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This is a little late but I will give you guys a quick run down the past week. At work, I was able to play around with the media computer and come up with a first draft of the physical copy of data that I am creating. Its actually been pretty refreshing working with Adobe […]

After a lot of reading I was left with A LOT of information about smoking tobacco. My next task was to compile a powerpoint presentation that summed up what I learned. A few interesting facts I learned are: “There are approximately 600 ingredients in cigarettes. When burned, they create more than 4,000 chemicals. At least 50 of

  Much to my surprise the focus of this week was not smoking at all but rather HIV/AIDS. I had the opportunity not only to work on my tobacco project but also to assist in a 2 day workshop for women 50+ about substance use and HIV/AIDS. Many people, like myself assume that people of

One part of a Community Food Security Assessment is typically a household survey, which often means hitting the streets and going door to door. Lucky for this intern, GHOPE called in backup. Genesis Lutheran Church (which GenesisHOPE is part of) occasionally holds “community walks”, in which members of the congregation knock on the doors of

Week two with CPPC was productive.  We met with the Blue Ribbon Panel (BRP).  The BRP  is a group of professionals in various areas from the Department of Natural Resources to a retired UM professor.  The purpose of this panel is to help select sustainable conservational researched ideas for Chandler Park Conservation Campus.  In this meeting CPPC presented researched

This week has been so meaningful!  I was able to get my hands dirty doing different kinds of gardening work.  I helped out with the weeding, plucking grasses and other weeds out of the permaculture landscape.  I was also able to harvest.  As an organization, we harvested almost 20 pounds of fresh vegetables, and we

Week two I decided to call the convenient stores Fresh Corner Cafe has their products in. I knew it was going to be challenging, but not irritating. People can be extremely rude at times without any cause. I called one store; they kept passing the phone to different people. Each time I had to re-explain

The project I’m working on is Chandler Park Promise Coalition (CPPC) which is a group of people and organizations whose goals are to restore Chandler Park. The purpose of my research is to find conservational ideas that would be considered and possibly implemented in the Chandler Park project . Conservation is the act of conserving,