As an intern, my job encompasses a variety of tasks. However, any task passed down to me from my director always take priority. In this case, he delegated a very fun one. In order to build a good working relationship with our contractors out at the Water Reclamation Facility, our department hosted a thank you luncheon for all the workers involved with the expansion of our plant.
I always enjoy planning events so this was easy for me. I had to get tables, chairs, tents, food, drinks, plates, cups, utensils, napkins, etc. I priced everything out and realized that it would be expensive to have a third party take care of the tables, chairs, and tents. I wasn't given much of a budget so I had to get creative. I contacted our Parks & Recreation department to find out if they had tables, chairs, and tents. They did and I was able to borrow those things for the day. In addition, I submitted a request for our Facilities department to help set-up and break down the event. Luckily, I was able to save our department money.
Anytime, we host an event that entails food we like to keep it local and use Avondale businesses for catering. My director was thinking BBQ. So, my job was to find a place in Avondale that had good BBQ. I contacted economic development to get a list of restaurants in the area and found that we had a BBQ place that specialized in Kansas City style BBQ. I then invited my director and the assistant to have lunch at the restaurant. I figured if they approved we could place our order. The food turned out to be very good and the owner was very pleasant to work with on the day of the event. We got a really good deal and those that attended the luncheon enjoyed the food.
All around it was a win-win situation because PCL (contractor) appreciated our gesture, we pulled off an event with minimal cost, and we gave Appetite's BBQ & Catering exposure.
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