Spotlight Intern: Kevin DeBartolo

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Name: Kevin DeBartolo

School: Clemson

Major: History

RDA Department: Music

School activities: Fraternity and Howard's Rock (going to Clemson football games)

Hobbies/interests: Hockey

Fun Fact: Kevin is not crazy about New York City. It is a no love/no hate relationship.

Summer Jams (on the job): Classical compositions and an occasional show tune

Spotlight Intern: Vinny Rocco

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Name: Vinny Rocco

College: Ripon

Major: Business and Economics

Hobbies/interests: Music and sports

School activities: Vinny is a guard on his college's football team

Fun Fact: Like a true Wisconsonite, Vinny wears cheese on his head

First Brewery tour: Age 5

Spotlight Intern: Kristen Juve (RDA Milwaukee)

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For our next two spotlight interns we made a pilgrimage to the land flowing with beer and cheese (might actually be better than milk and honey).

Name: Kristen Juve

School: University of Wisconsin Madison

Major: Photography

RDA Department: Photo

Hobbies/Interests: Photography, boating, hiking, cooking and camping

Spotlight Intern: Mary Fama

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Name: Mary Fama (like mama)

School: Missouri

RDA Department: Everyday with Rachael Ray photo team

RDA E-mail: Photo_Intern@readersdigest.com (apparently her name wasn't good enough)

Hobbies/interests: Photography (shocker) and cooking

Fun Fact: She can make the mnost abhorrent breakfast cereal smoothie look irresistable in 90 seconds.

NYC Move Preview

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I caught up with the newly bronzed, post-vacation Joe Siciliano at the Third Avenue building in New York City that RDA employees will move into. Joe is the mastermind behind both the White Plains and NYC moves, and as you will see, he is taking on a monumental task.

EDWRR Intern Cooking Demo

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Everyday with Rachael Ray marketing intern Rikki Schecter joins our intrepid intern Robert Guliano in a cooking demonstration at the New York City offices of EDWRR. On the menu? A "Cereal S'more Smoothie."

Aside from the after taste that proved to be the office's leading cause of halitosis, the smoothie tasted excellent. The only problem was its appalling appearance. That is precisely why we brought in EDWRR Photo Intern Mary Fama to turn our messy mixture into a classy creation.

Spotlight Intern: Arielle Mellen

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School: University of Michigan

RDA Department: Weekly Reader- Editorial

School Activities: Writes for "Wolverine Cuisine," a blogazine

Hobbies/Interests: reading, gymnastics, nutrition, and health (in no particular order)

Favorite book: DaVinci Code

Music: John Mayer

Thrill of her summer at RDA: Getting published

Fun fact: Arielle dabbles in cooking, healthy cooking of course.

Spotlight Intern: Lauryn Kelly

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Name: Lauryn Kelly (note the "y")

School: Duke University

Grade: Senior (to be)

Major: English

RDA Department: Weekly Reader Ad Sales

Hobbies/Interests: Thrill-seeking (including but not limited to skydiving, roller coaster riding and off-roading), writing, dancing

Ambition: To travel more. She has already done a couple laps of Europe, but she has some unfinished business.

Favorite Book: Time Traveler's Wife

Movie: The Nightmare Before Christmas

Music: Hip-Hop and Alternative Rock. She "still has her rock roots."

Fun Fact: She worked three years as a hostess in a restaurant owned by the perpetually aging yet still dreamy Richard Gere. He is one of a handful of celebrities Lauryn has encountered in her hometown of Bedford, NY.

RD Cares Reception

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On the final day of June, RDA held its RD cares volunteer recognition reception at the guest house. CEO Mary Berner shared a few thoughts and program director Susan Russ thanked the employees in attendance for their service throughout the year.

The afternoon was highlighted by a tremendous dinner spread that included shrimp, crab cakes, peanut chicken, and fresh fruit. Needless to say, as a starving intern, I spent the majority of the reception circling the food display ravenously. However, when I wasn't gnawing on chicken or engulfing strawberries, I was able to catch up with a few employee volunteers and get to know what RD cares is all about.