Stamp Out Hunger

Week 3 High-Light: Stamp Out Hunger

       Week three started with Broc telling me about Stamp Out Hunger. Stamp Out Hunger is a day that people can donate food to the High Plains Food Bank through the postal service. All anyone has to do is simply leave their canned goods outside their mail box and the postal service men and woman will pick it up with the mail and take it back to their post office to be picked up. 

        The days leading up to the actual day I helped create press releases to build awareness for the day. The press releases were given to the Amarillo Globe News and stories were written to inform all over Amarillo about Stamp Out Hunger day. I also got to watch Broc give two different interviews for two different local television stations to also inform their viewers of the day. I enjoyed watching the interviews because it gave me a great idea of how I should conduct myself if I was ever in that position. 

       The Friday that the Stamp Out Hunger opportunity came and Broc and I were busy going back and forth from post office to post office collecting all the food that the people in Amarillo had donated for us. The turn out was a success and we were able to receive more donations than we had anticipated!

Tee'd Off At Hunger

Week 2 High-Light: Tee’d Off at Hunger

       My second week as the media intern at the High Plains Food Bank picked up quickly from where the first week left off. Broc explained the annual golf tournament “Tee’d off at Hunger “ to me. This golf tournament was created to help raise funds for the High Plains Food Bank with 100% of all profits going to our organization. The tournament was invitational only and we were quick to get many RSVPS. My first objective for the tournament was to create “swag bags” for all of the participants in the tournament.  It was the High Plains Food Bank’s way of saying thanks to everyone for coming out and having a good time while helping fund the task of eliminating hunger the Texas panhandle. The bags consisted of mugs, coupons from various businesses such as Chic-Fil-A, seeds to plant, and other awesome items donated to us from local and national businesses. I put together over 50 bags and the time consuming process was well worth it. 

       On the Saturday of the tournament I showed up with the rest of the High Plains Food Bank staff and helped fun the tournament. I was in charge of checking out the golf carts and also went from hole to hole collecting donations. The golf tournament offered special perks such as vehicles given away for hole in ones, a raffle, and a delicious bar-b-que dinner. The Tee’d Off at Hunger was a great success and I met many great people from major businesses in the area.

First Week As an Intern...

Week 1 High-light: Emergency Preparedness Conference

Week one of my internship was a great preview of what my summer was going to be like with the High Plains Food Bank. Broc Carter, my supervisor and media director, began by giving me a tour of the High Plains Food Bank and introduced me to all the employees. I was excitedly welcomed by ever member of the HPFB staff and could immediately feel the passion and eagerness to do exactly what the mission statements entails: Alleviating Hunger in the Panhandle. I was given my own office space and was immediately given my first project to work on. 

The annual Emergency Preparedness Conference was going to be taking place at the end of the week and I was given the task to design and create the table that was to be placed for the High Plains Food Bank. I was explained that organizations such as the United Way and other emergency based agency put tables out to explain their organization and create awareness for their cause.  I began preparing the table by finding all the great information about the High Plains Food Bank that I wanted shared at the conference. After I gathered all of that information I decided I wanted to design how I imagined the table to look like before I actually began putting it all together. Using Photoshop I put my thoughts to a screen and created a good layout to fallow. I decided to even hand out High Plains Food Bank “swag” such as mugs, seeds to plant, and business cards. The next step was to design, print, and laminate the text that I would have on the tri-fold board and  the table itself. Finally all I had to do was wait for the day of the conference to arrive. 

When the day did come, Broc and I both went to the Amarillo Civic Center to set up our table. Everything fit perfect and Broc was very pleased with my work. Our table was very informative and was a huge success. Here is  a picture of my design layout that I created to help me accurately organize and utilize out table for the Emergency Preparedness Conference.