One door closes, another one opens!

It has finally come to the end of my Internship at Variety WA!

Completing my 20 day Public Relations internship has not only allowed me to apply the knowledge and skills I gained at University but has made me realise how lucky Western Australian families are to have such a supporting and helpful charity behind them.

Variety has given me an exclusive learning experience. I have worked alongside two hard-working, dedicated ladies that have allowed me to see first-hand how much hard work pays off.  Not only have I picked up a few of their work ethics, but I have gained valuable experience and knowledge from Katie who has had many years’ experience in Public Relations and Marketing. Interning at a Charity where marketing and fundraising are a combined department, with PR, I have had the opportunity to do work in several different areas, gaining new skills every day.

The final day of my internship I was asked to stay on a few days a week with pay and help with there upcoming events! I was stoked! my hard work during my internship has finally paid off. Even though I will be doing events, I have picked up so much experience for my Public Relations degree. 

 I feel fortunate enough to have been given this opportunity to be involved with Variety and work with such a hard working department.

Thank you Variety WA!!

Office Dilemmas at Variety WA!

At Variety they use children who have been helped by the Charity as ambassadors. These children go to events and show the community how Variety has helped them. This morning I had the task of calling one of the child ambassadors parents to ask if they would allow us to photograph their child for our upcoming newsletter. I called them and had no answer. Two hours later the father called back and left a message saying his wife has had a very bad stroke a few weeks ago and is still in hospital. I felt terrible!

Today I also got to witness how important communications are in a office environment. Their is third party fundraising event being held for Variety called ''Lama Las Vegas", at Lama Bar in Subiaco. The event is in two days and the main office contact staff for the event is off sick, and hasn't left much information for the other event staff to pick it up from where she left it. Another employee had to attend a meeting for the staff member that was sick but had no event plan/information to take! This dilemma shows how important it is to share communications because this can happen in an office any time and stresses out people who aren't involved in the event.

Today Variety accepted a check from McDonald's community cinemas for just over $90,000!
Next week is my last week, its going to be sad to leave such an amazing charity that helps thousands of children!