By Marie DeMars, NSC Media Intern
No. The internship is not going so poorly that I need someone to put me out of my misery. (My boss reads these, blogs, you know.) The title is referring to shooting with a video camera, which is what we were up to today.
Eric Setting up our outside shooting location.
There will be more details to follow on the footage we’re gathering, but I wanted to share with you a specific story from today. Tom Spindler, first class volunteer in charge of gift packing, came out talk with the media team about the Schwan’s USA CUP’s 25-year run. His job is to organize the tons of gifts we get for the teams, which can amount to two semis full of goods. He forms the volunteers into a big assembly line, and they go down the row collecting water bottles, T-shirts, Breathe-Right strips and whatever else someone wanted to sponsor. (One year, everyone got Slim-Jims.)
Tom (left) talking with Eric at the interview.
Tom’s been doing this for 10 or 12 years now, but this is his last one. He’s decided to retire and enjoy the tournament in a different capacity next year. When we asked him what he’ll miss the most, he stopped. With effort, he spoke. He said sometime during the cup, take a minute. Walk up to the deck of the Schwan’s Center or the top of the stadium and look out over the tournament. Everything you can see and hear and feel, that’s what he’ll miss.
We are lucky to have people like Tom, who volunteer so kids can get this incredible experience. And this Schwan’s USA CUP, I'm going to walk to the top of those stadium stairs and look out at what he’s worked so hard for. Maybe I’ll see you up there.
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