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Grace McDonald

Week 8 (6/28/2021 – 7/4/2021)

Monday (6/28/2021): 9:30 – 2:30 pm; 3:30 – 8:30 pm; 10 hours

This morning, I began reviewing my weekly journal by rereading my content to make

sure to fix any typos. In addition to this, I contributed sources that I may have looked over when

creating the pages. On Canva, my weekly planner is 86 pages which includes an introductory

page and one week for each month. I plan to only adding 2 more pages after the introductory

page so I can include habit tracking that may be used weekly. For that reason, I began

customizing the pages and I used a graphic at the center of the human body so individuals can

mark the body parts that are most affected by arthritis each week. Along with this, I included a

chart where you can add up to 5 weekly habits of your own. Once you write down these habits,

you can check it off if you completed it on each day of the week. Then, you can write how many

times you achieved it along with your goal for the week. I plan on completing the habit tracking

portion of the weekly planner this week. After contributing to this part of my project, I began

communicating with Joyce who is one of the chairs for an upcoming fundraising event in

October. We planned on communicating on the phone last week, but our plans changed, and we

planned to talk on the phone tomorrow afternoon. She emailed me the spreadsheet with donors

that have given in previous years and she assignment the contacts that I will be communicating

with. I looked over these documents to familiarize myself with the content and resources

provided. I plan on contacting these organizations and businesses when I speak to her more about

my responsibilities and her recommended methods of reaching these places. After this, I used my

time on my excel sheet that I have been working on for most of my internship by making follow-

ups along with new contacts since I finished following up with my initial contacts.

Tuesday (6/29/2021): 9:30 – 5:30; 8 hours

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Today, I continued to work on the habit tracking for my weekly planner. I was able to

add a pain tracker, mood tracker, sleep log, water log, and spaces to write down a highlight,

lowlight, and what someone has learned this week. After almost finishing the habit tracking

pages, I communicated with Joyce via phone call to address questions I had about the upcoming

fundraiser. We reviewed the excel sheet and the recommended ways of communication. I will be

calling the businesses that were assigned to me and inform of their previous participation in our

fundraising. I will ask if they are willing to give again this year. A letter was already sent to these

businesses, so I am essentially following up with them. If they do not answer my phone call, I

will email them informing them of the opportunity to give to the Arthritis Foundation along with

letting them know that I will call the following week.

Wednesday (6/30/2021): 2:30 – 7:30pm; 5 hours

This afternoon, I finished the habit tracking components of the weekly planner along with

the introduction page. I contributed a section to be able to circle the physical activities that may

have been completed throughout the week. The activities I included were consistent with the tips

I provided for the weekly planner and the recommended activities for children with juvenile

arthritis. In addition to the activity log, I created a log for medications so each day can be

checked off to monitor the consistency of taking medications. After adding this component, I

adjusted the placement of the individual logs and trackers. This component was my favorite part

of the planner because I feel this will be a helpful tool for individuals with arthritis to monitor

overall health along with being able to show this information during doctor visits. Sometimes it

is difficult to assess how you feel mentally and physically without keeping track so I think

looking back on the tracking methods will be useful to manage arthritis.

Thursday (7/1/2021): 10:00 – 3:00 pm; 5 hours

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Today, I had my weekly meeting with Carrie Mapp and the other interns from 10:30 –

12:00 pm. We discussed our assignments that we have been working on throughout the week.

We decided on sharing a google doc with our email formats to assist eachother in reaching out to

organizations or individuals that may be able to help to distribute our INSIGHTS assessments.

After our meeting, I began looking over the excel sheet of previous donors that have given to

fundraising events and making phone calls. I was able to speak to a couple of the contacts

provided and leave voicemails. Once I informed the companies of our fundraising event in the

upcoming months, most of them asked me to email them with more information to continue

contact so I followed up with an email. I also left voicemails when phone calls were not

answered with my contact information.

Friday (7/2/2021): 7:30 – 12:30; 5 hours

This morning, I began contributing my email formats to the google document we are

sharing. Since, I am the owner of the excel sheet we have been listing our contacts on, Carrie

Mapp asked if I would share ownership with her so the information would not be lost after I

finished interning at the organization. I tried to look up resources to find a solution to this and

share ownership with her but have had a hard time trying to transfer ownership of the document.

I will need to inform her of this during our next weekly meeting and see if the other interns know

how to do this correctly. I made follow up emails for the Crystal Ball fundraiser and noted these

contacts on the excel sheet shared with me.

Saturday (7/3/2021): 11:30 – 4:30; 5 hours

Today, I decided to use the excel sheet I have been using primarily for my internship

experience to conduct more research on organizations or businesses that I may be able to contact.

Since it is a holiday weekend, I did not want to make contact yet and wait until most businesses
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are at normal operating hours. For that reason, I worked on this aspect for most of the day. This

week, I was able to see my items I have been working on like my weekly planner and habit

tracker finally come together. I was able to inform the Associate Director of it being completed

and she has easily accessed this on the Canva account for the Arthritis Foundation. Since it is

completed, this resource will be used in the next juvenile arthritis camp in the beginning of

August. I was also informed that they may be printed out and distributed at an in-person event

later this month.

Sunday (7/4/2021): 0 hours

No hours completed for today.

Total Weekly Hours: 38 Hours

Total Hours to Date: 315.5 Hours