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NOURISH INTERNATIONAL SEEKS APPLICATIONS FOR ITS FALL 2010 INTERNSHIP PROGRAM FOR THE FOLLOWING POSITION
• Public Relations Intern
• Assistant to the Executive Director Intern
• International Projects Intern
• Web and Marketing Intern
• Chapter Support Intern

ABOUT THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
Interns work closely with full-time Nourish staff to expand and strengthen the organization’s capacity to deliver upon its mission to eradicate poverty by engaging students and empowering communities.

Positions are for the National Office of Nourish International (not the UNC Chapter), which is located at 133 ½ E. Franklin Street, suite 105, Chapel Hill, NC 27514.

APPLICATION PROCESS
Candidates must be enrolled in or have completed a four year degree program. Nourish International is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on items such as race, gender or sexual orientation.

To apply, send a resume and cover letter to allie.treske@nourishinternational.org by Monday, August 30th at 5:00 pm. Be sure to mention the position(s) for which you are applying, why you would be a good fit for this role, and how this position fits into your larger career trajectory and values. Internships are unpaid opportunities to support transformative work and gain professional experience working on a high performing team of changemakers.

ABOUT NOURISH INTERNATIONAL
Nourish International is one of the Carolina Entrepreneurial Initiative's earliest success stories. Founded at UNC as "Hunger Lunch" in 2003 by Sindhura Citineni, Nourish International received inspiration and assistance from CEI's programs and community to develop into a nonprofit venture. It incorporated in 2006 as a 501(c)3 nonprofit focused on eradicating poverty worldwide. Nourish now works with students on 25 campuses in the United States. This summer, Nourish sent 65 students to work on community development projects with partners in 12 communities worldwide. In 2008, Nourish received the North Carolina Peace Prize for excellence in cross-cultural solutions and sustainable development. For more information, visit www.nourishinternational.org

THE POSITIONS

Public Relations Intern
Position Summary: Reporting to the Executive Director, this volunteer will work side by side with Nourish staff using social media, email marketing, and publicity campaigns to raise awareness about the organization within current supporters and new target audiences. A particular emphasis will be placed upon helping lead the outreach for Nourish International’s fall Masquerade Ball and Chairman’s Reception.
Commitment: 10 hours a week
Skills needed: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, ability to establish and maintain strong professional relationships, strengths in event organizing and planning

Assistant to the Executive Director Intern
Position Summary: Reporting to the Executive Director, the Assistant to the Executive Director will work on various fundraising related initiatives, such as helping launch a phone-a-thon and direct mail campaign, thanking donors for support, maintaining database records and assisting with grant research and writing. This position is ideal for people interested in gaining experience in grant writing and non-profit management.
Commitment: 10 hours a week
Skills needed: Strong written and oral communication skills, initiative, and follow through are a must. Experience with mail-merge, salesforce.com, database research, grant writing, or other fundraising skills a plus.

International Projects Intern
Position Summary: Reporting to the Chapter Coordinator, The International Projects Intern will support our student chapters in forming responsible, impactful partnerships with community based development organizations abroad. Position will work on creating resources for Nourish students who travel abroad. An interest in global development and international affairs is vital for this position. Experience working with marginalized populations is a major plus.
Commitment: 10 hours a week
Skills needed: Strong communication skills, research and organizational abilities. Ability to work well with others.

Web and Marketing Intern
Position Summary: Reporting to the Executive Director, the Intern will work closely with nourish staff in assisting with web and graphics projects. Here at Nourish we use a CMS called Drupal. Basic knowledge and prior work with this system is preferable.
Commitment: 10 hours a week
Skills needed:
Requirements:
• Solid understanding of HTML concepts, with examples of past projects
• Basic experience working with CSS.
• Aptitude towards problem solving
• Interest in learning new skills, technologies
Plusses:
• Image processing experience
• Project management experience
• Experience with Salesforce.com and Google AdWords
Positions available: 1

Chapter Support Intern
Position Summary: Reporting to the Chapter Coordinator, the Intern will work side-by-side with Nourish staff assisting with chapter support, communicating with student leaders, and developing fundamental chapter documents. This position works closely with the Chapter Coordinator.
Commitment: 10 hours a week
Skills needed: Excellent communication and organizational skills

Many thanks to our sponsors of the 2010 Nourish International Summer Institute!

