Interns Have Partnered with the Friends of the Town House

The Friends of the North Brookfield Town House were fortunate to have college interns on staff during 2021.  Kelley Carlisle of Arlington, Virginia and Nathan Gershman of North Brookfield were kept busy updating the Friends’ social media.

Kelley is a WPI student entering her senior year double majoring in business and economics.  With her expertise, she was called on to lead several meetings, sharing with the executive team useful information concerning branding and managing a nonprofit fundraising plan. She performed web engine optimization, discussed redesigns for the webpage based on user experience feedback, and updated information on the Friends’ website.

Nathan returned to Roger Williams University in Rhode Island as a junior majoring in cryptography.  He applied his knowledge of the internet and experience with local access television to set up a YouTube channel so that the Friends could follow through with a grant from the Local Cultural Council to call attention to our region’s wealth of artists, craftsmen, and performers and their work.  He will continue to be a consultant for the Friends as we create virtual ROAR programs designed to bring people together for a common artistic or cultural purpose.

The Friends were pleased to be able to work with these exceptional young people and plan to keep in touch with them as valuable resources.  We wish them all the best as they continue their studies.