Adelante, Inc. 

Stand and Deliver

Essex County Community Foundation

Type: This is a small community foundation. The intern will work in a "hands-on" environment with individuals who respond daily to critical community issues. This internship is an excellent opportunity to gain insight into the non-profit sector and develop effective administrative skills. This intern should be able to take direction well and be able to respond and ask questions.

Location: Danvers, MA

Responsibilities/Experiences:

• Assist the development team with activities and support project research, donor cultivation and stewardship programs.

• Provide secondary support for the operations and finance departments and providing other administrative support as needed
  

• Assist with mass mailings, phonathons, and other departmental projects

• Provide support to fundraising events as needed

• Assist with Public Relations / drafting press releases as needed

• Attend staff meetings and some off site committee meetings

An opportunity to learn about how a community foundation operates and about a variety of non-profit organizations including human service agencies, arts organizations and environmental groups as well as learning about various forms of philanthropy including private and community foundations, endowments, planned giving and corporate giving programs. The intern will have an opportunity to be an integral part of a small team.

Prep@Pingree

Type: Academic enrichment program for middle school students from inner-city neighborhoods in Lawrence and Lynn.

Location: Hamilton, MA

Responsibilities/Experiences:

• P@P Database and Mailing List: update database of donors, alumni, and friends. Add current year's students. 

• P@P Blog: Managing blog for P@P alumni, donors, and friends.

• P@P Social Networking Site: Manage P@P's Facebook page in order to spread the word about our work and tap in to the fundraising potential that exists in such a space. Page also used to plan and advertise future events.

• P@P e-newlsetter: Update and format newsletter.

• P@P PowerPoint: Refine and update P@P's PowerPoint presentation in order to build support for the program.

• Creation of print material (invitations, newsletters, etc.)

• Attending field trips

• Event planning

• Presentation planning

*Spanish Speaking required 

Interns will learn about how non-profits deliver life-changing programs to great kids from very tough circumstances. We want all of our employees to experience the work of Prep@Pingree firsthand so that they understand the context in which we plan and implement Prep@Pingree.

Type: The Essex County Greenbelt Association is a member supported non-profit land trust that has conserved nearly 13,000 acres of land in Essex County. Greenbelt works with local communities and landowners to acquire and protect ecological areas, farmland and scenic vistas. One of their major goals is the creation of "greenbelts" consisting of river, trail, and other natural corridors, coastal systems and visually intact landscapes. 

Location: Essex, MA

Responsibilities/Experiences:

• Assist in coordinating Art in the Barn, Greenbelt’s annual art exhibit and sale in mid June. This event displays the work of 150 artists and is attended by over 3,000 people each year. The Intern will help organize, set-up, run the event, supervise many of our 200+ volunteers, and assist with post-event acknowledgment and follow-up.

• Assist in organizing Greenbelt’s Third Annual “Run for the Hills” Trail Run in mid-July. This event is held in Hamilton, Massachusetts, and in 2009 attracted over 250 runners from the Greater Boston area and beyond. The Intern will help organize, set-up, run the event, and assist with post-event acknowledgement and follow-up.

• Learn basic functionality of the Raiser’s Edge fundraising database and standard gift processing procedures, including records management and daily or weekly gift entry and acknowledgement.

• Acquire an understanding of building an organization’s Membership by assisting with Membership Outreach and Renewal Mailings, and data entry and logistics of producing them.

• Work with our Development Associate on grant research to seek out potential new sources of funding.

• Work with our Development Associate to draft 1 to 3 grant proposals or grant reports.

• Accompany Land Stewardship staff in the field to participate in maintaining properties and/or monitoring conservation restrictions. The Land Stewardship staff will also offer the Intern a brief overview of the Land Stewardship department, including the process of creating management plans, and Greenbelt’s mapping capabilities using the ArcView Geographic Information System (GIS) and Global Positioning System (GPS) unit.

• Attend the July meeting of the Board of Directors and possibly other committee meetings to experience first-hand non-profit governance.

