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To Whom It May Concern,
In the first year of my new position as the Special Events and Marketing Coordinator, “Diversity Day” was on my list for events. My first day of work was on November 27, 2012 and the event was scheduled for October 4, 2013. I had all year long to dread that day. As each event passed, I was closer to Diversity Day. Finally, my big July 4th event passed and it was time to really start planning for Diversity Day. Honestly, I had no idea where to start. After spinning my wheels for a couple of days, I came across a website. The website address was www.nationaldiversityday.com. It was there I began to feel a little better about where my event was headed. I connected with Julie K. Parvis and Terresa J. Long through that webiste. Little did I know but these two women would be my best friends for the next few months! I live in Texas, Julie was in Minnesota and Terresa was in Connecticut. It didn’t matter that these two women were miles away from me. It felt like they were right around the corner with their quick responses to phone calls, emails and even text messages. Diversity Day was something new to me but it was obvious after a few seconds of speaking to them that the diversity that exists here in our nation and the world was something that they were very passionate about. They were so happy that I contacted them and they were really excited and eager to lend a helping hand.
Before I knew it, I was receiving all kinds of ideas for Diversity Day themes as well as arts and crafts ideas and games to incorporate into my program. This all came from Julie. Right along with her emails I was receiving additional emails from Terresa. She was sending me all types of ideas for giveaways that I could give out to the people who came out to my event. I ended up ordering 200 purple drawstring bags that included the title of our program and our Parks and Recreation Department contact info. The 200 bags cost less than $400 and that included shipping! It was a great deal, it helped me stay within my budget and it will be good marketing for our department wherever those participants take their bags! Through the whole process of ordering the bags, Terresa was very good at responding and making revisions to the drawstring bags. I will definitely be using her in the future for my Diversity Day program.
Julie helped me with putting together the script that our mayor would use to facilitate the program. This is a very crucial part of our program. If the script gets messed up or isn’t up to par, it’s what everybody remembers, regardless of how well the rest of the program is put together. I was very thankful for her help with that.
As the event planning went along, I couldn’t believe that I was actually enjoying putting together this event. Just a few months earlier I was dreading this event and that seemed so silly to me. I was reaching out and making contact with all types of people and cultures that I never thought I would. Our program consisted of performances by people from the following countries: Korea, Mexico, India (2), Dubai, Germany, USA, Ghana, Nigeria, and Greece. We had an African American Speaker and several vendor booths that provided food samples from various cultures. The event saw an increase in numbers from the previous years and as I walked out of Community Centre after the event, it was amazing to me that less than 80 days before the event took place, I had no idea where to start. We received very good evaluation forms back from participants and all of our city council members had very nice things to say. I could not have pulled this off if it weren’t for the amazing help and direction that I received from Julie and Terresa. I look forward to working with them in the future and I strongly recommend reaching out to them for help if you find yourself in my shoes.
Adam Richter, Texas
To Whom It May Concern,
In the first year of my new position as the Special Events and Marketing Coordinator, “Diversity Day” was on my list for events. My first day of work was on November 27, 2012 and the event was scheduled for October 4, 2013. I had all year long to dread that day. As each event passed, I was closer to Diversity Day. Finally, my big July 4th event passed and it was time to really start planning for Diversity Day. Honestly, I had no idea where to start. After spinning my wheels for a couple of days, I came across a website. The website address was www.nationaldiversityday.com. It was there I began to feel a little better about where my event was headed. I connected with Julie K. Parvis and Terresa J. Long through that webiste. Little did I know but these two women would be my best friends for the next few months! I live in Texas, Julie was in Minnesota and Terresa was in Connecticut. It didn’t matter that these two women were miles away from me. It felt like they were right around the corner with their quick responses to phone calls, emails and even text messages. Diversity Day was something new to me but it was obvious after a few seconds of speaking to them that the diversity that exists here in our nation and the world was something that they were very passionate about. They were so happy that I contacted them and they were really excited and eager to lend a helping hand.
Before I knew it, I was receiving all kinds of ideas for Diversity Day themes as well as arts and crafts ideas and games to incorporate into my program. This all came from Julie. Right along with her emails I was receiving additional emails from Terresa. She was sending me all types of ideas for giveaways that I could give out to the people who came out to my event. I ended up ordering 200 purple drawstring bags that included the title of our program and our Parks and Recreation Department contact info. The 200 bags cost less than $400 and that included shipping! It was a great deal, it helped me stay within my budget and it will be good marketing for our department wherever those participants take their bags! Through the whole process of ordering the bags, Terresa was very good at responding and making revisions to the drawstring bags. I will definitely be using her in the future for my Diversity Day program.
Julie helped me with putting together the script that our mayor would use to facilitate the program. This is a very crucial part of our program. If the script gets messed up or isn’t up to par, it’s what everybody remembers, regardless of how well the rest of the program is put together. I was very thankful for her help with that.
As the event planning went along, I couldn’t believe that I was actually enjoying putting together this event. Just a few months earlier I was dreading this event and that seemed so silly to me. I was reaching out and making contact with all types of people and cultures that I never thought I would. Our program consisted of performances by people from the following countries: Korea, Mexico, India (2), Dubai, Germany, USA, Ghana, Nigeria, and Greece. We had an African American Speaker and several vendor booths that provided food samples from various cultures. The event saw an increase in numbers from the previous years and as I walked out of Community Centre after the event, it was amazing to me that less than 80 days before the event took place, I had no idea where to start. We received very good evaluation forms back from participants and all of our city council members had very nice things to say. I could not have pulled this off if it weren’t for the amazing help and direction that I received from Julie and Terresa. I look forward to working with them in the future and I strongly recommend reaching out to them for help if you find yourself in my shoes.
Adam Richter, Texas