Hey, nonprofits: Need extra hands around the office? Apply to host a summer intern from the Cleveland Foundation. The Foundation covers the stipend and you provide the work. Apply before Mon 11/29.
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Interested in hosting an intern next summer to help complete an important short term project? The Cleveland Foundation’s Summer Internship Program is accepting applications from area nonprofits or governmental agencies until November 29, 2010. College students, recent graduates, and graduate students work full-time for an 11-week session during the summer. The Cleveland Foundation provides funding to cover the intern’s stipend.
In order to apply we ask that the organization;
· Appoint a senior staff member to serve as the intern’s supervisor.
· Provide ample supervision, feedback, and support to the intern.
· Provide meaningful work and learning experiences for the intern. Past interns have worked on projects such as event planning for a major fundraising event, designing an audience demographic survey, developing a marketing/outreach plan and revising training materials
· Provide a workspace and other resources (access to computer, reference materials, telephone) needed for the intern to complete work assignments.
· Accept the intern as a temporary employee of your organization for the 11-week term of the internship program. This includes distributing the intern stipend in accordance with your organization’s normal payroll procedures.
Please submit a request in writing no later than November 29, 2010 addressing the following points:
1. Briefly describe your organization in one or two paragraphs;
2. Please describe the project(s) you would plan for an intern to undertake during the eleven-week summer internship program; and
3. Please share any additional information that you believe will be helpful to us in making a decision.
More information can be found at http://www.ClevelandFoundation.org/AffiliatedPrograms/SummerInternshipProgram.