On Sunday I helped with the JV (junior volunteer) training. The JVs will be volunteering in all parts of the museum, including engaging children, helping with the summer camps, and giving tours. I helped to give an information session in the JVs engaging museum visitors in the exhibits and another information session on engaging visitors using the Discovery Carts, which are these carts filled with models and interactive things kids and adults can touch and see that go along with various exhibits. The training overall went well, and I actually saw a couple of students that I taught last semester which was pretty cool. They were definitely surprised to see me.
On Monday I helped take inventory and prepare the summer camp classroom. This including making sure each camp had all of the materials they needed, as well as replacing a lot of things that were old and gross. It also involved going through and organizing a lot of cabinets with random things inside and trying to get the room in some kind of order. Callum and I found all of this all food in some of the cabinets and has to sort through it all and throw out all of the expired food... there was a ton of it from 2006 and 2007- so gross (see pictures below).
Things have been really busy lately because everyone is running around trying to make sure everything gets done before camp starts. I'm excited for the campers to actually be here, although I'm sure that will bring a lot of chaos too!
Hey Beth, training junior volunteers sounds like a great experience in a leadership role that can also be a great thing to add to your resume. I remember the week before camp starts...I never thought it was going to involve so many excel spreadsheets! One thing I admire about Amanda is that she is extremely organized and gives very clear directions. The spreadsheets and directions really help streamline the planning process. Glad to hear you made it through!
ReplyDeleteI am SOOOO glad that I missed the whole expired food cleaning thing. haha! but, I am so excited for camps to finally start! ((:
ReplyDeleteI also saw some kids that I had previously taught at the JV training. It's pretty exciting, isn't it?? I thought it was awesome, it felt good to see them be happy to see me, made me feel like I had a positive influence on them while I was teaching, even if it was just for a short period of time.
ReplyDeleteThat guy is really good looking.
ReplyDeleteBut seriously, it was so gross cleaning out all that stuff. I'm glad everyone was able to help though, even if it was disgusting.
I can't wait for camp either!
I really appreciate these action shots of Callum! Very real, raw, intense... nice work. Campers will make things more exciting! Try and enjoy your down time if you can, that's what you'll want once they're there!
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