EvoApp
Marcia Angle and Mark Trustin Fund
UNC Global
UNC Institute or Global Health
Mez Contemporary Mexican
Chapel Hill Restaurant Group
Mediterranean Deli
Jessee's Coffee
Chipotle
Elmo's Diner
Costco
Noodles & Co.
Bruegger's
Courtyard Marriott
Chapel Hill Florist
Nantucket Grill
3 Cups
Caribou Coffee
Neal's Deli

Nourish International is seeking interns for its Fall 2010 internship program. Interns will work closely with full-time Nourish staff to expand and strengthen the organization’s capacity to deliver upon its mission to eradicate poverty by engaging students and empowering communities.

Positions are for the National Office of Nourish International, located at 133 ½ E. Franklin Street. Nourish's UNC chapter can be contacted by emailing Greg Randolph at gfrandolph@gmail.com

Candidates must be enrolled in or have completed a four-year degree.  Nourish International is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on items such as race, gender or sexual orientation.

To apply, send a resume and cover letter to allie.treske@nourishinternational.org by Monday, August 23^rd at 5:00 pm. Be sure to mention the position for which you are applying. Internships are unpaid opportunities to support transformative work and gain professional experience working on a high performing team of changemakers.

About Nourish International Nourish International is one of the Carolina Entrepreneurial Initiative's earliest success stories. Founded at UNC as "Hunger Lunch" in 2003 by Sindhura Citineni, Nourish International received inspiration and assistance from CEI's programs and community to develop into a nonprofit venture. It incorporated in 2006 as a 501(c)3 nonprofit focused on eradicating poverty worldwide. Nourish now works with students on 25 campuses in the United States. This summer, Nourish sent 65 students to work on community development projects with partners in 12 communities worldwide. In 2008, Nourish received the North Carolina Peace Prize for excellence in cross-cultural solutions and sustainable development. For more information, visit www.nourishinternational.org

A complete list of the positions is available below.

PR Coordinator

Position Summary: This volunteer will work side by side with Nourish staff using social media and publicity campaigns to raise awareness about the organization with external audiences, as well as support communication within the Nourish chapter network.  The PR assistant will be given leadership in designing fundraising event materials.

Commitment: 10 hours a week

Skills needed: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, ability to establish and maintain strong professional relationships, strengths in event organizing and planning

Positions available: 1

Assistant to the Executive Director Intern

Position Summary: The Assistant to the Executive Director will work on various fundraising related initiatives, such as helping launch a phone-a-thon and direct mail campaign, thanking donors for support, maintaining database records and assisting with grant writing. This position is ideal for people interested in gaining experience in grant writing and non-profit management.

Commitment: 10 hours a week

Skills needed: Strong written and oral communication skills, initiative, follow through are a must. Experience with mail-merge, grant writing, or other fundraising skills a plus.

Positions available: 1

International Projects Coordinator

Position Summary: The International Projects Coordinator will support our student chapters in forming responsible, impactful partnerships with community based development organizations abroad. Position will work on creating resources for Nourish students who travel abroad. An interest in global development and international affairs is vital for this position.

Commitment: 10 hours a week

Skills needed: Strong communication skills, research and organizational abilities. Ability to work well with others.

Positions available: 1

Web and Marketing Intern

Position Summary: The Intern will work closely with nourish staff in assisting with web and graphics projects. Here at Nourish we use a CMS called Drupal.  Basic knowledge and prior work with this system is preferable.

Commitment: 10 hours a week

Skills needed:

Requirements:

• Solid understanding of HTML concepts, with examples of past projects
• Basic experience working with CSS.
• Aptitude towards problem solving
• Interest in learning new skills, technologies

Plusses:

• Image processing experience
• Project management experience
• Experience with Salesforce.com and Google AdWords

Positions available: 1

Chapter Support Intern

Position Summary: The Intern will work side-by-side with Nourish staff assisting with chapter support, communicating with student leaders, and developing fundamental chapter documents.  This position works closely with the Chapter Coordinator.

