3. Mission Statement
Background
American Diabetes Association is
aimed at helping people whose
lives are affected by diabetes.
Our mission is to prevent and
cure diabetes and to improve
They host events such as Step
the lives of all people affected Out and Tour de Cure in order to
by diabetes. raise funds to support research for
We lead the fight against the
deadly consequences of a cure. The organization was
diabetes and fight for those founded in 1940 by 28 physicians,
affected—by diabetes.
less than 20 years after the
We fund research to prevent, discovery of insulin.
cure and manage diabetes.
We deliver services to
hundreds of communities.
We provide objective and
credible information.
We give voice to those denied
their rights because of
diabetes.
4. Job
Tasks Prepared and packaged boxes
of T-shirts for each team of the
Step-Out event.
Input data for check donations
using MS Excel.
Employees
Completed a database of
Funeral Homes located in
Rhode Island using MS Excel.
Lana Penn
Salome Tomar Research a company to hire
Rachael Feinberg temporary employees for labor
Corey Avery work.
5. A fundraising event for the research to
find a cure for diabetes. People walk in
teams that can be named after their
company or who they are sponsoring.
The more creative, the better!
Red Striders
Team Champions
6. Problems
1. Phone menu
• Unorganized
• Hard to follow
• Misdirected transfers
2. Finding temporary employees
• No directory
• No previously used
company
• No knowledge where to
start
7. Solution
s
1. Phone menu
• Update the system
• Make menu more user-friendly
• Fix transfer issues
2. Finding temporary employees
• Fill pre-hire worksheet
• Refer to directory of Labor
Ready offices sheet
• Have a specific file for
temporary work needed for
future reference
9. A Part Rose Floody was one of the
of Me founders for the Rhode Island
chapter in the basement of her
home.
She worked for the company as
Executive Secretary for more than
30 years.
The RI chapter was founded
because of my aunt Kathy. She
was diagnosed with diabetes type
1 when she was just 10 years old.
Rose passed away one hour after
I arrived home from my first day of
volunteer work on October 18,
2012.
10. Works Cited
American Diabetes
Association,
http://diabetes.org/
Lana Penn, (617) 482-4580
Labor Ready,
http://laborready.com/
(508) 879-0533
11. Conclusio Overall, I was very pleased with
ns my experience. It gave me a more
in-depth view of what my
grandmother went through every
day while working for this
company. The staff was extremely
friendly and it has inspired me to
try and open my own organization
or company in the future. I would
recommend this non-profit
organization to anyone who is
looking for volunteer work or in
need of some extra office
experience. Through this, I have
gained more confidence in my
ability to get any task completed
without fear of not doing well.
12. Contact
Informatio
n Lana Penn, Specialist, New England
10 Speen Street, 2nd Floor
Framingham, MA 01701
Phone: (617) 482-4580 Ext. 3465
Fax: (508) 626-4260
LPenn@diabetes.org
