This semester I am taking
a step back and doing another internship as a Communications Intern at Everybody Wins DC to add to my experience. Everybody Wins DC is a youth literacy and mentoring non-profit in Washington
DC. They pair up working professionals who
spend one hour per week reading with elementary school students in DC. It is rewarding to get experience with an
organization that works for a cause that I am very passionate about. I am a self-proclaimed bookworm and have
loved to read since I was a little kid.
As an intern in the
communications department, I have created content and graphics for their social
media platforms, done some writing and editing for their website and created a
content calendar for the department.
I have also helped out
with projects for their Programs department as well. Because I don’t really have any experience
working in non-profits, it is nice to be exposed to other departments within a
non-profit organization. Everybody Wins
DC does monthly book distributions at each of their partner schools where each
student in the program gets to pick out a book and add it to their personal
collection. This past week, I helped go
through books that have been donated and box them up for each of the
schools. They even had a copy of my
favorite book from my childhood, The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden,
so I made sure to include a copy of that book in one of the boxes for the
schools!
I also spent some time at
a few of the schools during their mentor orientations at the beginning of the
school year to learn more about the program and also take pictures to use on
the website and social media platforms. Before
my internship is over, I will also go to the schools to talk to some of the
mentors and students to get some stories to share about the organization.
