During the week I maintain the lounge by sweeping, sanitizing, and scooping litter boxes while keeping the cats entertained. I also cleaned litter boxes and kennels. One of the cats had to get surgery so I helped keep her clean and comfortable (she’s fully healed now). If needed I replaced toys. They’ve gotten a lot of new cats so helping them socialize was also a priority.
For my last two weeks, I am at the rabbit house. So far I have been helping clean out cages, clean litter boxes, replace water bowls and refill water, feed, socialize, and cut up carrots for treats. In the afternoons I am helping by organizing and preparing treat bags for the store and folding cage pads.
For the 5th week, I spent a lot of time going on ride alongs and following around a weightlifting coach.
On the rude alongs, I really got to see first hand why being a police officer could be really difficult. 90 percent of their calls are completely unnecessary and their presence is not needed. You really get a feel for how dumb and stupid people can be.
With the officer, he would pull people over and right away people started making things up. Or you could ask them any question and some how theres a 30 minute back story to it. Too many excuses.
Being with the coach, I really got to thinking about my major- and i believe a change will be made. I realized I love helping others over come their fears, and physically teaching them how to do what is assigned. I really enjoyed learning all about qualifying totals and how they are estimated.
This week, I continued helping the tournament team with sponsor outreach. We’re focusing on industries like finance, banking, insurance, and construction, which could be a good fit for supporting the event. On Tuesday, I worked on building a cold call list by researching and collecting contact information for people who are on the boards of companies that have sponsored the tournament in past years. The idea is to reconnect with them and ask if they’d be interested in donating or sponsoring again this year. It was interesting to see how much thought goes into finding the right people to contact and how important past relationships are in the sales process.
Later that day, I had the chance to go out on the golf course with Alonzo, who works on the sales team. We went to practice facilities at the country club, and he shared some tips about networking and building trust with clients in a relaxed setting like a golf outing. It was a fun experience and gave me a better understanding of how business relationships are built in more informal environments.
On Wednesday, I listened in on a couple of meetings with the PGA. One of the main topics was how to come up with creative ways to get companies interested in sponsoring, and how to make sure clients feel valued throughout the process. There was a lot of great advice, and it helped me learn more about how professionals think through their sales strategies and build long-term partnerships.
On Thursday, I worked on more prospecting by continuing to look for possible sponsor leads. I also started organizing leftover merchandise from last year’s tournament. Since the title sponsor has changed, I’ve been updating the inventory in an Excel spreadsheet to make sure everything is accurate and matches the new branding. It’s been cool to see how even the small details like merchandise tracking play an important role in making the tournament run smoothly.
The stomach bug has been going around to many of kids so to keep each other safe, we all wore masks throughout the day. It was a bit of a shift from our usual routine, but the kids adjusted surprisingly well. Some of them even turned their masks into little fashion statements, proudly showing off cartoon characters or colorful patterns. It was a small reminder of how resilient and adaptable children can be—even when things feel a little uncertain.
To play it safe, we spent most of our time outside. The weather cooperated, thankfully, with a cool breeze and enough sunshine to keep the day feeling cheerful. We ran, we played games, and we told silly jokes that somehow got funnier every time. The fresh air and wide-open space made it easy for everyone to have fun while staying safe.
Besides that it has been a wondeful experience and Im excited for tomorrow!
This week I’ve been at HNS Sports Group, where I’ll be spending the rest of my time. I picked up where I left off—working on the member spreadsheet. After finishing it, I went over it with the team and got some helpful feedback on how I could make it better. I also got to see how they actually use the spreadsheet, which was cool. Basically, they go through it and assign different team members to the people they think have the best chance of making a deal.
On Wednesday, I sat in on a sales team meeting, which was mostly just a check-in to see how everyone was doing. Today, I’ve been working on prospecting for Columbia and Springfield. I’ve been focusing more on Columbia since there haven’t been many leads there, but I’ve had a lot more luck finding stuff in Springfield.
Later today at 4:00 PM, I have a meeting with Tim, who I’ve been working with a lot, and also with Good Good Golf—a YouTube golf channel that’s planning a tournament in Texas. HNS is going to manage the event, and it’ll be cool to be part of those early planning conversations.
Overall, it’s been a solid week, and I’m learning more each day about how the sports industry works behind the scenes.
This was the first week at the cat cafe. I helped open the lounge and maintain it throughout the day. I vacuumed and mopped the space in the morning along with disinfecting the surfaces. I also refilled food and water. During the day I occaisionally put toys away, swept, and entertained the cats in between guests. I also maintained the litter boxes. Sometimes I helped socialize the shy cats.
For Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday I shadowed an occupational therapist at Mercy hospital. I have been in trauma and surgery. On this floor patients are preparing for surgery or recovery from a traumatic accident. Examples of a traumatic accident are severe car accidents, being hit by a car, falling from a big hight, ect. Most patients in That I visited had broken backs, hips, or more than 5 different broken bones. Occupational Therapy is helping to redevelop the skills for things you do throughout your everyday life. For example eating, walking, brushing your teeth, showering, going to the bathroom and getting dressed. So far I have learned about how simple tasks like scrunching up a tissue can help redevelop muscle strength throughout your arm. I have also been learning a lot about devices used in order to help move patients who don’t have the ability to stand or walk by themselves. I have also learned a lot about charting and documenting the progress of a patient.
This week I shadowed a chiropractor and I shadowed an owner of a gym. Monday, Wednesday and Friday I spent time at the clinic and got to see some patients get worked on. This was very interesting because everyone had something different. Most of these seemed like very minor problems but from the patients feedback- this affected their whole daily life.
On Tuesday and Thursday, got to help with coaching and continued to learn alot about how important nutrition plays into the gym and lifts.
Being in the gym all day made me realize this is something I actually really enjoy, not just working out but also coaching and observing technical difficulties and also approaching an athelte and showing them by looking back at footage and overall being able to explain how they can get better and what they can work on.
This week, I am shadowing Mike Whittle, General Counsel for the St. Louis Cardinals. On the first day, he gave me a brief tour of Busch Stadium, where I had the opportunity to see both the stadium operations team and the security team in action. We then went to the office area, where he showed me around. I got to see the offices of the President of Baseball Operations, John Mozeliak, as well as the team owners.
It hasn’t been too busy so far, but I’ve been able to sit in on a few meetings. One was about a credit agreement with Bank of America, and another was a call with John Mozeliak discussing a new system being implemented to help players track their stats more effectively.
I’ve been learning a lot about the legal side of running a Major League Baseball organization. On Friday, the team returns home, and I’ve been told the schedule changes significantly when the team is in town, so I’m looking forward to observing how things operate on a game day.
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