Groundwork Lawrence

Type: Groundwork Lawrence works to create sustainable environmental change through community-based partnerships. Groundwork’s mission and operations are premised on the understanding that environmental conditions are inextricably linked to the economic and social health of a neighborhood. To accomplish this, Groundwork leads and supports a variety of partnership-driven efforts that bring together the public, private and non-profit sectors to solve complex environmental problems and sustain a long-term vision for neighborhood change and renewal.

Location: Lawrence, MA

Responsibilities/Experiences:

• Assist staff in any way possible to expedite planning and management processes related to on-going stewardship projects, educational and community food programs and general administration.

• Projects and programs include the Lawrence Farmers Market, the Groundwork Lawrence Community Supported Agriculture Program, community garden coordination and support, youth environmental stewardship and education, park construction and contract management, volunteer clean-ups and beautification projects.

• Perform tasks ranging from contacting performers and costing items for large-scale community and volunteer events to reconciling finances, documenting meetings and doing other clerical work.

• Attend park site meetings and at times co-lead youth group during improvement projects at local farms, community gardens and land preserves.

• Represent the organization at the Lawrence Farmers Market and be responsible for managing electronic transactions, answering questions and assisting with set-up and break-down of the Market.

• The intern will learn about tools and programs we use to tackle food security issues and economic development in a low-income community. The intern will gain experience in financial management associated with a non-profit and will be able to focus and direct their own work.

The Revolving Museum

Type: The Revolving Museum is a community arts space in downtown Lowell that produces artwork exhibitions, art festivals, and runs youth education programs. The 2009 summer programs offer Lowell teens the opportunities to create art in public settings, learn how to plan, build, and celebrate art in the community and provide valuable team building experiences with other teens from different backgrounds.

Location: Lowell, MA

Responsibilities/Experiences:

• Assist the program teachers in mentoring teens with the art projects

• Prepare art-making materials

• Work side-by-side with teachers in all phases of the program from planing to evaluation

• Work with teen groups in their creation of art projects for festivals, galleries, display boxes, and murals

• Participate in pilot project which will connect Lowell teens with a mentoring program with professional artists in Concord

•  Participate in pilot project with 8th graders which partners with a university computer science department to learn computer science and robotics

• Work closely with program teachers and assist students

• Serve as a gallery docent, greeting the public, sharing information about the exhibition, selling items in the museum store

• Assist the Gallery Manager with events

• Coordination of private rentals

• Learn about exhibits

• Attend cultural events and help run them

• Learn about arts marketing

Neighbors In Need

Type: Neighbors in Need fights hunger directly at the local level. They currently serve over 500 families each week at each of the eleven different pantries in the neighborhoods of Lawrence and Methuen. The most notable among their new initiatives in 2008 is their effort to increase the amount of freshly grown food that is available to their clients. Through a partnership with a farm in NH, they provide the volunteer to work the fields and harvest.

Location: Greater Lawrence/Methuen area/travel to NH

Responsibilities/Experiences:

• Responsible for recruiting, scheduling and coordinating volunteers for NIN's fresh produce program

• Work with Executive Director to plan farm season projects

• Work with farm volunteers as necessary

• Coordinate volunteers and pick-up of donated fresh foods from Community Supported Agriculture programs

• Solicit other farms for donations and gleaning projects

• Find and publish recipes for client use of unfamiliar vegetables and fruits (in English and Spanish)

• Arrange press coverage of program, volunteers, and farmers

• Prepare monthly reports

Community Group Latchkey Program

Type: Latchkey Program runs after school during the school year, and all day during the summer. It also provides Summer Camp on the lake at Rolling Ridge during July and August. Children are provided with healthy snacks, supervised educational time, field trips, art projects, sports, and games.

Location: Lawrence, MA/North Andover, MA

Responsibilities/Experiences:

• Provide flexibility as a team player

• Able to work independently in an organized and motivated manner

• Work with elementary school students enthusiastically

• Act as a positive role model/mentor

• Participate in academic programs such as reading

• Assist children in sports programs

• Prior work with children a plus

• Accompany children on field trips, and supervise them

Open Door Cape Ann Food Pantry

Type: The mission of The Open Door/Cape Ann Food Pantry is to alleviate hunger in the communities of Cape Ann. The service area covers Gloucester, Rockport, Essex, Manchester, and Ipswich. They accomplish this by providing free meals and food in a hospitable environment, providing advocacy on behalf of the disadvantaged, and providing job-skills training and job placement through their programs.

