Hey, it’s BigHouse!
Hey everyone, it’s BigHouse
again! Something you may not know is that each semester we have new interns
from Auburn University come and work with us. Typically, these interns are
seniors at Auburn majoring in Human Development and Family Studies. We are so
thankful each semester for these hardworking, devoted students! In our last
blog, we gave a brief introduction of our interns, but since they are going to
be familiar faces around BigHouse we wanted to give them the chance to tell
everyone more about themselves.
First up we have Emily
McCarron! Emily is senior at Auburn University majoring in Human Development
and Family Studies with a concentration in Middle Childhood and Adolescence.
She is originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Emily first heard about
BigHouse through a previous intern, and learned more about their mission from
Micah when she came and spoke in several of her classes. Emily was immediately
intrigued by Micah’s excitement for BigHouse foundation and loved what BigHouse
stands for.
Emily has had an interest in
pursuing some type of work with children in foster care and their families, so
she felt that this would be a great opportunity to learn more about this
spectrum of work. She has already learned so much about the foster care system
and about all that BigHouse does and how positively that impacts Lee County and
beyond. Emily is very excited to be able to help and serve the community, but
also to learn how to be a better person to those around her. Through her
internship, Emily is hoping to gain a clearer idea of what it is she wants to
do after she graduates in May and apply all the skills and knowledge she will
have learned from BigHouse over the course of the semester!
Our next intern is Hannah
Gipson! Hannah is
from Prattville, Alabama and is a senior majoring in Human Development and
Family Studies with a minor in Social Work. Some of her favorite things are
Jesus, coffee, good friends, and all things Auburn. Hannah wanted to intern at BigHouse because she completed her
practicum here last semester and absolutely fell in love with everything about
it. It solidified her call to serve foster and adoptive communities through her
career, and she cannot wait to see what this semester holds.
Hannah first
heard about BigHouse through a sorority sister who was running for Miss Auburn
and promoted BigHouse for her platform. After that, Micah came and shared more
about BigHouse to some of her HDFS classes at Auburn. She knew then it was
something she wanted to be involved with. Hannah has learned so much about the
needs of foster and adoptive families and ways to help to meet them. She
has also experienced the goodness of The Lord in ways that she had not before she
began working in this field. Hannah hopes to learn more in depth
about what it takes to run a non-profit, and more about foster care in general. Day to day,
Hannah hopes that to be able to show the love of Jesus to each person that
walks into BigHouse, and work toward making BigHouse the best it can be. By the
end of the semester, she hopes to learn more about non-profits and foster care.
We are so
thankful to have these two young ladies with us this semester and can’t wait to
see how well they are going to serve!
Hannah Gipson 
Emily McCarron
