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Posts under ‘On Being A Peon (Volunteer)’

At least nobody mentioned casserole

Jun 19th, 2008
by Chelsi.
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A couple of weeks ago my boss over at The Internship asked me if I’d be interested in doing any side projects that involved getting paid real cash money, and I pretty much spit out my coffee so I could say YES sooner. The job turned out to be a temp administrative position at a [...]

Adventures in Volunteering: The SFAC

Oct 23rd, 2007
by Chelsi.
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Earlier this month Gavin Newsom hosted an event at the SFAC, which is one of the places I hope to work one day. I had never done anything prior to the event to get my foot in the door with these people, so when I caught wind of it I stayed up into all hours [...]