Dear Service Learning
Colleagues ,
Help your students
gain valuable community leadership experience while making a difference in our
nation’s capital! Connect them with the Summer 2017 Institute on
Philanthropy and Voluntary Service in Washington, DC.
Focused on Community
Leadership and Service, the institute is ideal for students who are
active in service and volunteerism on their campuses and in their communities.
Please consider forwarding this message to your students and encouraging them
to apply by the extended deadline of April 5.
With scholarship
funding still available, IPVS is the perfect summer service opportunity for
students interested in developing their community leadership skills. Over 80%
of our students receive scholarship awards based on financial need and merit.
Please forward the announcement below to students who may be interested in
spending their summer in Washington, DC.
Thank you for your
time and please feel free to contact me if your students have any questions!
Sincerely,
Kayla Anderson
Manager, Institute on
Philanthropy and Voluntary Service
The Fund for American
Studies
******ANNOUNCEMENT*******
COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP
+ SERVICE PROGRAM – Washington, DC
Institute on
Philanthropy and Voluntary Service
June 3 – July 28
Extended Deadline:
April 5, 2017
**Scholarship Funding
Available**
How are you going to
spend your summer?
Join the thousands of
volunteers, public servants and community leaders who heard the call to serve
in the nation’s capital.
The Institute on
Philanthropy and Voluntary Service offers you a chance to put your talents towards
affecting change. Spend your summer getting a hands-on learning and leadership
experience in Washington, DC. With scholarship funding available, over
80% of IPVS students receive a scholarship award.
You still have the
opportunity to be placed in an internship that puts you on the front-lines
working to solve the most pressing challenges facing our communities, country
and world. Spend your summer strengthening your leadership skills, taking
action and making an impact.
With IPVS you
can:
· Provide families with
educational programs that combat
childhood obesity.
· Help to advance public health by conducting
intake interviews.
· Facilitate enrichment
opportunities for at-risk youth that encourage
future successes.
· Translate legal service
documents and consultations for low-income immigrants.
· Raise money and
awareness for diseases that affect
millions.
· Provide direct emergency services to
clients at a homeless shelter.
· Engage
the
local community to revitalize urban green spaces.
LECTURES + BRIEFINGS
Engage in debate and
discussion on issues in social entrepreneurship, poverty and more with
prominent nonprofit executives, and attend exclusive briefings at key
Washington institutions including the State Department, Peace Corps, Social
Service Organizations, American Red Cross, World Bank, and foreign embassies.
Application
Instructions
Apply by the April
5 extended deadline and prepare to make a difference this summer. For more
information or to start an application, please visit our website at www.DCinternships.org/IPVS. If you have
questions about the program or application process, please contact us at admissions@tfas.org or call 202.986.0384.
About
the Program
Sponsored by The Fund
for American Studies, IPVS is an academic internship program held in
Washington, DC for undergraduate students interested in volunteerism and
careers in the nonprofit sector. The Institute combines hands on professional
experience for 30 hours a week with a challenging academic experience worth
between 3 and 9 credit hours from George Mason University. All students live
just steps from the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial in furnished
apartments at George Washington University.
Choose to spend your
summer in service with IPVS!
CONNECT WITH US
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ALUMNA QUOTE
“Through my
internship I got to do a little bit of everything, and really got to explore
what type of work I want to do after graduation. I now have a better idea of
what I want to do for the rest of my life. The internship placement was truly
such an amazing opportunity.”
Cayla Rabinowitz, Arizona State University
Intern, AVODAH: Jewish Service Corp
Cayla Rabinowitz, Arizona State University
Intern, AVODAH: Jewish Service Corp
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