Club Whittier

Yesterday I attended my fourth week of volunteering at Club Whittier. This service group involves the students at Whittier Elementary School in Westerville. As I become more familiar with the kids and their likes and abilities, I am able to better understand them. Some of the kids like to act out. For example, one child always likes to disobey the leader, Lauren. Consequently, he always has to sit out of the game portion. I really enjoy getting to play games with kids at Club Whittier. We also incorporate educational values for the children. The month of October raises awareness for cancer. This week, the children drew posters to advertise buying a .25 cent ribbon to support cancer patients. Not only do the kids at Club Whittier benefit from the physical exercise they participate in, but they are learning to be an active member in the community and their school to raise awareness for issues like cancer. Looking back, I wish I had an after-school program like Club Whittier to participate in. It's a lot of fun for the kids and volunteers!

BAC of .021

Last week I attended an FYE event that allowed students to experience what it was like to be drunk without picking up the bottle or can. The Center for Student Involvement set up an activity in the Campus Center allowing students to test "beer goggles". The task was to put on the beer goggles and attempt to walk along a straight line taped on the floor. Following that impossible exercise, I had to throw bean bags into a corn-hole board, trying to make them in the hole. This did not go well. I was way off. The impairment alcohol brings about is very powerful. I could barely walk and see clearly. Following the activities I was handed a pamphlet describing the harmful effects of alcohol. I found this FYE event very informational. I am a visual learner so it was interesting to experience what it was like to be drunk. It is something that I didn't enjoy and made me nauseous. I'll never forget the effects of what alcohol can do to your body. So next time you pick up a beer can, remember the consequences your body will be faced with!

Relationships, Relationships, Relationships

This past week in our Women and Leadership course we had 4 guest speakers. Among them was Tammy Roberts Myers. Tammy is a VP External Communications for Limited Brands. She explained to our class how she worked at a different corporation for 19 years (a business that was mostly male-dominated) then switched to working at Limited Brands about 4 years ago. The major theme that she wanted to make clear to us was about relationships. She explained that without a good relationship with colleagues, work can become very stressful. It is important to earn your colleague's respect when working with them because if there ever is a problem, they will go along with your advice with a greater ease and respect towards your opinion. I thought Tammy's presentation was very relevant to our class. Women are naturally better at developing relationships than men. So I believe it was very important for all the women to hear this, and take pride in it. It is something that we can use to our advantage to become more successful. I thoroughly enjoyed Mrs. Roberts Myer's presentation and believe it was of great importance for our class to hear and think about.