Wesley’s Senior Project

 To start the last couple of days of the senior project, I helped put stamps on the letter that Carly and Bonnie were preparing. I then continued to work on thank you letters and put a dent in the very long list of names. I got into a rhythm of writing and stamping until my wrist and hand started to hurt, and I messed while addressing an envelope and had to take a hand break. We did this till lunch and then went to try and finish the napkins. There weren't very many packets left, but we put some under the bench to make room for the table and space to sit on the bench. Once it was time to leave, I went to a cook-out with the baseball team, which was very fun. It was an excellent way to end the season. Now I am watching the Celtics game and took a break at halftime to write this. If they go down 3-1 in the series, they will probably lose, so they must win tonight. 10am-2:30 Total: 54 hrs 

  Wesley Koziol Kelly Griffin-Brown  Senior Project  22 May 2022 Weekly Blog  During my last week of the senior project, I was able to experience most aspects of what it takes to work in the Alumni Office. Whether it was emailing alumni for new contact information, sending thank you letters to donors, or planning important events like graduation and reunion. Building this type of experience was one of my goals, and I can confidently say that I achieved the goal. I also wanted to improve communication, which we practiced by sending thank you letters and emailing alumni. Although I did not get to talk to alumni on the phone or in person, I think I practiced outreach through email and ways to show appreciation.  Some new projects we started throughout this week were thank you letters, seating for senior dinner, emailing alumni, and things for senior families. We also learned about where donations go, specific contributions, and how Proctor fundraises for projects l...

 For my last Friday of Senior Project, we kicked it off by emailing alumni from the classes 2015 to 2020. We were emailing them because we did not have a non-Proctor email in the database. Some of them didn't have phone numbers either. It surprised the number of people who didn't have a non-Proctor email recorded because I'm sure I get emails from Proctor every now and then on my personal email. I am also curious how many of the alumni actually check their emails. Not just their Proctor email, but email in general. After lunch, we put another dent in the napkins, which was awesome. Then, we put on a clinic for the Andover baseball team for my last baseball practice. Adam Jones was the coach, and they brought around twelve kids over. I then sent out some more emails to alumni and checked my google survey. 9am-2:30pm 8pm-10pm Total: 50 hrs

 For today Bonnie gave us a presentation breaking down who donates, how they donate, and what the money is put toward. Something that stood out was that donors get to decide where their money goes. Some people want it put toward specific things like dorms, the art program, or activities while other donors allow Proctor to choose where the money goes. We also looked at a timeline of when things were built from the meeting house, the library, the athletics building, and even the newer projects like the dining hall and woods center. Next, we went and folded napkins which were nice after a lot of information. I couldn't tell you how many napkins we folded but I'm sure it was a lot. Later today I went to the play which was very fun to watch. 9am-2:30pm total: 43hrs

During today's work session, I wrote thank you letters pretty much. I told them where I was going to school and a highlight of my time at Proctor in my thank you letting I said thank you. Most of them were the same; however,  a few of the letters were different toward the end because I had messed up my rhythm and started the letter differently. I think I wrote around eight to twelve of them, which only created a small dent in the long list of names. After lunch, I went to my last baseball game, and we beat Brewster 9-5. It was a super cool way to end the season, and I will definitely miss playing with the team. Later that day, I also went through my google form and found that more people had filled it out with their college, a non-Proctor email, and a possible college address. I then put those things into a google sheet I have been working on. 9am-12pm 9pm-9:30pm total: 37hrs 30 min

 Today, we worked on a senior gift for senior dinner, which took around two hours. It was a very long process because we had to assemble each senior's gift. Next, we filled the missing field house chair names into a good sheet. After lunch, I ran home to grab Kate's guest locker room key because she wanted to fold napkins. Carly and I organized the senior gifts in alphabetical order and checked to ensure they were all there with Brooke. They filled three large boxes and one medium box. The activities we did today were very time-consuming and a little tedious. 9am-2:30pm total: 34 hrs