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One December, a father and his daughter stopped
by the office looking for summer opportunities for his daughter
to take part in. I allowed as how this was admirable that
they were starting so early. He replied that his mother had
always said "You should start making plans for summer
when the first snow flies." Hmmmm, maybe that's why the
seed & gardening catalogues arrive around Christmas.
We make most of the really momentous decisions in
our lives one-millimeter at a time: one small decision after
another until the outcome is a foregone decision. I propose
that you make a decision that is conscious and deliberate
and life changing. Choose things to do that could change your
life. Here are some suggestions that could be a starting point.
This list starts with Volunteer Opportunities.
If you are looking for an internship, many "volunteer
sites" offer paid internships and many "employment
sites" also offer internships so look on both pages..
You can contribute to this
list. The organizations must have programs that accept
high school age young people or young adults under 21. I would
prefer that they be organizations that you have had some experience
with and can personally recommend.
Cookie Caldwell, Young Friends Program Coordinator,
1515 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102. cookiec@pym.org
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Camps for High School Age
Young People
Friends Music
Camp , Olney Friends School, Yellow Springs,
OH
 Campers
at Friends Music Camp are young people between the ages
of 10 and 18, of any religion, who wish to pursue musical
excellence while participating in a caring community.
Teaching
staff come from many different backgrounds. Some are established
professionals, and others are graduate students at some of the most
highly regarded music schools in the nation. All are experienced,
caring teachers, passionate about making FMC a positive experience
for all our campers.
Counselors are often musicians as well. Many
are former campers, returning to help share the FMC experience with
the next generation.
Stone Mountain
Adventures, Huntingdon, PA (
Central Pennsylvania).
Located
in the heart of Central Pennsylvania’s farm country, Stone Mountain
Adventures offers individuals the opportunity to challenge themselves
to step beyond their own abilities: to ride with confidence, to
climb with technique, to control the sail, to bike one more hill.
With
only 56 campers ages 12-16 and an active, caring
staff of 14, we share the summer’s adventrues in an environment
of respect and sharing; celebrating our victories, accepting our
shortcomings, learning, and having fun together.
Teen
Adventure Program (TAP): Lexington,
VA
The
Teen Adventure Programs are outdoor adventure programs for youth
ages fifteen to eighteen. Originating from a base camp in Lexington,
VA, trips are three weeks long and are comprised of twelve campers
and two trip leaders. For youth aged 15 to 18, or age 14
entering 10th grade.
Campers
have considerable responsibility for the day-to-day planning and
management of trips, which consist of backpacking, white-water canoeing,
rock climbing, and service projects. CONTACT: Jane
Megginson, Camp Administrative Secretary, 717-481-4870
or jane@bymcamps.org
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Volunteer
Opportunities for Teens & Young Adults
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Greater Philadelphia Cares can get you on the road
to community service. They will set up customized service projects
for individuals or your group. Greater Philadelphia Cares works
in Philadelphia, the Pennsylvania suburbs and the NJ suburbs
including Burlington, NJ. www.gpcares.com
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Mini-Med
Summer Camp™
Drexel University College of Medicine
2008 Summer Session
Day Session: July 7 through
August 8, 2008; 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM
The Mini-Medical School
must receive all application materials by March 1, 2008
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Session: July 6 through July 19 only available for out-of-area
applicants
Eligibility Requirements for 2008 Candidate
Selection:
Must be entering junior or senior year of high
school in fall of 2008
Letter of recommendation from high school science
teacher and guidance counselor
High school transcripts from the beginning
of the 2006 school year through the fall of 2007
250 word Personal statement to include the
kind of person you are, what you do inside and outside
the classroom, and why you would like to attend this
program.
Get
more information
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Ways you can volunteer here in America and around
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Global Volunteers
Choose a volunteer vacation abroad or assist
USA volunteer programs. Live and work with local people
on life-affirming international service projects for
one, two or three weeks. Extended stay options up to
24 weeks. Global Volunteers supports 100 host communities
in 20 countries year-around on six continents through
short-term volunteer teams, direct project funding and
child sponsorships. You can serve, sponsor and support
local people as a family, group or individual.
Click
here to visit Global Volunteers |
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Make a meaningful contribution to helping
solve critical environmental issues.
New Teen Teams
Earthwatch now has teams for teens (16-17) all over
the world —from the Arctic's edge in Canada to Pilanesberg
National Park in South Africa!
