An Audience with the President

All of the interns had the ability to volunteer for the President’s Dinner. This is a dinner in which the President speaks to a large crowd of his closest constituents from across the country. There were around five thousand people in attendance for the dinner. Our assigned duty was to assist guests by providing wheelchairs as they arrived and left the convention center. I happened to be assigned the task unknowingly of helping a close friend of President Bush to his seat. Before he sat down I took him to take a photograph with the President. I was allowed to follow him into the room. I shook hands and spoke briefly with the President as I then escorted the guest to his table. Meeting the President was amazing just out of the natural respect of the office he holds, but it was also unique to be able to hear him speak with a friend of his that he had known before he was Governor of Texas. It was an experience I won’t forget, mainly for it being so unexpected.
The dinner itself was a big success. There were many elected officials in attendance as well as great entertainment. After the dinner, Jo Dee Messina performed a private concert. The event was a joint fundraiser by the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) and the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC). As I already intern for the NRCC, I had seen how much time it took to put on such a large event. The day of the event I worked from 9:30a.m until the dinner was over. It was a long day, but a great event to be apart of.