Never fear! I am not quitting!
As I am stuck inside due to hurricane Sandy (I'm in NYC getting the worst of it but haven't been evacuated yet) I will post about a few things that have happened lately.
The first part of the post is about the Red Ball Gala.
So my internship at Right to Play has been mostly about planning the upcoming New York Pilot Program we are going to run in the Bronx (funnily enough that was supposed to start today but got post poned due to Frankenstorm Sandy). While I have been planning that, the other staff and interns have been planning this gala which is our biggest fundraiser. It's basically a big fancy benefit where lots of famous athletes come and lots of rich people donate money. It was a HUGE event and also a HUGE sucess, seeing as how we raised $1.5M. in the weeks preceding the event I helped out a lot and worked the event with the rest of the staff and it was a blast! We worked from 730am-midnight and it was exhausting but I got to network and meet famous athletes and other celebrities and the mayor and it was just so much fun. I can't post the pictures myself due to copyrighting but I can share a link to the facebook album <- for the organization (and while you're there click "like" for the organization!)
The second part of the post is about Halloween!
It seems that the actual day of Halloween will be disappointing due to the weather but thankfully we got to celebrate a little bit this past weekend with some friends in Hoboken. I have not spent much time in Hoboken before this but it is actually a very cute little town and I would not be opposed to moving there someday. For our cute couples costume this year, Pietro was the iPhone and I was Siri. It seemed to be a hit and we got a lot of compliments. Other costumes I saw at the even included flappers, a cowboy, Captain America, Buzz Lightyear and Woody, a warrior princess, three blind mice, Toucan Sam, a polar bear, Jesus, Beetlejuice, and rednecks. It was fun times
Here are some (cellphone) pics!
back of iPhone
Siri
^ This is what my shirt says ^
iPhone and Siri
Kelly and Jen (as Flappers)
Me with Kelly (one of my bridesmaids)
Toucan Sam arguing with a flapper :P
The view from Hoboken at night
