck and back/head are hurting today and last night...hard to focus when my forehead is pounding.
Yesterday I got the schedule for the Mill Creek festival and I will be in charge of the volunteers. This involves volunteers at the Pet Plaza, blowing balloons, handing out balloons, and giving away the temporary tattoos. I have to be there 7:45am Sat until 6pm and about 10:30a Sun-6p
Hours: 9a-4p
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
7/14/10 Pacific
Staff meeting today--gave reflection. Meeting lasted 3 hours and was mostly Tower talk. Had presentation by Foundation.
Went to lunch w/ dad and had him edit the mission article for the post.
Spent the rest of the afternoon working on stuff for the festival! Busyyyy day. Still need to re-write Julie Zarn's bio and review David Renne's slide show presentation.
Hours: 8:30a-4p
Went to lunch w/ dad and had him edit the mission article for the post.
Spent the rest of the afternoon working on stuff for the festival! Busyyyy day. Still need to re-write Julie Zarn's bio and review David Renne's slide show presentation.
Hours: 8:30a-4p
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
7/13/10 ProvPG
Went to Providence Everett Healthcare Clinic--took pics of Dr. Nizza with a little girl and got some great shots and quotes. Spent the day editing photos, ordering fish bowls for festival, and typing article. I'm really excited about this article...its going to be a good one!!
Hours: 9am-4pm
7/12/10
Hours: 9a-4pm
was at ProvPG--finished festival Q's, color coded them, etc
Hours: 9am-4pm
7/12/10
Hours: 9a-4pm
was at ProvPG--finished festival Q's, color coded them, etc
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Run of the Mill 5k 7/10/10
5k this morning in Mill Creek began at 6:30 am for me. Registration began at 7:30am and the race started at 9. Had to stay and promote Prov Cancer Partnership and was there till 12:30 pm
Total hours: 6
Total hours: 6
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
7/8/10 Thurs Prov Pacific
Meeting with Tim Serban
http://www.providence.org/everett/foundation/news_and_publications/80_PGF_Annual_Report.htm
Thursdays meeting with Tim went very well. He directed me to a lot of other people that I could work with to compose the Community Benefit bank. We also discussed school, and talked about how I was a philosophy/ethics major for a long time. He too studied philosophy before getting his masters in Theology and has invited me to sit on the clinical ethics board meeting next Weds. morning at 7am. It will be extremely interesting to sit in on a real ethical board discussion.
Later in the afternoon I met with David Renne, fitness and ergonomics specialist. We went over his slides to prepare for the Speakers Bureau. People seem to be taking the sheet I made with public speaking tips very well, but not many have their actual presentations prepared yet. It is understandable, but hard for me to go over material with them when they don't have the material quite yet.
Hours: 9am-4:00pm
http://nwsa.wa.providence.org/eboard/weekly/documents/Source_2010-07-09_FINAL.pdf
http://www.providence.org/everett/foundation/news_and_publications/80_PGF_Annual_Report.htm
Thursdays meeting with Tim went very well. He directed me to a lot of other people that I could work with to compose the Community Benefit bank. We also discussed school, and talked about how I was a philosophy/ethics major for a long time. He too studied philosophy before getting his masters in Theology and has invited me to sit on the clinical ethics board meeting next Weds. morning at 7am. It will be extremely interesting to sit in on a real ethical board discussion.
Later in the afternoon I met with David Renne, fitness and ergonomics specialist. We went over his slides to prepare for the Speakers Bureau. People seem to be taking the sheet I made with public speaking tips very well, but not many have their actual presentations prepared yet. It is understandable, but hard for me to go over material with them when they don't have the material quite yet.
Hours: 9am-4:00pm
http://nwsa.wa.providence.org/eboard/weekly/documents/Source_2010-07-09_FINAL.pdf
7/7/10 Wednesday Prov Pacific
This morning I was set to give my reflection at the staff meeting but it was cancelled because Shannon and Cheri are both out of office for the week. Which I suppose is a good thing because I am exhausted but it will give me more time to 'reflect' and possibly come up with something better for next week.
Now, I am working on information for the Speaker's Bureau. Today at 1:00 pm I have a meeting with Director of Emergency Services Julie Zarn at the Colby Campus in the Medical Office Building. I will review with her the information she wishes to present during her presentation and help critique that so she can deliver her message to people successfully.
Then I will come back to Pacific and review things online before I meet with Spiritual director, Tim Serban tomorrow morning also at Colby. I will be creating a type of 'community bank of stories' for Cheri and Tim will lead me to many different avenues for stories and information.
Also, this morning I had to take Susan over to my car to get the big huge box with the wheel in it. It cost $30 total to have the wheel boxed up for the festival.
