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Community Service Learning Program (CSLP)

Students are asked to write and essay and attach it to their resume as a portfolio to apply - information is on each job description in COOL.

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Pediatric Growth Clinic, Boston (available in Spring and Fall)

This is a medical social service program which services over 150 children diagnosed with Failing to Thrive properly. It encompasses the Grow Clinic for Children and the Primary Care Enrichment Program (PEP) Clinic.

-Position Description: Program Assistant

Students will be asked to divide their time between assisting with day-to-day operations of these clinics and a long-term project which can be designed with one of the clinic's professional staff members covering a particular area of interest for the student. Projects can have research, clinical or fundraising components. Day to day assignments will include work in the food pantry, clothing closet, administrative, office and clinic waiting rooms. Other responsibilities may include:

• Playing with children waiting for appointments in the Growth Clinic

• Interviewing families

• Assisting with the utero cocaine study

• Assisting with fundraising projects, newsletters, and research

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AIDS Action Committee, Boston (available in Spring and Fall)

This is a large multiservice agency, which has provided support services to over 6200 people with AIDS and symptomatic HIV disease.

–Position Description: AIDS Hotline Counselor Staff the confidential AIDS and HIV information and referral Hotline. Answer questions and respond to concerns about HIV and AIDS and provide support to callers as they struggle with these issues. Assist with other related health education projects as needed.

-Qualifications: Must be comfortable talking explicitly about sexuality and health issues and responding to people in crisis. Must be able to complete a required hotline training session on a weekend.

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Rosie's Place, Boston (available in Spring and Fall)

Rosie’s Place provides shelter, meals and a variety of services for nearly 200 homeless and low-income women every day. The intern will split their time between the Childworks Program and the Advocacy Program.

Childworks Program/Position Description (~25 hrs/week) Childworks provides educational activities and entertainment for the children who come to Rosie’s Place with their mothers. The intern will create and carry out a regular schedule of children’s activities each week and will be responsible for coordinating staff involvement, managing registration for activities, and oversee the activities of the volunteers recruited to assist them. The intern will plan craft activities which they do with the children at least twice a week. The intern will also plan field trips and other activities (storytellers, magicians, science fairs) that are designed to meet a range of educational and developmental goals.

Advocacy Program/Position Description (~15 hrs/week) Advocacy is offered to guests at Rosie’s Place on an on-going or drop-in basis, helping women with a myriad of needs including preventing eviction, entering detox, writing a resume, furnishing a new apartment, or accessing medical care. The Drop-in Center logs approximately 1,500 guest visits each quarter. The intern will work closely with the advocates and front office staff and assist them in all aspects of their work. The tasks may include: assisting guests in creating resumes and/or teaching basic word processing skills, accompanying guests to off-site appointments, working with guests in the advocacy resource center, conducting initial interviews with new guests, filling requests for clothing and household items, answering phones and working at the front desk, and some light filing and data entry. Qualifications: Strong interpersonal skills, organizational ability, interest in community service/social justice issues. Flexible. Ability to work on own and handle multiple demands.

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Project Bread, Boston (available only in Spring)

The Walk for Hunger is the largest one-day fundraiser in America to help feed hungry people. The Walk support 510 food pantries, soup kitchens and other agencies in 127 Massachusetts communities.

-Position Description: Assistant to Walk Coordinator The student will recruit and register new volunteer groups; Register returning volunteers and provide informational materials: Handle telephone inquiries from potential volunteers; Maintain volunteer rosters and issue weekly reports to Assistant Coordinator, Act as a coordinator of volunteers for the Walk for Hunger in early May. Provide support to Walk for Hunger staff on special projects as time allows: At the conclusion of the Service-Learning quarter, prepare a written report and evaluation of the Walk for Hunger.

-Qualifications: Creative, flexible, high-energy person with excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills; team player who can also work well independently; computer skills are helpful.