OC Intern Blog – Archive

When I first started thinking about my volunteer hours for this internship, I struggled with finding what I would do. While service was always an

I recently finished up my second internship with Ogallala Commons. This summer I was able to work with the healthcare system in Dimmitt, Texas at

It was a great summer to be a Ogallala Commons intern, I learned so much from my community, mentors, and experiences throughout the internship. From

I did post my community service blog but it was on the old web site so I am going off memory at this point and

During my internship with First Nations Development Institute I was able to learn a lot more in my time here than I had in any

There were several projects planned out that I was supposed to be involved in through PMC this summer; such as the health clinic fair, the

By Megan England Dawn Hampton is a Great Plains girl, and has been for most of her life. A resident of Atwood, Kansas, Dawn, an

By Shelby Thibodeaux OC’s outreach territory covers most of 8 Great Plains states…it’s like a country within a country!  I had the privilege of traveling from

By Darryl Birkenfeld, Ph.D. Nearly 10 years ago, Ogallala Commons conducted its first Youth Engagement Day (YED) in Atwood, KS (October, 2006). Since that beginning, we

This summer I was fortunate to be able to volunteer with my mentor Guadalupe Avecedo at First United Methodist Church in Canyon! I was a