service learning.

Literal:

Anchor Blue Service Learning:

The text reads: "To whom it may concern: Prior to our closing, during the fall/winter of 2010, Brittney Sass completed 15 hours of Service Learning at our corporate offices in Corona." Signed by Alina Lemoine.

 The Little Dress Shop Service Learning:

The hours read as followed:

• 1/21/11 - 3 hours
• 1/28/11 - 3 hours
• 2/11/11 - 4 hours
• 2/18/11 - 5 hours
• 2/25/11 - 2 hours
• 3/4/11 - 5 hours
• 3/18/11 - 5 hours
• 3/25/11 - 3 hours
• 4/8/11 - 4 hours
• 4/22/11 - 4 hours
• 4/29/11 - 3 hours

Contact: In regards to the Anchor Blue service learning, I lost contact with my original service learner, Christina Dorado and the HR lady, Alina Lemoine. However, I have Carrie Childers's cell phone number, who also helped with setting up my service learning and oversaw everything. You can also contact my mom who was always saw me go in for service learning since she worked there. Regarding The Little Dress Shop, you can contact my service learner, Marsha Valencia, at her store's number: (909) 626-2996. I know that she for sure comes in on Fridays, and just ask for Marsha. :)

Interpretive: I gained quite a bit from my service learning. Since I did not get to finish my total training at Anchor Blue, I only received a sliver of what I needed, however, the hours I put in were still valuable because I learned a lot. I learned the concept of an inspiration board and the processes that visual merchandisers take to get inspired for a theme. I also learned the more "office work" part of the job, organizing all planograms into a cohesive binder, since they need that for their records. At The Little Dress Shop, I learned about displays and what makes it work. I learned about how you have to move things around a lot until you finally achieve the look you were going for. It takes the right eye for color and product placement. I also learned how to use a cash register, which was pretty exciting. Everything I have learned I can take with me into the working world, especially for my age, getting a part time job at a retail store would allow me to show everything that I learned. 

Applied: Service learning helped me answer my EQ because of the hands-on experience I had with the displays. Each important answer of my EQ was strongly evident in my service learning. In terms of having a centralized theme, Marsha always had me come up with a theme/assigned me a theme for the displays. Along with that, with Christina, when she had me make my inspiration board, she explained to me that this was the foundation for coming up with a theme. For applying fashion and color trends, I had to use knowledge of fashion and color trends while dressing my mannequin, otherwise people wouldn't look twice at the mannequin if it was outdated. Also, in my displays, knowledge of color trends and the color wheel helped me coordinate the displays better. Last, in terms of implementing appropriate props and signage, I learned about signage at Anchor Blue because she showed me different types of signs they have used and how to use them in a window and at The Little Dress Shop, I used props in all of my displays and saw how they enhanced the display.