{"id":17399,"date":"2021-05-18T09:00:25","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T13:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=17399"},"modified":"2021-05-05T11:28:17","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T15:28:17","slug":"my-vegetarian-resource-group-internship-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2021\/05\/18\/my-vegetarian-resource-group-internship-4\/","title":{"rendered":"My Vegetarian Resource Group Internship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By Amy Burger<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I feel lucky to have been able to work as an intern for The\nVegetarian Resource Group during the Spring 2021 semester. I hoped to do an\ninternship as part of my Master of Arts in English, but due to the pandemic, my\nschool\u2019s listed opportunities were much more limited than usual, and often\nrequired hours that wouldn\u2019t work for my schedule, since I have a full-time\njob. As a result of these factors, finding an internship placement seemed like\na challenge, but as it turns out, the answer was closer than I\u2019d imagined. Over\nthe previous several months, I\u2019ve been receiving copies of Vegetarian\nJournal<\/em> as a perk of my membership with The VRG. Many of the issues\nfeatured interns writing about their work with the group, and recent such\ncolumns indicated that a remote internship might be possible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Fortunately, it\nwas. I was able to work remotely from my home office, writing articles,\nlearning about layout and copyediting, and getting a better understanding of\nthe nonprofit world. Not only did the internship represent an opportunity to\nwork with an organization whose mission I care about, and to learn hands-on, it\nalso allowed me to further develop skills I\u2019d learned in my classes, through\ntaking a grant-writing workshop and writing several pieces, from restaurant\nguide listings to articles for the VRG.org blog and for Vegetarian Journal<\/em>.\nThe tastiest parts of this experience were when I got to write a review of a\nlocal restaurant, try fishless tuna for a Veggie Bits review, and sample\nrecipes from Vegan Boards<\/em>, a new cookbook I had the chance to review. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

     The internship\nlasted for fourteen weeks, and for the last few of these, I focused on two more\nin-depth projects related to The VRG\u2019s upcoming 40th<\/sup> anniversary in\n2022: an article about former scholarship winners, and one about former\nvolunteers and employees. These projects required a lot of legwork, in terms of\ntracking down current contact information and getting in touch with people to\nget answers to my questions for the articles, and then putting everything\ntogether. While writing them was somewhat challenging, it was ultimately very\nrewarding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     In communicating\nwith individuals who\u2019d worked at some point with The VRG in some capacity, I\nwas impressed by the universal esteem for the organization. People told me how\nmuch they loved The VRG, respected its work, and thought fondly of it. One\nfrequent comment was of appreciation for The VRG\u2019s grounding in science. The\nevidence-based ethos of the organization has been part of its identity from the\nbeginning and has contributed to its reputation as a trustworthy resource\ntoday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

     As an intern, I\ncan also say that The VRG is an incredibly supportive organization to work for.\nI, and other previous interns, appreciate that the coordinators allow each\nindividual to pursue their own interests through their work, and connect them\nto opportunities related to these interests. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

     While my\ninternship is ending and graduation is finally in sight, my involvement with\nThe VRG is just beginning. I plan to continue volunteering by writing articles\nand helping with projects, and maybe someday soon I will be able to visit Baltimore and thank them\nin person. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information about interning with The Vegetarian\nResource Group, see vrg.org\/student\/index.php<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To support The Vegetarian Resource Group internships, donate\nat vrg.org\/donate<\/a>  \n\nOr join at vrg.org\/member\/cabdacae.php<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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