Hello all!  I’d like to introduce myself. My name is Allie and I am My New Red Shoes’ newest high school intern!  About a year ago, I began to browse local nonprofits for causes that I felt passionate about and I kept revisiting My New Red Shoes’ website.  Their unique mission to aide homeless youth by providing new clothing and shoes to disadvantaged school-aged kids, combined with their efforts to encourage youth to educate their communities about the effects of homelessness through teen leadership programs, interested me more than most nonprofits in the Bay Area.  As soon as I had discovered My New Red Shoes online, I immediately emailed Youth Outreach and Education Manager, Becca Moos for more information on how I could get involved.  Unfortunately, I could not get involved as quickly as I wanted to due to several extracurricular conflicts I had at the time. However, when my school counselors assigned a senior internship project, I contacted Becca and she offered me the opportunity to join the office staff here at My New Red Shoes as a social media intern, writing weekly blog updates to help keep you informed on what’s going on at the organization. 
               I’m excited about being a social media intern so I can learn more about the marketing/business world.  Although I am currently a bit unsure as to what specific career I would like to pursue after college, I think I could do well in a business environment and I hope to form connections that will help me in the future. I figure the more I learn about social media, the more it will open doors for future job opportunities and lifelong friendships. I also plan on participating in My New Red Shoes’ teen leadership programs, so with the skills I acquire from my social media internship, I will know how to effectively communicate future volunteer projects.  I’m also very excited to learn more about the best practices for navigating the Web because I know that when you spread the word about an issue effectively, it can inspire amazing action. But most of all, I can’t wait to help My New Red Shoes expand to clothe 4,000 homeless Bay Area children next summer!

-- Allie