Rich and Jessica Prepare for OBB/HealthPath Events

As everyone knows, events don't just happen. Someone has to take time to coordinate them.

It starts with selecting a time, date and location before moving on to sending out invitations and then setting up for the actual event.

The following photos depict just a fraction of all the legwork that AmeriCorps*VISTAs Rich Field, Sara Mraz, Alesha Rademan and Jessica Burchard have done for this project.

[Left to Right] AmeriCorps*VISTA Rich Field and OASHF Regional Coordinator Meredith Hill set up the project for the PowerPoint Project at The Ohio Benefit Bank event in Darke County on ______. Submitted by Rich Field.

Rich, ever the gentleman and marketing superstar, went beyond just preparing for the event. He also made a point of greeting guests when they entered the banquet room as well as after they took their seats.





AmeriCorps*VISTA Rich Field explains the importance of everyone filling out the half-slip of information known as the Guest Information Slip to keep track of interest in OBB expansion. Submitted by Rich Field.

Meanwhile, AmeriCorps*VISTA Jessica Burchard spent countless hours preparing invitations and "thank you" letters to people across southeast Ohio from her desk at the Ohio Association of Second Harvest Foodbanks' main office in Columbus.



AmeriCorps*VISTA Jessica Burchard sent out hundreds of invitations for her 13th and final OBB/HealthPath event. It was in Millersburg, the seat of Holmes County, on Sept. 8. She mailed one-page invitations to the entire Chamber of Commerce list supplied by the partnering agency, The Love Center. Photo Credit: Jessica J. Burchard.

The size of the Holmes County Chamber of Commerce list made sending out the invitations a two-day job. When totaled, Jessica sent out more than 400 invitations to businesses, schools, individuals and media outlets.

Besides sending out documents for the events, Jessica also organized photos and documentation coming from other VISTAs.

This photo taken of AmeriCorps*VISTA Jessica Burchard's desk shows several photos that AmeriCorps*VISTA Rich Field mailed to her to be put on the blog and used for future reports on the OBB events. As you can see, they offer quite the display of Rich's event planning and marketing skills. Photo Credit: Jessica J. Burchard.