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Globe Aware,
a nonprofit organization, currently offers volunteer vacations
in Peru, Costa Rica, Thailand, Cuba, Nepal, Brazil, Cambodia,
Laos, Vietnam, Jamaica, Romania, and Ghana. These short-term
(one week) adventures in service focus on cultural-awareness
and sustainability, and are often compared to a "mini
peace corps". All program costs, including the cost
of airfare, are tax-deductible. Globe Aware is a 501 (c)
(3) tax-exempt charity. You need
no special skills nor do you need to speak any foreign
language. Immerse yourself in a new culture. Enjoy befriending
people in new and interesting countries and experience
the reward of helping them on meaningful community projects.
Click here to visit
Globe Aware |
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As an international volunteer with Cross-Cultural
Solutions, you're making a meaningful contribution,
working side-by-side with local people and sharing in
the goals of a community that warmly welcomes you. You're
experiencing another culture like never before and really
getting to know its people. You'll
gain new perspectives and insight into the culture and
yourself. It's an exciting and personally inspiring
experience, and you'll develop memories that will be
with you forever.
Click
here to visit Cross-Cultural Solutions |
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Take Pride in
America® is a
national partnership program aimed at increasing volunteer
service on America’s public lands. It is the goal of Take
Pride to empower volunteers from every corner of America
to maintain and enhance our natural, cultural, and historical
sites. Take Pride encourages citizen
stewardship through an innovative public awareness campaign
and an interactive website that showcases volunteer
opportunities at natural and cultural sites. Click
here to visit Take Pride in America |
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By serving as a teacher
in a developing country you will give and gain far more
than you could as a tourist. As an English speaker,
you will help your students learn a language that is
increasingly important for access to jobs, higher education,
and the international community. As a teacher, you will
play an important role in the community. You will have
an opportunity to get to know people, build lasting
friendships, experience the local culture and way of
life, and contribute to the activities and development
of your host community
Click
here to visit World Teach |
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GoAbroad.com is the leading
international education and experiential travel resource.
GoAbroad's directories contain over 25,000 opportunities
abroad updated daily including study abroad, internships,
volunteer opportunities, teach abroad, language schools
and much more. Click
here to visit GoAbroad.com This
is NOT a non profit organization |
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Casa
de los Amigos in Mexico City, Mexico Volunteer
Guest House Manager(s) needed
Dear Friends,
For over half a century, Casa
de los Amigos has offered hospitality to travelers who
share Quaker convictions of international peace and understanding.
Guest house managers have volunteered to coordinate and guide
the every day routine over these fifty years and now we need
to fill this essential position.
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We invite you to help
us in our search for guest house managers. It would be appreciated
if you would post or make available on your information table
or rack the announcement below as well as a job description
on a separate sheet.
Casa
Volunteers are needed to help in the running of the guesthouse
as well as working part-time in an affiliated organization.
Thank you.
Casa de los Amigos
For more details, see www.quakerinfo.org/jobs.htm
o r e-mail for a full amigos@casadelosamigos.org
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The
Quaker Information Center has a searchable list of
Volunteer and Service Opportunities (16 different lists/categories)
on its Web Page. This list includes workcamps, internships,
camps, other potentially transformational experiences, and
some perennial jobs. If you don't have Web access, then call
or write and they will send you a printed copy.
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Quaker
Information Center, 1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia,
PA 19102 Phone: (215) 241-7024 Fax: (215) 567-2096 (Be sure
to include your postal address)
E-mail: info@quakerinfo.org
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Check with your local Volunteer
Rescue Squad if you are age 16 +.
They are always in need of volunteers and they provide training. Rescue
Squad training (CPR, First responder First Aid, Emergency Medical Technician)
could open the way for a future in health care, as well as giving you
an opportunity to serve in a way that really matters. Also check out your
local Volunteer Fire Department.
They are also in need of volunteers and they provide training but there
are often limitations on those under age 18.
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Explore the boundaries of Self
and Society
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Friends
Neighborhood Guild
Oftentimes, people
talk of change but do not become it. We talk
of diversity and equality but do not live it.
Challenge
who you are
Challenge
what you know
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Participate in Mural
Painting
Graffiti,
Stenciling,
and GUERILLA ART
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Washington Quaker
Workcamps, Inc.
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Washington Quaker Workcamps offers
opportunities for community service which seek to address
social concerns in concrete ways. In this way we bear witness
to the Quaker belief that we should lovingly answer that
of God in each person.
All weekend workcamps strive to bring together people
who might not otherwise find ways of bridging differences
of race, religion, or economic circumstance.
Since July, 2005, Washington Quaker Workcamps became
a program of William Penn House.
