Caitlin's Summer Journey

Over the summer, I have learned a myriad of skills that will benefit me in the future. I definitely have learned how to be self-disciplined. Working primarily from home, I had to keep myself accountable, focused and on task. I learned how to work professionally in a group setting and how to apply skills learned elsewhere to my place of work. I developed my teaching skills and discovered a love of educating children, assets that I truly value. Working with a small group of people, I was lucky to be able to see many sides of working and running a foundation. I saw the hard work that goes into creating the program and units, the challenges of running the program in action, the social media, marketing and prospecting skills it requires, and the outreach to expand the foundation. Although I have been taught these skills in school, I had never seen them all together in action. It takes an incredible amount of skill, dedication and teamwork to build and work for a foundation. 

This summer, I absolutely adored working  closely with the children at camps. Although I have worked with children before, I have never been in a ‘teaching’ position, but rather a referee or as a friend. I developed a love for educating children. It was so rewarding to see children succeed at the various skills and movements we taught them. They may have struggled at the beginning, but learned throughout the sessions and became better at new skills.