Virginia Amateur Sports, Inc, TLL C Sth Street, NE Roanoke, Virginia 24016 FAX (540) 343-7407 INSPIRING WELLNESS & COMPETITION www.commonwealthgames.org sponsors —_ | March 29, 2016 Liery Ustesity | Ms. Helen Fallon, PRESENTING | [tis an honor and privilege to write this letter of recommendation for Nicole Gysttyeituy | Himpele. Nicole worked as my intern for Virginia Amateur Sports during the ‘Blue Eagle Credit Union | Summer of 2014. Virginia Amateur Sports is a 501 (c-3) non-profit organization Glas ociueg | baSed in Roanoke, Virginia with a charge to organize the State Games of Vi paper known as the Virginia Commonwealth Games. Known as Virginia’s Olympics, the Commonwealth Games is a three day, multi-location event with over 60 PREMIERE sports, 10,000 athletes, and a $3 million dollar impact of the local economy. coLpmepaL | Nicole was a pleasure to work with and an outstanding member of our team. She BW Technologies | communicated well with the staff and went above and beyond on each task she Powe was assigned. Nicole was key in the coordination of our Social Media efforts VuSL. during Opening Ceremonies by organizing and facilitating the addition live tweet siver separ, |28bect which resulted in us trending nationally. Nicole was also responsible for Complete Smal Busines Soktion CFeating and updating the PowerPoint Presentation for our VIP Reception/Sponsor Grand Fiome Fumishings | Dinner and running the presentation the night of the event. Nicole demonstrated ‘Sherwood Memorial Park | strong leadership as she directed fellow interns on several projects. She was BRONZE MEDAL | trusted to assist with additional projects including athlete and team check — in/roster verification, the processing of payments for our annual silent auction, Fihoe ei Sigies [amd compiling of results data for the spreadsheet that is sent to the National Hargrave Military Academy | Congress of State Games with medalists from each competition. Home Magazine Lychee eniy Mix | We had a number of interns working for us, however Nicole stood out among her Lynchburg Region Ait | peers due to her commitment to detail and dedication to “get it right” for everyone McDonald’ involved. Her hard working attitude, ability to interact always on a positive note, Sponges always asking if there was anything else she could assist with and willingness to take on more responsibility was respected by everyone on our team. She has a PARTNER ion for people and y that is absolutely contagious. ronanaTARTNER, | Passion for people and an energy that is absolutely contagious, Chica Profesional Tarapies | [highly recommend Nicole for the graduate assistant position, She is a team Vigna ourim Coperation | player and would be an asset to the Honors Program. Please feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions. Sincerely, €. Waldron _D Charity E. Waldron Director of Operations & Media VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH GAMES ph Sanctioned by the National Congress of State Games and recognized by the United States Olympic Committee