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BorderLinks is a bi-national non-profit organization
that offers experiential educational seminars along the US/ Mexico
border focusing on the issues of global economics, militarization,
immigration, and popular resistance to oppression and violence. With
these topics occupying the spotlight in public and political debate,
it is more important than ever that US citizens witness a reality
affected by our policies and lifestyles. http://www.borderlinks.org/bl/index.htm
BorderLinks has developed cooperative
relationships with several colleges and universities enabling us
to offer a 15 credit semester program on the US-Mexican border.
College
Program
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Bridges to Community is group that
does international work camps, mostly to Nicaragua as well
as Kenya. Bridges to Community, Inc. is about building - building
a broader and deeper sense of community across cultural divides;
building a spirit of friendship and solidarity that transcends
politics, economics and religion; building buildings with
materially poor communities that promise the beginnings of
a better future; and in the end, building a community of global
citizens who feel deeply connected to the world and who are
committed to making it more just. www.bridgestocommunity.org
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American Friends
Service Committee
Youth for Peace and
Sustainable Community
MEXICO SUMMER PROGRAM
AFSC
Mexico Summer Project
Intercultural Exchange · Service Work · Learning
June 26th to August 9th, 2008
The project of this summer will focus
on sustainability, Indigenous culture and reality, and ecological
techniques for living
This is an annual
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deadline for application is March 21, 2008. If you are
interested check out the information and apply early. Scholarships
are available for minority youth, youth with disabilities and
youth from low-income urban, rural, or suburban communities.
The Participants are 18-26 years old and
able to converse comfortably in Spanish, the language
of the project at all times. More
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The Pendle Hill Young Adult Leadership
Development Program (YALD) June 17-August 5, 2007 , for young people
ages 18–24. This program is a seven-week
exploration of community service and spiritual enrichment at Pendle Hill
(12 positions available). Do meaningful service: work! Garden! Get to
know other committed and interesting young people! Reflect and worship!
Learn from volunteer workshop leaders (including one another)! Live in
community! Contact person: Blake Lipsett blipsett@pendlehill.org extension
160. Applications for Young Adult Leadership Development
Program are due April 1, 2007 ; youthprogram@pendlehill.org
or check their Web Page:
www.pendlehill.org/young_adult_leadership_development_programt
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Explore
Peace, Justice & Sustainability
Through Learning and Service
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The Woolman
Semester offers high school juniors, seniors and 1st year post-graduates
the opportunity to focus on the studies of peace, justice and environmental
sustainability. Woolman classes create a relaxed environment where
relevant topics are discussed openly from the personal level to
the global level. Take courses that will encourage you to question
assumptions, substantiate viewpoints and understand others. And
find ways to take that knowledge and put it into action!
The
non-academic components of the Woolman Semester support what you
learn in the classroom by applying that learning to your everyday
life. You will practice simplicity living in a wood-heated cabin
in a Quaker community, enjoy a weeklong backpacking trip in the
Sierra foothills of Northern California and spend 18 days on a service-learning
trip to Mexico.
Having experienced a semester of education away from home, graduates
of the Woolman Semester stand out in the college admissions process
and are prepared to thrive in a university environment. Students
leave engaged in critical and compassionate citizenship. Visit www.woolman.org
to find out more.
The
Woolman Semester
13075 Woolman Lane
Nevada City, CA 95959
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Runyan
Admissions Director
kathyr@woolman.org
530-273-3183 ext. 12 |
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Camp Bright Feathers
Volunteer Camp Staff Needed for an
HIV/AIDS Specialty Camp: YMCA Camp Ockanickon and other HIV/AIDS
organizations in South Jersey and Philadelphia, provide an annual
week long residential camping experience for 125 children between
the ages of 6 and 13 infected or affected. The goal of the camp
is to give kids the chance to be kids. The camp provides arts &
crafts, swimming, boating, fishing, games and other special activities
throughout the week. The camp is held from August 22 to August 27,
2004 at the YMCA Camp Ockanickon, Medford, NJ. Volunteer
counselors age 18 or older, are needed to provide supervision
and guidance to campers. Volunteer nursing staff is needed to distribute
medication and administer first aid. Volunteer time for any duration
is welcome. Training is provided.
CAMP BRIGHT FEATHERS
YMCA Camp Ockanickon
1303 Stokes Road
Medford, N.J. 08055
For an application or more information, contact
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The Philadelphia Zoo also has Volunteer
positions. Learn about animal keeping and visitor services by monitoring
the barnyard, assisting with live animal presentations and maintaining
animal cages and yards. Age: 14 and older.
Call the volunteer office at 215-243-5326 or check on the web at www.phillyzoo.org.