Location: Gloucester, MA

Responsibilities/Experiences:

• Maintain database system for client and donor information

• Assist at Mobile Markets located at five sites on Cape Ann

• Assist in the operations of the Summer Food Service Program

• Attend Board Meetings

• Complete special project work as assigned

• Participate in direct services such as serving clients, stocking shelves, preparing/serving meals, working in a retail environment at the thrift store

• Upgrade resource guide

• Assist in fundraising through updating restaurant lists, soliciting donations, helping with promotion, and sales

• Prepare summer newsletter and mailing

• Provide support for annual audit

• Learn to assist clients in filling out a federal food stamp application

• Participate in tasks associated with a name change and branding campaign for the organization.

The Wish Project

Type: The Wish Project provides furniture, home and baby goods, backpacks, and clothing to kids and families. They fulfill wishes for needy clients from more than 100 existing homeless shelters and other social services. The large warehouse in Lowell provides a safe place for people to donate, volunteer, and help clients get the goods they need.

Location: Lowell, MA

Responsibilities/Experiences:

• Assist volunteers, explain their tasks, and provide supervision

• Keep warehouse organized

• Keep paperwork current

• Computer data input

• Track inventory

United Teen Equality Center

Type: Founded in 1999, UTEC was the result of an organizing movement driven by young people to develop their own teen center in response to gang violence. It is now a youth-led agency that uniquely blends a drop-in, safe-haven center with more structured youth development classes, organizing work, street-based outreach, gang mediation, and referral services to over 1,700 "at risk"Lowell teens annually. UTEC has created a safe multicultural place of belonging enphasizing the holistic development of Lowell youth, ages 13-23, who are most often overlooked and labeled "at risk".

Location: Lowell, MA

Responsibilities/Experiences: 

• Network and improve outreach methods and student requirement for diploma program

• Work within the UTEC members, the community, and designated events
  

• Organize appeals for funds and communicating with donors

• Create an electronic resource for UTEC staff which would include research papers and leading thinking on all facets of youth work

• Gain experience working with a youth-led agency model

• Provide support in both outreach and administrative efforts

Jericho Road

Type: Jericho Road leverages the professional skills and volunteerism of suburban executives by matching them with the needs of under-resourced non-profits in Lowell. Their clients are non-profits that offer services ranging from youth programs to job creation programs to immigrant assistance programs and beyond. Their volunteers use their professional skills to help non-profits with capacity-building projects such as strategic planning.

Location: Lowell, MA

Responsibilities/Experiences:

• Assist the Program Director in running the day-to-day activities of a small non-profit, as well as helping to build the tools and processes used to build non-profit capacity and engage skills-based volunteers

• Collect, manage and analyze Jericho Road project data

• Manage newsletter mail lists

• Assist in writing and producing newsletter

• Send out and process volunteer and client evaluations

• Assist with administration and analysis of non-profit organizational capacity assessments

• Research new potential grantors for Jericho Road

• Assist with grant applications

Beverly Bootstraps

Type: Beverly Bootstraps' mission is to end hunger and its root causes by offering a myriad of emergency and empowerment services in the communities they serve. This includes a food pantry, thrift shop, education and individual support programs, informational resources, and various community support projects.

Location: Beverly, MA

Responsibilities/Experiences:

• Represent Beverly Bootstraps at various public events

• Food Pantry:

  • Build an understanding of the operating procedures and services provided in the food pantry

  • Assist with intake, sorting and distribution of food to the Beverly and Manchester communities

  • Assist with client in-take, record keeping, and service

• Administrative Support:

  • Provide administrative support to staff

  • Answer phones, greet individuals utilizing services

• Summer Reading Program:

  • Assist Outreach staff in organizing and sorting book donations

  • Distribute books to local parks

• Back to School Bonanza:

  • Assist Outreach staff in organizing and sorting school supplies

  • Create and mail a flier to over 400 families who access this program

Gloucester Stage Company