Florida Marlins
After spending his senior year of high school as an intern with the Florida Marlin’s Community Foundation, Sean Russell was hired as the webmaster for the remainder of the season. As webmaster, Sean managed the televised community auction that aired on WAMI television. The foundation raised over $33,000 during the course of this campaign.
Sean Russell has served as an intern for the Florida Marlins Community Foundation since February, 2000.
I met Sean at Hallandale High School where I was serving as “Principal for the Day.” Sean was filming an interview which was coordinated through his TV/Production Class.
A few days after the visit to Hallandale High School Sean contacted me about doing an Executive Internship. He sent me his resume and came to Pro Player Stadium for an interview. We decided to hire Sean.
Sean helped us set up a project involving our “over the air: station, Channel 69-WAMI TV. We conduct an online charity auction during each of the 55 Florida games which are broadcast on WAMI-69. In addition, we publish major items for a three week period.
All of the above takes coordination with special attention to timing. When the game goes on the air, we must have our items published and ready for bidding. All of this is dependent on Sean.
With his help we have gained additional publicity for the Florida Marlins Community Foundation and have raised over $3,500 to date!
Although Sean has graduated, he continues to work with us as a paid, part-time intern. He will be helping us until the end of the season which is October 1, 2000. Sean is now able to do most of the work from home.
June 23, 2000