OC Intern Blog – Archive

I started out my internship with the plans of bettering my communication with the doctors, better teamwork skills, and professionalism. I was able to watch

Blog #3 My Community Commonwealth The commonwealth of a community is always present but seldom pondered.  It is the collective assets that are available to

By Kate Schieferecke My summer was full of fascinating people in a deeply interesting community. My community partners, K-State Research and Extension and LiveWell Finney

I Live in a small town called Canyon but I also live close to a bigger town called Amarillo. I grew up in Amarillo so

As a part of my Ogallala Commons internship volunteer hours, I had the privilege to help out at the Covenant Hospital in Plainview, Texas. At

For my community service project, I wanted to help out the city of Amarillo by helping the Habitat for Humanity project. Turns out, there is

Just a year ago, with school ending and summer opening up more time, my brother and I decided that we wanted to complete some volunteer

With my first internship experience with Ogallala Commons coming to a close, I wanted to take some time to reflect on all that has happened

Having spent my entire childhood and adolescence in a sweet little town on the northeast side of the Texas Panhandle named Pampa, I feel fairly

For my volunteer work, I handed out backpacks filled with school supplies for Garden City’s “Stuff the Bus” program and I cleaned up at the

I had the opportunity to learn so much during my internship with Ogallala Commons, including what a Commonwealth is. A commonwealth is a group of

I recently had the best Community Service experience ever! I was able to go to Camp Amache near Granada Colorado, and volunteer as an archeologist