my resume as of 9.13.19

1. John D. Wikiera
1303 Hatch Road, Webster NY 14580
​ Cell Phone​:(585) 694-0115
Email​: jwikiera@ithaca.edu
Education:
● Mcquaid Jesuit High School | Rochester, NY
○ Diploma Received, 2016
● Ithaca College | Ithaca, NY
○ B.A. in Journalism candidate | Diploma expected 2020
Employment
● Genesee Rowing Club
○ Worked as a coxswain
■ Learn to Row program, taught people how to row
■ Competitive team, participated in Regattas
○ May 2017-Present
● Pittsford Central School District
○ Worked as a member of the grounds maintenance crew
■ Maintained and cared shrubs, trees, and lawns
■ Assisted teachers in packing and transporting classroom equipment
■ Applied mulch to elementary school playgrounds
○ May 2018-August 2018
● Party City
○ Worked as a sales associate
■ Maintained order of shelves and items
■ Aided customers and operated cash register
○ July 2016-August 2016
Internship:
● Rochester Institute of Technology Imaging Sciences Center Internship
○ Working in the Multidisciplinary Vision Lab
○ Conducted 3 different experiments involving eye-tracking
○ July - August 2015
Leadership:
● YMCA Council On National Affairs- New York state delegate
○ Discussed issues of national importance with other delegates from across the
country
○ June 27 2015 - July 2 2015, North Carolina
● Editor-in-Chief
○ YMCA Youth and Government
○ Manage the NY state press program and manage intrastate communication
○ March 2015-2016

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Volunteer / Community Service Experience:
Total Hours to date: 400
● RowForHope.net - benefit to fight cancer
○ Facebook/Twitter: McQRowForHope
○ Team of 7 high school juniors
○ Participated 2 years: Rowed 8 days, 340 miles, the entire length of the Erie Canal
across New York state; raised $77,000 for the American Cancer Society
○ Outreach to businesses, presentations to government officials
○ June 2014 & 2015
● AIDS Care Shop and Wrap:
○ Put together 200 packages each holiday season consisting of personal items and
other necessities for people living with HIV/AIDS which they cannot purchase on
disability benefits
○ December 2012, 2013, 2015
● Canal Clean Sweep
○ Responsible for picking up trash along the Erie Canal
○ April 2012, 2013, 2014
● Volunteering with cancer patients - Hope Lodge
○ Made a meal and visited with caregivers and people undergoing cancer treatments
● Relay for Life: #1 fundraising group, walk through the night
○ July 11-12 2015
School Activities:
● Coxswain, 6 years, McQuaid Jesuit Crew
○ Varsity team, 8th-12th grade
● New York State Youth and Government program
○ Member of Press Corps
○ Delagate to statewide events
○ 9th-12th grade
● Coxswain, 2 years, Ithaca College Crew
○ Novice team, Freshman-Sophomore year
Honors and Awards:
● NY State Senate and Assembly Joint Proclamation(s) briefed Representative Harry
Bronson
○ Row For Hope
■ Awarded June 24 2014
■ Awarded June 20 2015
● Outstanding Youth Volunteer Fundraiser group -
○ Association of Fundraising Professionals - Genesee Valley
● Row For Hope team 2015- Winners: National Philanthropy Day recognition; Featured in
Rochester Business Journal and at honoree luncheon at Rochester Convention Center
○ http://rbjdaily.com/article.asp?aID=217957​ // ​http://bit.ly/RowForHopeVideo