I recently became an intern for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society as their Light the Night Campaign intern. My interest in the organization was sparked when my grandfathers eight year bout with leukemia finally went into remission this past year, leading me to search for any organizations that I could work with in order to allow others that are struggling with a cancer to be just as lucky as my Grampy was.
In my search for this organization, I came across Sheri Kellner at a college career fair. Sheri is the director of the Light the Night Campaign at the Northern Ohio Chapter of LLS. I expressed an interest in her cause and a few months later received a surprise phone call as I was lounging in my pajamas over Christmas break. We played phone-tag for a while, and I was to the point where I was nearly convinced that the internship wouldn't work out. Luckily though, we caught up with each other and discussed an opportunity that she had for an internship. I met with Sheri and Amy Pausche, the Executive Director of the Northern Ohio Chapter on a Wednesday and heard back from them that Friday informing me that I had gotten the internship.
Beginning this Friday I will no longer be just a college student struggling to get her foot in the door, or a friend without a job, but I will be an intern with an organization whose mission I strongly believe in and whose cause will be a light in the night for millions across America who struggle to find the hope for survival.
