It’s hard to believe that summer is almost over. For me, that means the end of my internship with CDN, and the start if my senior year. Back in Febuary, I was offered the oppurtunity to spend the summer with CDN, and I said yes without hesitation. As the summer came closer, I found myself wondering about what being a CDN intern would be like. I had been exposed to CDN previously but was still unsure of what this experience would be like. Let me tell you, it was better than I could have ever expected.
I walked into the office on my first day and was greeted by smiles and pump beeps. I quickly learned that my biggest responilibilites as an intern were in social media, prospect research, and advocacy work. Crafting tweets and Facebook posts was fun, but it also carried large importance. For many people, their only connection to others with diabetes is online, and CDN has become their support ystem. Prospect research was my first exposure to the “behind the scenes” workings of a non profit. I have grown up benefitting from the work of non profits, and I never fully appreciated it until this summer. Advocacy, unlike social media and prospect research, was my comfort zone. I have always said that I would not be the person I am without the diabetes …show more content…
The work I did over the summer showed me how diabetes affects a lot of people, and it often connects people who never would have otherwise crossed paths. During the end of July and beginning of August, I took three weeks off to be a Counselor In Training at ADA Camp Carefree in New Hampshire. I wore my CDN t-shirt there, and more than one person stopped to tell me about how CDN as impacted them. Listening to their stories, along with talking to CDN members, showed me how vital CDN is, and why diabetes shouldn’t never hold you back. It made me feel like bringing diabetes to college was not as terrifying as I
I walked into the office on my first day and was greeted by smiles and pump beeps. I quickly learned that my biggest responilibilites as an intern were in social media, prospect research, and advocacy work. Crafting tweets and Facebook posts was fun, but it also carried large importance. For many people, their only connection to others with diabetes is online, and CDN has become their support ystem. Prospect research was my first exposure to the “behind the scenes” workings of a non profit. I have grown up benefitting from the work of non profits, and I never fully appreciated it until this summer. Advocacy, unlike social media and prospect research, was my comfort zone. I have always said that I would not be the person I am without the diabetes …show more content…
The work I did over the summer showed me how diabetes affects a lot of people, and it often connects people who never would have otherwise crossed paths. During the end of July and beginning of August, I took three weeks off to be a Counselor In Training at ADA Camp Carefree in New Hampshire. I wore my CDN t-shirt there, and more than one person stopped to tell me about how CDN as impacted them. Listening to their stories, along with talking to CDN members, showed me how vital CDN is, and why diabetes shouldn’t never hold you back. It made me feel like bringing diabetes to college was not as terrifying as I