E-mail at volunteer@phillyzoo.org
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Junior Zoo Apprentice Program
( high school age) The Junior Zoo Apprentice Program (JZAP) is
a three to four year work-based learning program for deserving Philadelphia
area high school students. Preference is given to students from challenged
communities that are entering 9th or 10th grade
Junior Zoo Apprentice Program ( high school age)
The Internship Programs
at the Philadelphia Zoo. The
Philadelphia Zoo's internships offer college students a chance to gain
valuable work experience in an exciting and dynamic atmosphere. We seek
professionally-minded, motivated, energetic and capable students for our
high-level internship positions.
Learn more Zoo
Internships
Student Conservation Association, Inc,
High School Conservation Work Crew Program: SCA offers high school students
who are at least 15 years of age the opportunity
to volunteer as part of supervised Conservation Work Crews in over 50
projects in national parks and forests for 4-5 weeks each Spring, Summer,
and Fall. In participating in this tuition-free
program, students benefit by: receiving outdoor training and work
experience while helping protect our natural resources; receiving environmental
education, which is an integral part of the program; and having the opportunity
to travel and explore new areas of the country and a chance to meet with
students from all over the United States and Canada. SCA provides food,
lodging (even if that means a tent under the sky), and transportation
within the context of the project. Students pay for their own travel to
and from the site. Financial aid is available. Application Deadline is
March 15; however SCA will begin filling positions in February. For more
information, check the Student Conservation Association Web Page: www.thesca.org
The Student Conservation Association
also offers Resource Assistant and Conservation Associate Internship Programs
to Young Adults over age 18. Check the same
Web Page www.thesca.org
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Welcome to Passport in Time!
Passport in Time (PIT) is a volunteer archaeology and historic
preservation program of the USDA Forest Service (FS). We invite
you to work with professional archaeologists and historians
on projects including archaeological excavation, rock art
restoration, survey, archival research, historic structure
restoration, gathering oral histories, or writing interpretive
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Volunteers have helped
stabilize ancient cliff dwellings in New Mexico, excavate
a 10,000-year-old village site in Minnesota, restore a historic
lookout tower in Oregon, clean vandalized rock art in Colorado,
survey for sites in a rugged Montana wilderness, and excavate
a 19th-century Chinese mining site in Hell’s Canyon in Idaho.
These are real, ongoing research and management projects
for which the Forest Service is responsible on national forests,
grasslands, and prairies. The Forest Service professional
staff of archaeologists and historians will be your hosts,
guides, and coworkers.
Because Passport in Time is a volunteer program,
there is no fee to participate. However you must get yourself
to the project and sometimes provide your own food and lodging.
Many projects involve back country camping where volunteers
are responsible for their own food and gear. Others offer
meals prepared by a camp cook, often for a small fee. Still
others provide hookups for RVs, or volunteers may stay at
local hotels and travel to the site each day. The projects
vary in length from two days to two weeks or even longer if
you’re having too much fun to leave! A
Minimum age is listed for each project. Often it appears
as follows "15 years old; under 18 with a responsible
adult." For more information
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2003
marks Wilderness Volunteers' sixth season
of organizing service trips in cooperation with public land
agencies including the Bureau of Land Management, National
Park Service, National Forest Service and the US Fish &
Wildlife Service. In the past five years, hundreds of folks
have joined them on projects all over the country. Whatever
your level of experience, if you are physically fit and healthy,
one of our trips should be right for you. The
minimum age to participate is 18. For More information
wildernessvolunteers.org
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Habitat for Humanity- www.habitat.org
-you must be 16 and if under 18 have an adult
who will be responsible for you on the job site, but this provides
the opportunity to practice useful skills, do good in a concrete way,
and have the pride of construction. Browse a complete list of Habitat
affiliates around the world, or type in your U.S. zip code to find
the Habitat for Humanity locations nearest you. The directory also
lists local events, field notes and true stories. www.habitat.org/local/ |
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ship the Niagara. OK, it wasn't pacifist to begin
with, but it offers free sail training in exchange for
a commitment of at least three weeks crew time (most other
square riggers charge a fee and also are further away
which may require an expensive travel expenditure; the
Niagara is based out of Erie, PA). For details, go to
www.brigniagara.org
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For other sail training opportunities, there's the
American Sail Training Organization,
http://www.sailtraining.org
. The mission of the American Sail Training Association is to
encourage character building through sail training, to promote
sail training to the American public, and support education
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Locally there are volunteer opportunities with the1883
barkentine Gazela Primeiro
, and with the 1902 tugboat Jupiter
in Philadelphia. The non-profit Philadelphia Ship Preservation
Guild has now embarked on one of the most ambitious projects
in its history. As the owner and operator of the historic barkentine
Gazela, the Guild is now in the process of replacing the entire
deck and waterways of this hundred year-old 177 foot tall ship.
