First Week at My Internship.

My first official day at my internship was Wednesday. I worked about 7 hours and it was a pretty easy day. I was introduced to everyone within the Girl Scout Cactus Pine Council that was available, then settled into my work routine by making my first call to introduce myself and also to touch base with someone that I will be working with in a couple months on a program called Baby Camp. This is a weekend planned in Prescott for teenage mothers, where they learn parenting skills and also gain some personal insight and strength, through workshops, lectures, hikes and ropes courses. I am told it is a rather intense experience but I am excited to take part in its planning and coordination. After lunch, I responded to journals. This is a pen pal type activity where the girls in our Tuesday night program are able to express themselves to us and tell us what is going on in their lives and are able to ask any questions about the activities and presentation that they participated in the previous night's program and also any general concerns they may have. This was quite eye opening and left me wondering for a while if I could truly handle this type of work. It will be a lot more difficult than I initially expected. However, I intend to take it day by day and put my best foot forward. Later, I began planning for next Saturday's program with our youngest group of girl scouts. So far, I intend to start off with an ice breaker, "Human Bingo" to get the girls better aquainted with each other and then follow that with a cultural craft activity, though I'm not sure how I am going to put that together quite yet. I met them a couple weeks ago and they are really sweet. I am really looking forward to seeing my first program get under way. I hope that it is a success. On Thurday, I went into work for a two hours but only did inventory for Baby Camp and a bit of office work. Program this Saturday was cancelled because of the holiday. I'm very excited to begin my work week on Tuesday.