I just met with Julie Zarn, Director of Emergency Services at the Colby Campus. I gave her a 3-D outline for her speech for the Speakers Bureau and once she has created her main points I will help her to create a title and form the layout of her speech. I left her with the "Speakers Bureau 3-d Outline" as an example for her to work with and plan on e-mailing to discuss a title soon.
Now I am reviewing information to meet with Spirituality Director Tim Serban in the morning. I will be meeting with him at 10am to create a community benefit bank where we can pull stories whenever necessary. I am reviewing some info online now but it is difficult navigating my away around the website.
Hours: 9:00a-4:00p
Now, I am working on information for the Speaker's Bureau. Today at 1:00 pm I have a meeting with Director of Emergency Services Julie Zarn at the Colby Campus in the Medical Office Building. I will review with her the information she wishes to present during her presentation and help critique that so she can deliver her message to people successfully.
Then I will come back to Pacific and review things online before I meet with Spiritual director, Tim Serban tomorrow morning also at Colby. I will be creating a type of 'community bank of stories' for Cheri and Tim will lead me to many different avenues for stories and information.
Also, this morning I had to take Susan over to my car to get the big huge box with the wheel in it. It cost $30 total to have the wheel boxed up for the festival.
I just met with Julie Zarn, Director of Emergency Services at the Colby Campus. I gave her a 3-D outline for her speech for the Speakers Bureau and once she has created her main points I will help her to create a title and form the layout of her speech. I left her with the "Speakers Bureau 3-d Outline" as an example for her to work with and plan on e-mailing to discuss a title soon.
Now I am reviewing information to meet with Spirituality Director Tim Serban in the morning. I will be meeting with him at 10am to create a community benefit bank where we can pull stories whenever necessary. I am reviewing some info online now but it is difficult navigating my away around the website.
Hours: 9:00a-4:00p
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Reflection 7/7/10
Symbol for Happiness
http://www.inspirational-short-stories.com/symbol-for-happiness.html
- Tom! Did you hear me?
My wife´s tone made me sigh, put the newspaper away and rise.
- Ok, ok, I´ll go.
I opened the front door and saw our next door neighbor, Mrs Fitzpatrick, sitting on her porch. She had a cast on her leg. I saw her watching the lawn and tapping her chin with her finger.
The lawn. That was what had made my wife to push me through the door.
- Just look at it! All those weeds! She can´t mow it herself. You go out now and do what a good neigbor should!
And so I had come to mow her lawn on this beautiful Saturday morning.
- Ah, Tom! she waved at me and smiled broadly, - Good to see you! Here, come sit with me for a while.
I got to her porch and sat on a bench.
- Beautiful morning! she beamed at me.
- Err, yes, it sure is, I said. I hadn´t expected her to be this cheerful with a broken leg and all.
- Just looking at my lawn, she said.
- Oh yes, the lawn. Well I came here to...
- Isn´t it just beautiful! she interrupted me.
I shut my mouth. I looked around. Weeds, dandelions... Not at all the velvety green lawn like everyone else´s in the neighborhood.
- Beautiful...?
- Just look at those dandelions!
I did just that. Saw the lawn positively overtaken by them. They should be dug up with their roots and soon. I sure hoped my wife did not think I would do that too. Mowing the lawn would have to do for today.
- Now dandelion sure is a symbol for happiness! she smiled.
- I´m not sure I follow... I stammered, - A dandelion as a symbol for happiness?
- Look at that bright beautiful yellow color! If that isn´t a happy cheerful color, I don´t know what is! And it spreads just like happiness.
She laughed at my expression.
- I know, you think I´m batty. But just think about it! If you are really happy, you do good things that bring joy to the people around you. And once they get happy, they do the same. And so the happiness spreads. Just like a dandelion. It blooms, sharing its shiny sunny color with everyone and sends its seeds into the wind - and before you know it, you have a hundred copies of the sunny little flower around you.
- But it is a weed... I tried.
- A weed, that´s funny. I´ve been sitting here for a while now, watching everyone work on their garden. And I mean work. It doesn´t look very joyful - just working to make you lawn look short and thick and green. You know I never see any of the neighbors sit and just look at their beautiful lawn. They just work on it and don´t enjoy it.
Well she sure got that one right. I never heard anyone talk about their lawn unless it was to complain how much work it was.
- Everyone seems to be complaining about how stressfull life is, she said.
And then she said the thing I wrote down once I got home. I still write it on the first page of all my calendars when the new year begins, and glue a little picture of a dandelion next to it.
- What a bad day, they say. And I look at the dandelions and see a thousand little suns.
CONCLUDING:
Our days are so filled with things to do these days that we seem to start running from the moment we get out of bed. Busy busy busy… In our hurry we forget to admire the beauty of life all around us - in those tiny little details like the daffodils in this story. Often it is an illness or some unexpected event that forces us to stop and gives us time to look at our surroundings instead of running through them.
Choose one thing to look at
Try to relax your mind today by choosing one thing today. It can be a flower, it can be a painting, it can be your pen if you wish.
