Week 7

This week on my rotation I had the pleasure of working around senior citizens. Seniors are a special group of people. Seniors can teach everything they know which will improve your life because they have been there and done that, which is pretty much the same thing as evolution. The best part about this week was working the NC Senior Games. I met some interesting people while there. One athlete named Reese Cain is 78 years old runs three miles a day, lifts weights afterwards, plays ping pong, and softball.I piled up 29.5 hours at the senior center.

week 6

This week the stop on my rotation was J. Bayard Clark Park & Nature Center. When I first got there on Monday I knew something was a little different about this place because my internship supervisor usually stays around for a little bit but this time she was out of there in a hurry. So I explored the place a little bit and found out why she was in such a hurry, the nature center had snakes and alligators in it. My first duty once I got there was to clean the snake tanks, which was interesting considering I'm not to accustom with dealing with snakes. But I did it anyway and got over that fear. The best part about this place was I got to enjoy nature while learning about it. I even got to play with alligators for a little while, I piled up 47 hours.

Week 5

I know that my last two entries are late but all the information that I've taken in from both places overwhelmed me. This week I was at Kiwanis Recreation Center, this place is grand central station when it comes to rec centers. From the time I walked in on Monday afternoon till I walked out on Saturday afternoon, that place was non stop. The first three days I was there they were hosting a spring break camp for the children. They had open gym everyday and people participated everyday. I definitely got more experience with a program called rec track, which is the software the city uses to registrar and keep track of all participants in there programs. While there I had a run of bad luck, my second day a lady backed into my car while in the parking lot. I complied 26.5 hrs which doesn't seem like a lot but once you've been in this place that long its longer than you realize due to how much stuff is going on at one time.

Week 4

This week on my rotation I went to Smith Recreation Center. This center has a lot of history, the center was brought into a low income area to help reach out to the community. Les Thorne is the supervisor at Smith Rec Center and even though I was only there a short amount of time, I learned more about what it takes to be a community and a good center supervisor. "If you have good programs, who are run by good people, then they will run themselves." Les Thorne. I only complied 14 hrs there because i went home for easter on Thursday, but its a place that I would love to go back to and learn more.