First Day at Cherry Hills Veterinary Hospital

Today was my first day volunteering with Doctor Leonard at Cherry Hill Vet Hospital. Today was surgery day, so I mostly observed. They had three patients who needed surgery, one of the vet techs said that they usually have around four. I also restocked…

End of my Second Week at MBG

For the last two days at the Missouri Botanical Garden, I spent some time doing some general stuff, and I got to visit and talk to the Audio/Visual department. They’re the people who operate all of the screens and support all of the events…

Danforth Follow Up

Really enjoying my time at Danforth! After spending time learning how to use the VR system I have crafted a user protocol explaining how to operate it. I have also helped with a few other task around the lab and am now preparing soil…

Last Day at Emmaus

Yesterday was my last day at Emmaus. I spent most of the day at Tiffany Court which was the home at which I spent the most time over the course of these two weeks. I really got to know the three guys at that…

Jefferson City – Advocacy Day

On Wednesday I went to the State Capitol in Jefferson City to advocate for Emmaus. I spent the day meeting one on one with senators, representatives, and legislators. It was really interesting but also very stressful. I have never been in such a politically…

Bye – Bye Birdies

Yesterday was my last day at the World Bird Sanctuary. I spent the whole day helping out in the bird hospital. It wasn’t very busy so I pretty much did most of the same things like laundry, cleaning cages, and helping with food prep….

Week Two at the Botanical Garden

For the first Day and a half, I shadowed some of the programmers, which meant that I was at a desk for the entire time. Near the end, there was some work that they let me do, which was mostly copy/paste work. Today, I…

Middle of Week Two

Yesterday, in the morning, I helped out in the bird hospital again. I did a lot of the same things I did last time like, observing feeding the birds, cleaning cages while the birds were being examined, laundry. I also washed the food bowls….

Danforth Internship

My time at Danforth has been amazing. My first day I was able to hit the ground running, working in the greenhouses, receiving my own security badge and navigating the center on my own. Primarily I’ve helped around the lab, while the rest of…

Day One of Week Two

Today I did more manual labor. I helped with taking out the trash and recycling, as well as helped my supervisor, Mike, clear trees that were cut along the road. At the end of the day I got to see the feeding of the…