April 28th 2011 was National Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day 2011. At my Agency we host a huge day-long event for 60 of our employee’s children between 6 and 12 years old. The entire day is sponsored by our Working Parents Network, and being one of the leaders of the network I played a big part in not only planning the day but making sure the day itself ran smoothly. We start planning in late Feb/early March and it takes a lot of effort to plan all the details of the day. This year the kids did some pretty cool activities including shooting a TV commercial, designing a toy, creating a print ad featuring themselves and designing their dream room! The older kids also wrote a press release about the day with the help of our Public Relations group that all the children took back to share with their schools. The day was a huge success and I am so proud of my team and all the people who helped us pull off this event.
Even though A didn’t qualify for the day’s activities I brought him in to be my sidekick for the day and to help me run things. He was thrilled to ride on a real train and we even took a taxi as a special treat. He did a great job helping me and was a big hit around the office. After about a 15 minute warm up he was throwing out orders and acting like he owned the place. I think I have a future CEO on my hands. LOL
Here are a few highlights from the day:
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| Riding a real Choo-Choo Train for the 1st Time!! |
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| Taxi cab confessions anyone?? |
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| my future CEO |
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| putting him to work on some emails |
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| lunchtime at the event |
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| Really into the move that was shown during lunch |
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