Goodbye Byron, Mike and Nate! You Will Be Missed!

As summer comes to a close, the staff of Humanitarian Service Project (HSP) slowly had to say goodbye to their valued summer interns as they head back to school for fall semester. Today the staff is saying farewell to not one, but three interns.  Michael Thurston, Nathan Rygh and Byron McGuire helped immensely in serving needy children and seniors living in the DuPage and Kane County area. They have demonstrated a vast amount of skills that will serve them well as they make their way into the professional world.

Nathan has worked as a Project Management intern for the summer. He spearheaded a new outreach program that gets local businesses involved with HSP’s Senior Citizen Project. He helped HSP reach out to over 100 local businesses in order to educate them about HSP’s mission. He has also helped to design communication plans to keep track of all of HSP’s outreach efforts.

Byron worked as a Grant Writing intern, but he was flexible throughout his internship and worked a plethora of tasks. He wrote grant proposals and researched potential grant funding sources for HSP. As well as his immediate responsibilities for his internship, Byron worked his creative muscles by posting content to HSP’s social media sites and producing videos to educate the public about HSP.

Michael was a General intern that worked on an abundance of tasks throughout his internship at HSP. He spent the majority of his time writing senior updates. These updates are used to send to potential and current sponsors for the senior citizens enrolled in the Senior Citizen Project. He also helped research potential sources for grant funding and supervised volunteer groups.

All three of these men have demonstrated a strong work ethic and have been invaluable to the HSP team. They will be thoroughly missed by everyone at HSP. We know they will excel with their future endeavors and everything that they put their minds to. Congratulations, guys on a job well done!