Met with various agency representatives and discussed policies. Toured various historical sites and government buildings to learn about the North Carolina State government. Additionally, networked with various officials and peers.

Worked with local SECU locations to coordinate pick-ups for school supply drive. Contacted the local school district to coordinate a drop-off time for the supplies. Eventually, after lackluster collections from the SECU branches, I collaborated with a local church to drop off school supplies as a great way to end the week. To do so, I reached out to various contacts in hopes of having a successful drive for Union County.

I made sure to share news of the drop off with the local Instagram to promote on social media, and I hoped to share the news of the local supply drive.

Delivered school supplies to the local middle school, Porter Ridge Middle School, and helped distribute them inside. Collected these materials after the SECU misplaced some of them, and helped lead initiative for more school supplies. From this, I was able to bring a second round of donations to the school district that involved over 500 individual school supply items. For this activity, I worked to collect these supplies from local SECU's and a contact I have from a local church.

Throughout this experience, it was interesting to troubleshoot and adapt to a changing environment. I took this role on and hoped there would be an abundance of materials, and there were not. I struggled to find materials between one branch collecting 0 and another giving my supplies to someone else. Truthfully, it required much adapting and using my knowledge and contacts in attempt to make this collection drive meaningful for the community. Overall, it was a success and I hope to have many more projects like this.