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development coordinator

American Lung Association

This was my first internship and I loved it. Even though the internship was unpaid, it prepared me for future positions as well because I had to dress professionally, answer phones, and prepare for future positions in a business environment. In the interview, I was surprised that I got the opportunity to work as an intern because I was so used to getting denied from other positions that I didn't know what to make of this one when it came up. The stair climbing events were always a success and despite the months it would take to prepare for them, The American Lung Association reached their goal each time and to be role models to families and communities, it says a lot because sometimes we take asthma and lung cancer for granted because maybe personally, we may not be diagnosed, but we have a friend or a family member who is diagnosed and each time I donate or volunteer to the American Lung Association, I think about this. There was no better first internship I could have had and I thank them for everything!

I learned a lot about the non-profit aspect of the health care industry.  I learned so much about the lung association and what they goals and missions are.  I completely support them and everything that they stand for.  While my internship lasted only a semester, I see myself volunteering with them in my future to give back to my community.  My co-workers were great and I learned off of them.  We all got along really well, and were able to work well together.  The hardest part of the job was calling people, asking them to sponsor us.  No one wants to harass people, begging for money, so that was definitely hard to do every day, especially when many people didn't respond positively.  The best part, however, was working the Cars for the Cure event.  While it was a very long day of work, seeing so many people that are impacted and all of our hard work come together was very rewarding.  

Implemented various health related programs within the Community.
Directed Asthma Camps for over 7 years. Managed and trained staff, work-study students and volunteers to run programs within the community. Facilitated various clubs, camps and coalition meetings.
Worked in development managing  fundraising events, gathering sponsors and worked with media. Involved in advocacy in changing policies locally and statewide. Work proficiently with Data Track inputting information into our data base. Responsible for researching and writing grants for local programs. I supervised over 15 direct reports and volunteers.  Facilitated and directed many clubs within the community.

A typical day is nonstop work with little support. Fundraising is completely disconnected from the mission. They advertise that 90% goes “directly to the mission,” but that number is misleading. Donations don’t stay local or support the programs they claim. They mostly fund research grants and executive salaries. Mission staff have to secure their own grants just to cover their salaries, or they lose their jobs. Meanwhile, executives are grossly overpaid while frontline workers make a pittance. Management piles on responsibility without fair pay, resources, or honesty. The hardest part is watching the organization lie to donors and exploit staff while pretending to serve the community. The only enjoyable part is working with the people we’re supposed to be helping, even though the organization itself makes that harder.

Educational, friendly, and immense job satisfaction.  I learned a great deal about air quality. for example, fuels that are polluting to farmland burning.  Coping with Cardio Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Asthma.became very important to me.   I was in charge of holding monthly meetings with  highly qualified speakers to assist these wonderful human beings with as much information as possible to help make their lives more comfortable.

I also assisted in running a camp for Asthmatic children.  One week every  summer these children would go to this special camp where all their needs were met considering their condition.  It was a true joy.

Supported executive director, preparation of expense reports, special projects and other general administrative tasks. Assisted in the development of organizational marketing  and collateral that was targeted to the latino community. Collaborated with development team to secure in-kind gifts and donatons for speacial events. Responded to donors inquiries and special request. Managed organizational database to ensure donor contact information was current and accurate. Oriented, trained, and supervised interns and volunteers. Served as acting liaison between regional office and state office.

Day to day, I loved my job with the American Lung Association. Unfortunately, the regional CEO is just biding his time until he retires. While he says he's not a micromanager, his management style goes deeper than that. He does not support his managers, he insinuates that certain positions are on the line, and he takes no action when his managers go to him for support and advice.  High turnover is a big issue, which impacts the organization's reputation in the community. The organization's mission is great, but they will continue to experience high turnover without strong upper management in place.

A typical day at work would include working with families, while educating them on the different issues of asthma. This day included establishing rapports with other professionals and providing information that would better assist them in providing the information to their patients. The things that I learned included, but was not limited to: developing programs, connecting with other agencies to provide outreach, and other dutes such as assisting in grantwriting for program.

Was very disappointed with the local management which is unfortunate because nationally the organization is having a proud impact on lives. The executive development people are all real sketch and cliquish and these executives don’t include everyone and have really antiquated ideas/preconceived notions of  today’s diverse workforce. They are also floundering in their digital media approach to fundraising but they are too arrogant to make any changes

I was proud to say I worked at this company because of the mission. However, the office was unusually quiet and lacked energy. I also felt the pace was slow. And some of the management was terrible. The CEO was not involved and while the ED was nice, they did not address problems adequately with the poor managers. There was turnover due to poor management. Everyone there was committed to the mission.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Development manager 3 salaries reported	$50,167 per year
Health specialist 11 salaries reported	$47,505 per year
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Promotions coordinator 2 salaries reported	$46,750 per year
Development coordinator 1 salary reported	$44,750 per year

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