Read more: http://www.inspirational-short-stories.com/symbol-for-happiness.html#ixzz0sxffSiNk
Lovely, inspiring products! Inspirational Short Stories products
http://www.inspirational-short-stories.com/symbol-for-happiness.html
- Tom! Did you hear me?
My wife´s tone made me sigh, put the newspaper away and rise.
- Ok, ok, I´ll go.
I opened the front door and saw our next door neighbor, Mrs Fitzpatrick, sitting on her porch. She had a cast on her leg. I saw her watching the lawn and tapping her chin with her finger.
The lawn. That was what had made my wife to push me through the door.
- Just look at it! All those weeds! She can´t mow it herself. You go out now and do what a good neigbor should!
And so I had come to mow her lawn on this beautiful Saturday morning.
- Ah, Tom! she waved at me and smiled broadly, - Good to see you! Here, come sit with me for a while.
I got to her porch and sat on a bench.
- Beautiful morning! she beamed at me.
- Err, yes, it sure is, I said. I hadn´t expected her to be this cheerful with a broken leg and all.
- Just looking at my lawn, she said.
- Oh yes, the lawn. Well I came here to...
- Isn´t it just beautiful! she interrupted me.
I shut my mouth. I looked around. Weeds, dandelions... Not at all the velvety green lawn like everyone else´s in the neighborhood.
- Beautiful...?
- Just look at those dandelions!
I did just that. Saw the lawn positively overtaken by them. They should be dug up with their roots and soon. I sure hoped my wife did not think I would do that too. Mowing the lawn would have to do for today.
- Now dandelion sure is a symbol for happiness! she smiled.
- I´m not sure I follow... I stammered, - A dandelion as a symbol for happiness?
- Look at that bright beautiful yellow color! If that isn´t a happy cheerful color, I don´t know what is! And it spreads just like happiness.
She laughed at my expression.
- I know, you think I´m batty. But just think about it! If you are really happy, you do good things that bring joy to the people around you. And once they get happy, they do the same. And so the happiness spreads. Just like a dandelion. It blooms, sharing its shiny sunny color with everyone and sends its seeds into the wind - and before you know it, you have a hundred copies of the sunny little flower around you.
- But it is a weed... I tried.
- A weed, that´s funny. I´ve been sitting here for a while now, watching everyone work on their garden. And I mean work. It doesn´t look very joyful - just working to make you lawn look short and thick and green. You know I never see any of the neighbors sit and just look at their beautiful lawn. They just work on it and don´t enjoy it.
Well she sure got that one right. I never heard anyone talk about their lawn unless it was to complain how much work it was.
- Everyone seems to be complaining about how stressfull life is, she said.
And then she said the thing I wrote down once I got home. I still write it on the first page of all my calendars when the new year begins, and glue a little picture of a dandelion next to it.
- What a bad day, they say. And I look at the dandelions and see a thousand little suns.
CONCLUDING:
Our days are so filled with things to do these days that we seem to start running from the moment we get out of bed. Busy busy busy… In our hurry we forget to admire the beauty of life all around us - in those tiny little details like the daffodils in this story. Often it is an illness or some unexpected event that forces us to stop and gives us time to look at our surroundings instead of running through them.
Choose one thing to look at
Try to relax your mind today by choosing one thing today. It can be a flower, it can be a painting, it can be your pen if you wish.
Read more: http://www.inspirational-short-stories.com/symbol-for-happiness.html#ixzz0sxffSiNk
Lovely, inspiring products! Inspirational Short Stories products
Tues 7/6/10 ProvPG
Checking e-mails, organizing questions on sheet for Mill Creek Festival, counting ice packs and later taking spinning wheel to UPS to get packaged up. Important for me to be careful lifting the boxes of ice packs though because of my back/neck.
Hours: 9:00-4:00
Hours: 9:00-4:00
Thursday, July 1, 2010
7/1/10 Thurs at Pacific
Finished Dawson Place article today. Went to lunch with dad at anthonys and had him edit. Then was e-mailing back and forth with Cheri on edits and finally completed a copy for the Source that comes out next Friday, yay!! So exciting to have my first article published. Although, the wellness article on Jamie Smith needs to be completed and sent in by tomorrow as well so that should be interesting. I feel very confident about the wellness article. Jamie's story is absolutely amazing and heart felt and I can't wait to share.
Hours today: 9:00am-5:00pm
Finished Jamie's article, then had to work on edits and mailing back and forth with Rebecca. Overall, Rebecca was excited about the article and just received a picture of Jamie for it today.
Friday Hours spent on article: 10am-12pm
Hours today: 9:00am-5:00pm
Finished Jamie's article, then had to work on edits and mailing back and forth with Rebecca. Overall, Rebecca was excited about the article and just received a picture of Jamie for it today.
Friday Hours spent on article: 10am-12pm
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