Community Service Project – Summer 2010

This summer our class is sponsoring 7 internships in non-profit organizations in three different cities—New York, Baltimore and Los Angeles. We are part of PICS (Princeton Internships in Civic Service) which is the main source of summer internships in non-profits  for the students.  This summer the PICS program is sponsoring 64 internships around the country.

Class of 1970 internships include 3 in New York City with The Resource Foundation, Montefiore Medical Center and the Global Peace Initiative of Women, 1 near Baltimore with the Office of Community Partnerships in Montgomery County, and 3 in Los Angeles with My Friends Place, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles and Descanso Gardens. Several of us are serving as mentors to the students to give them direct alumni support and perspective to their work.

In initiating and sponsoring this type of work we are bringing Princeton students into the process of helping to solve social problems and enrich our communities.  In addition it is rewarding to serve as a mentor for the students involved and get to know future Princeton alumni.

The pool of applicants is much larger than the number of internships available and we encourage you to get involved by either finding a non-profit in your community that would like a summer intern, by mentoring one of the summer interns, or by financially supporting the efforts already underway by your classmates. This year there were over 350 applicants for the 64 internships.   Interns will receive $4500 for the 10 weeks of work, and the administrative cost per intern is about $1500.  PICS does have an endowment but like most investments it is under pressure and the program cannot grow without continued funding from sponsors like ourselves.

Donations can be made to:    PICS (Princeton Internships in Civic Service)

                                              12 Stockton St.

                                               Princeton, NJ  08540-68113