Crewing Aboard the Barkentine Gazela and the Tug Jupiter. Unlike
most other tall and historic ships, Gazela and Jupiter are sailed
by the people who preserve them. There are no Naval or Coast
Guard cadets, and no paying trainees. The crew consists entirely
of hard-working, enthusiastic volunteers, members of the Phildalephia
Ship Preservation Guild who have put a lot of effort into maintaining
the ships. The basic theory behind Gazela's and Jupiter's crews
is that anyone is welcome if they are willing to contribute
to the vessel's mission. http://www.gazela.org
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The Appalachian Mountain
Club http://www.outdoors.org.
The Appalachian Trail exists due to the tireless efforts of
the local clubs charged with the Trail's maintenance. Nature
is constantly trying to take the Trail back as weeds grow up
along the sides of the path, limbs and whole trees are dropped
across the Trail by storms, and erosion constantly wears at
the soil. Individual trail maintainers adopt sections of the
trail to care for and the clubs themselves work as a group to
keep the trail clear, build shelters, and relocate the trail
when needed. Most of the clubs listed here also sponsor workshops,
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Governors Schools:
For those who find school dull, there are Governors Schools academic
summer camps that provide an environment where all the campers are actually
interested in school, which is important for gifted kids who may feel
isolated. These are for high school seniors and
some juniors. The National Conference of Governors
Schools website has links to the Governors
Schools for 24 states.
Some states have several Governors Schools focused on different
academic areas. http://ncogs.org/membership/directory/programs.htm
Post college
Internships Quaker United Nations
Office (QUNO) New York funds two Program Assistants each year to
serve from September through August. These are entry-level positions for
college graduates who interested in international affairs and the United
Nations, and who have a commitment to Friends (Quaker) principles of peace,
nonviolence and equality. The positions provide PAs with an informal extension
of their education in international issues, while they assist other QUNO
staff with program and administrative tasks. This is a year for first-hand
observation of international organizations and the study of issues on
the multilateral agenda. Graduates of our Program report it has been a
valuable experience, applicable to their subsequent life work.
www.quno.org New
York Internship program Geneva,
Switzerland, Programme Assistants program
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LEARN ABOUT THE UN
AT THE UN
Quaker United Nations
Summer School, Geneva, Switzerland
6th July - 18th July 2008. |
For people with an active interest in international
affairs.
Would you like to study the UN at first hand?
Do you want to meet people from all over the world?
The Summer School aims to provide an introduction to the work of
the United Nations. In previous years it has been especially attractive
to people who have recently completed higher education studies.
Are you aged 20-26?
Application packs available online from QUAKER
UNITED NATIONS SUMMER SCHOOL look at the
bottom of the page under "How to apply"
or from Helen Bradford (QUNSS), Friends House, Euston
Rd, London, NW1 2BJ, UK. Email: helenb@quaker.org.uk
CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT
OF APPLICATIONS IS
16th MARCH 2007 |
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White House Internship
Program |
The White House Internship provides
an opportunity to experience day-to-day life at the White House
while working on a variety of tasks and projects.
In addition to normal office duties,
interns attend weekly lectures, volunteer at special events, participate
in tours, and contribute to a community service project in the Washington,
D.C. area. White House Internships are unpaid positions and participants
are responsible for arranging their own transportation and housing.
Approximately 100 interns are chosen each spring, summer, and fall
to participate in this highly competitive program.
We invite you to apply. Please read
the Intern Application (pdf) and the White House Office descriptions
carefully. Office descriptions can help you determine your areas
of interest and assist you in making an informed decision about
which offices might fit your qualifications. Interns will be selected
based on their application and demonstrated interest in public service.
Applicants must be:
At least 18 years of age on or before the first day of the
internship
Enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program at a college or
university, or graduated the previous semester
A United States citizen
Completed application materials must
be submitted to Meghan Espinoza, Intern Coordinator in the office
of White House Personnel, at intern_application@whitehouse.gov on
or before the following deadlines:
Summer 2008 Internship
May 20 - August 15, 2008, Application Deadline: February 26,
2008
Fall 2008 Internship, August 26 - December
12, 2008, Application Deadline: June 3, 2008
Upon acceptance, candidates must
consent to a security investigation prior to their start date and
a random drug test. All security measures are confidential and intended
to protect the applicant as well as the Executive Office of The
President. Click
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