{"id":1804,"date":"2025-08-22T10:40:41","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T17:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/?p=1804"},"modified":"2025-08-29T13:53:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T20:53:42","slug":"osu-extension-intern-closes-out-three-years-of-service-and-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/2025\/08\/22\/osu-extension-intern-closes-out-three-years-of-service-and-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"OSU Extension intern closes out three years of service and growth"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi, my name is Heidi Moran, and this summer I have been the Union County intern. This summer has
\nbeen busy with many incredible experiences. During my internship, I mainly worked with various 4-H
\nevents. Before this internship, I was always extremely involved in 4-H. I have enjoyed working for 4-H
\nand being able to see all the work that goes into running all of the events I used to participate in. This
\nsummer, I helped with the Eastern Oregon Livestock Show, Union County Interstate Exchange Trip, Tri-
\nCounty 4-H Camp and the Union County Fair.<\/p>\n

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Heidi Moran and Shelby Benson strike a pose at the Tri-County 4-H Camp Celebration. Photo: Heidi Moran<\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n

This summer, I was able to help with the Tri-County 4-H camp. This year\u2019s camp theme was board
\ngames. Before camp, I helped prepare all of the necessary supplies that we would need at camp. At
\ncamp, I helped with check-in, board game Pictionary and popping popcorn. I also taught an ice cream
\nclass with our office specialist, Shelby Benson. We also created a playlist for the celebration and MCed
\nthe celebration. 4-H camp was always a highlight of my summer every year, and I enjoyed being able to
\nhelp out.<\/p>\n

The main event I helped with this summer was the Union County Fair. I helped with preparations for the
\nfair, such as making exhibitor packets, putting together clerk books and preparing awards. Before the
\nfair started, I helped with the horse show and pre-fair contests such as the fashion revue. During the fair
\nweek, I was the clerk for all of the livestock shows and handed out ribbons for the steer show. OSU
\nExtension also had a booth at the fair, so I helped decorate (we won), staff the booth and engage with
\nthe public, informing them of all the opportunities presented by OSU Extension. When I had free time
\nfrom helping with 4-H events. It was a great Union County Fair!<\/p>\n

An office project I helped with this summer was the renovation of our conference room. We were
\ngetting new flooring put in, so Shelby Benson and I pulled up some of the carpet. We also painted the
\nbottom of the conference room walls blue. When the flooring was finished, we brought all of the
\nfurniture back in and arranged it. This is a project that will have a lasting impact on space functionality
\nfor community members.<\/p>\n

This will be my final summer as an intern. Over the last 3 years, I have learned many things, such as time
\nmanagement, organization and how to paint (kind of). I also made many relationships and memories
\nover the past 3 years. I will be able to use what I have learned and the relationships I have built in my
\nfuture career as an educator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi, my name is Heidi Moran, and this summer I have been the Union County intern. This summer has been busy with many incredible experiences. During my internship, I mainly worked with various 4-H events. Before this internship, I was always extremely involved in 4-H. I have enjoyed working for 4-H and being able to… Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14884,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,137,209],"tags":[211],"class_list":["post-1804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4-h","category-livestock","category-union-county","tag-heidi-moran"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14884"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1804"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1818,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1804\/revisions\/1818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}