Today marked the end of the first week of our senior project. Rebekah, Nora, and I have created a comfortable routine: depending on what time our mentor wants us to be at Esperanza, we switch off form working independently on our guidebook and working at Esperanza. We have been mostly working with Adria, Esperanza's Volunteer and Alumni Relations Coordinator, helping her organize a volunteer appreciation event, reaching out to past volunteers, and finding places of worship and businesses that could be a source of volunteers for the organization. Today, Nora worked on a a Prezi for the volunteer appreciation event and I researched places of worship to find volunteers and worked with Rebekah on calling past volunteers.
After working at Esperanza for four hours, we headed off on our own adventure to find material for our guidebook (for those that don't know, we are writing a guidebook geared towards Cleveland teenagers with a focus on the Cleveland Latino community). Luckily, our research collided with a delicious lunch at the West Side Market. Although the different names, foods, and pictures on the food stands hint at Cleveland's diversity, I feel that the smells- salty seafood, pungent cheeses, spicy gyro meat, and the unmistakeable yet indescribable aroma of sauerkraut- wafting throughout the throngs of people and up onto the balcony really encapsulate the multiculturalism of the city. I had the deliciously culturally mismatched pairing of curry chicken and strudel while Rebekah enjoyed a raspberry cheesecake cupcake and a hotdog and Nora had the nutritious lunch of a cupcake and hot chocolate.
Overall, it has been a great week. We've grown very familiar with Esperanza and all of the people there, and are having a fabulous time exploring the city and collecting material for our guidebook. I can't wait to see what the next two weeks have in store!
A view of the market from the balcony
After working at Esperanza for four hours, we headed off on our own adventure to find material for our guidebook (for those that don't know, we are writing a guidebook geared towards Cleveland teenagers with a focus on the Cleveland Latino community). Luckily, our research collided with a delicious lunch at the West Side Market. Although the different names, foods, and pictures on the food stands hint at Cleveland's diversity, I feel that the smells- salty seafood, pungent cheeses, spicy gyro meat, and the unmistakeable yet indescribable aroma of sauerkraut- wafting throughout the throngs of people and up onto the balcony really encapsulate the multiculturalism of the city. I had the deliciously culturally mismatched pairing of curry chicken and strudel while Rebekah enjoyed a raspberry cheesecake cupcake and a hotdog and Nora had the nutritious lunch of a cupcake and hot chocolate.
Overall, it has been a great week. We've grown very familiar with Esperanza and all of the people there, and are having a fabulous time exploring the city and collecting material for our guidebook. I can't wait to see what the next two weeks have in store!
A view of the market from the balcony
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