Hey Everyone,
It’s me Adriana Boutte again, and now its about my 5th week interning for Groundwork San Diego. Things have been great, from the office  to the Green Team meetings , and even at the Framers Market.
Working in the office is really great. It gives me a feeling of professionalism. It’s also pretty exciting too because I have such great coworkers. Lately contacting businesses such as Sea World and the museums of Balboa Park has been my main focus. I’ve gotten replies back from certain places and each time I do it makes me feel like I’ve accomplished something. It makes me proud to l know that I am completing the tasks at hand. Sometimes the waiting and the constant automated replies can get annoying but its well worth the wait. Soon enough the Green Team should be able to attend a fundamental event at a great site. I will keep you all posted with the latest.
Working at Farmers Market is a new thing for us as well. The founder has privileged Groundwork with the opportunity to hold our own booth.We provide pamphlets of what Groundwork San Diego is all about and even information about our Green Team. Along with that we mainly just have a good time and help out Ms. Dianne whose in charge of the market. For the record the location has been changed from behind churches to on Market before the entry into the Jacob’s Center. Maybe if you have the time on a Friday you wouldn’t mind coming out and joining us. There’s lots of fruits and vegetables and even some Ethiopian food that is a major hit, come and support us, if you’re into farmers market you’ll have a ball.
The Green Team is coming along semi-well also. What are main focus is right now is to make the Green Team movement expand more. We don’t have nearly as much people as we’d like to have on the team. It would make our world a better place if more people started to care about our environment. In efforts to make it more widespread we’ve began making banners that will be visible to the community while driving by on the freeway. Some other things that our team does is teach about environmental issues along with some actual restoration work in the nearby watersheds of southeast San Diego. Those events usually take place on Saturday mornings, if anybody is ever interested we could always use a helping hand and the contact information is listed on our site to find out further details.
Overall I feel like I’ve been a very successful part of the crew and I’m glad I’m receiving the opportunity to work with such a great organization. These first few weeks have been great and I’m sure they will only get better.
Adriana Boutte
Intern