{"id":16590,"date":"2020-12-15T09:00:16","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T14:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=16590"},"modified":"2020-12-01T11:15:08","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T16:15:08","slug":"report-on-my-vrg-internship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2020\/12\/15\/report-on-my-vrg-internship\/","title":{"rendered":"Report on My VRG Internship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By Julia Stanitski,\nVRG Intern<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My internship at The\nVegetarian Resource Group was incredible. I originally reached out to VRG\nbecause I have been so interested in veganism and health promotion. I had heard\nof VRG before, but never really knew much about the organization. After talking\nwith Charles Stahler, who I was in contact with about the experience, I knew I\nwould love the activities it would entail. I began the internship in early\nSeptember, and continued until December, learning a lot along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     I began the internship by assisting with\nthe restaurant guide on the VRG website. Debra sent me general information on\nhow to complete summaries\/write-ups for new vegan restaurants that popped up\nacross the USA and Canada. This was so fun for me, as I got to view and learn\nabout new places opening up. It was great to see what types of vegan food and\ncuisine are available nowadays! I also got to review a Delaware vegan\nrestaurant for the VRG E-mail Newsletter. This was awesome! My friends and I\nwent to Daily Veg, a 100% vegan restaurant in Newark, Delaware, to try a\nvariety of their offerings. I had never written a food review before, but it\nwas fun getting to taste the foods, take photographs, and write about it\nafterwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Next, I created a blog post about vegan\nsnacks for dancers. This was very personal to me as I have danced for my entire\nlife. Since I have only been vegan for around three years, my eating habits\nhave definitely changed throughout my life. I really got to think about the\nbest snacks for athletes and dancers, in particular, which I really enjoyed.\nThe second blog post I wrote was about vegan food available at my college. I\nloved doing this, because there are tons of vegan options at the University of\nDelaware! I really got to explain how I was able to find vegan food and I did\nnot go hungry during the day because of my dietary restrictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     The third blog post I wrote was about\nfavorite vegan foods of various college interns. I was able to connect with the\nother interns at VRG and ask them what vegan foods they enjoy at their own\nschools. If the interns were in high school, I asked them what foods they would\nlike to see at the future college they attend. I loved this because I got to\nemail with people all around the country that are similar in age to me, and learn\nabout where they went to school and what they like. After this, I finally wrote\na post regarding Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) regarding parents, teens,\nand veganism. This was my favorite blog post I got to write. It hit home to me\nbecause I started going vegan when I was 17\/18-years-old. As my parents are not\nvegan or vegetarian, it was difficult changing my way of life and how I ate\nwhen I was at home with them. I had to explain a lot about veganism to them,\nand have a ton of confidence in myself regarding my decisions. I think this FAQ\nwill be very helpful for teens that either are vegan, or are thinking about\ngoing vegan in the near future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Next, I got to help another VRG intern\nthat goes to Loyola University with one of her projects. I really liked this\nbecause I got to see what the types of projects were that she was working on. I\nassisted her on a specific project by sharing my opinions on commercials &\nadvertisements of vegan products. She then put my opinion and the opinions of\nother interns into a big blog post for the website. It was great!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     One of the most valuable things I got to\ndo in this internship was make a list of companies and positions that\ninterested me for future jobs. For each, I put their requirements, links to\ntheir applications, and the general gist of the employment opportunity. This\nreally got me thinking about types of jobs I could see myself working in in the\nfuture. Especially since I am unsure of the specific job I want, it was great\nto see the options out there and what I would actually like doing after reading\ntheir descriptions. I am now able to keep this and look back on it throughout\nmy senior year of college while I begin to search for jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Lastly, I was able to review two vegan\nfood products. These were GoodPops (organic freezer pops made from juice) and\nsoy filets. These were fun because I got to taste two different products I had\nnever purchased before on my own. I enjoyed writing a little blurb about the\npositives of each and where to find them at stores. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Overall, this internship experience was\ngreat for me. I really learned a lot about veganism in the real world, how\ncompanies have been promoting the lifestyle, and how much vegan-related media\nand products have grown in the past few years! I loved working with VRG and\nwant to continue to stay connected with vegan health promotion and media. I\nwould definitely recommend this internship to any high school or college\nstudent interested in vegetarianism, veganism, or just a healthier lifestyle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For information about\nVRG internships, see https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/student\/index.php<\/a>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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