Polk County Community Foundation awarded a grant to Steps to HOPE to provide summer internship opportunities for two local high school students this year.

Evan Dadson was chosen for one of the part-time positions. 

As an intern, Dadson worked at Steps to HOPE’s Second Chance Thrift Store as a warehouse assistant. He had the opportunity to work with customers, volunteers and other store employees to provide customers with the best service and thrift store experience possible, representatives said.

Dadson learned a lot about multitasking, working with others and with the public, and he said that “working for a nonprofit widened [his] perspective about how the world works.”

Dadson is a resident of Polk County, and has been a student Polk County High School. This fall, he will continue his high school education at the North Carolina School of Science and Math in Durham.

Dadson’s internship at Second Chance Thrift Store was a great help to the store employees and volunteers, and the staff hopes he will be able to return on a volunteer basis, representatives said.

Steps to HOPE thanks the Polk County Community Foundation for making the student’s internship possible.

– Submitted by Paula Ravan