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How I'm Spending My Summer II

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The Borgen Project, or How I'm Spending My Summer

So the weather has been beautiful here in Fort Wayne this summer. Funds are kind of lean though, and that's nerve-wracking, but I think I met someone the other day who is going to have a huge impact on my life. Anyway, I'm an intern for The Borgen Project. I'm learning a little bit about search engine optimization and fundraising. I'm also creating content for the organization's blog and magazine. I'm spreading the word about my fundraising, and since my friend Heidi has more success on my blog than I do, I asked to write a guest post for her blog, and she kindly posted it. You can read it here: http://heidiswanderings.blogspot.com/2017/08/the-borgen-project.html I also have my very own fundraising page for The Borgen Project. You can check it out here: https://borgenproject.org/gloria-diaz/ I'm also sleeping late, tending a garden, working odd jobs, helping friends out, entertaining myself for cheap, creating art, losing weight and building a be...

Here's the Link!

I'm interning for The Borgen Project , and they set up my fundraising page. Here's the link: https://borgenproject.org/gloria-diaz/ The founder's story is pretty hardcore. After working with refugees in Kosovo, Clint Borgen wanted to do something about global poverty. After college, he worked on a fishing boat, and that's where he got the funding to launch The Borgen Project. It wasn't until 2014 that a generous donor enabled him to become a paid staffer. Up that that time, he worked on TBP 9-5, then worked nights as a server.

I'm Spending My Summer ...

interning for a couple of organizations. One of them is the borgenproject.org . I will also be doing fundraising for them. I'll post the link to my fundraising page as soon as they get it going. Donate enough money, and I will compose original music and lyrics for a rap song about your life. Or, I'll bake you some cookies.