Kyle Field Day

Grace Evans
May 1, 2015
2 min read

This year, I not only had the privilege of being 1 of 80 freshmen chosen to be a part of the Memorial Student Center's Freshmen in Service and Hosting organization (MSC FISH), but I had the honor of sitting on the Marketing and Merchandising sub-committee of the Kyle Field Day committee.

Kyle Field Day is a one-day service event created to allow students and residents of the Bryan-College Station area the opportunity to participate in hands-on service. Kyle Field Day hosts a variety of booths where students are able to participate in service projects that benefit local causes and beyond.

Being 1 of 40 women chosen out of thousands of applicants was a true honor, in general; getting experience in marketing and acquiring merchandise was a bonus. Throughout the year, my sub-committee sent hundreds of emails to organizations, schools, churches, radio stations, and countless businesses to advertise about Kyle Field Day. Between the 5 of us, we purchased merchandise including chapstick, stress-balls, wristbands, a billboard, a banner hung across a building on the Texas A&M campus, and countless posters and table tents we then delivered across the Bryan/ College Station area.

The experience I gained from this project and sub-committee benefitted me more than I ever realized at the time. I learned to send professional emails, proper etiquette when interacting with local and chain business, and public speaking practice. Due to the fact that I was Senior Class President in high school, I had the opportunity to speak in front of approximately 11,000 people at my graduation for 6 minutes, so public speaking was never a fear of mine. But because it had been a few months, speaking in front of organizations, each between 100-300 people, at their weekly meetings was a fantastic opportunity for me to continue to practice.

MSC FISH and Kyle Field Day have been such a blessing to be involved with, and I could not be more proud of the organization and my peers. MSC FISH is geared towards those whom have a passion for service. Being surrounded by almost 100 people (including executives) whom have a heart for serving others is a remarkable experience. Every one of my colleagues were individuals of such a high caliber. Though this was a one year organization, and not a paying job, it helped me understand how to work with others, solve problems, and what it truly meant to love the job and what you do. Now that I have had this background and basis as a first large organization job, I know that I will never do something that I do not truly have a passion for.