Commitment: 10 hours a week

Skills needed: Excellent communication and organizational skills

Positions available: 1

In the midst of planning for our Third Annual Summer Institute, Institute Banquet, and (ok, I decided not to try and list everything we've been up to -- trust us, we've been busy), we took pause to change offices.

Many thanks to Jim Kitchen, one of our newest Board members, for his lead on the space, and to Neil Bagchi and Doug Cook for their help with the lease and negotiations.  Rent is cheaper, the location is closer to the UNC campus (makes getting interns easier), and we butt up against the Franklin Business Center, a sweet little incubator for recent college graduates starting ventures.  The only problem we faced with the new space (in addition to having lots of stuff to move into it from our old office) was the condition of the place.  It was a bit of a mess.

Thankfully, one of our new neighbors, Sweeps, is a start-up that hires out hard-working college students for a very reasonable rate.  After a day or so of hauling out junk and painting, we are now the proud tenants of a beautiful space.

The impact of a new office may seem pretty removed from combating global poverty, I'll admit, but let me take a moment to explain its significance.  At the end of the chain is a community abroad that, this summer, right now, has just been empowered with greater access to what it needs to support its members (clean water, a new cottage industry, etc.).  That community empowerment arose out of a Partnership between a team of Nourish International students and a community based organization abroad, which included a donation of both financial support and labor for the project.  The student team, in turn, was the result of a year of planning and running revenue generating Ventures by a Nourish Chapter on a U.S. college campus.  Finally, the existence and continued success of that campus chapter, and 24 others like it, has roots in the work of our National Office.  Our weekly one-on-one mentoring phone calls, Summer Institute, and other forms of support we provide help make the movement possible.  No office space = no national office, and the rest of the chain I just described gets placed in jeopardy.  Capacity building work is, by nature, a step or two removed from the actual work on the ground of combating global poverty.  It is, though, incredibly important.  Like leaven in bread dough, just a little investment in capacity building can make the whole mass rise.

Nourish International is proud to announce Mari Kuraishi, Co-Founder of Global Giving, as the keynote speaker of the 2010 Summer Institute Banquet. The event will take place in Chapel Hill, NC August 8th. See link for more details and RSVP.

http://www.razoo.com/story/Summer-Institute-Banquet-Aug-8th

We just finished calculating the performance of the Nourish network for the 2009-10 cycle.  Very exciting -- we are making an impact and poised for an even better year in 2010-11!

Health of Nourish International’s Chapter Network

•Nourish started the year with chapters on 24 college campuses

•83% of these chapters will continue on next year

•68% of chapters are sending at least one delegate to the Summer Institute, bringing total attendance numbers up to 26.

Venture Success

•Over 150 students served in executive leadership positions in their chapters this year, with a much larger population of students actively engaging with Nourish's work •Total profits for chapter ventures (revenue minus expenses) were just over $65,000

Project Success

•Nourish chapters sent a total of eleven technical assistance teams abroad and invested a total of $45,000 in community based development projects in other countries.

This week, the Ohio State University Chapter held their first discussion group to explore marriages across cultures. The group specifically discussed how cultural variation in marriage practices around the globe affects women's status, inheritance and kinship groups, using Serena Nada's article, "Arranging a Marriage in India", as a reference text. The Chapter's discussion groups give members an opportunity to fraternize with one another outside regular Chapter meetings and thus contribute to building a stronger and more cohesive Chapter team at Ohio State.

If you are also interested in this topic, the text that the group read can be found at http://www.slideshare.net/NourishOSU/arranging-a-marriage-in-india

A brief bio:
After graduating from the University of North Carolina in 1987 with a degree in Russian & Eastern European Studies, I studied abroad three times (Spain & Chile) and started a tour operation business specializing in group tours to the Caribbean. While this company was in its infancy I was able to travel the world, visiting six continents and 75+ countries. In 2005, after 18 years at the helm, I sold this company to Tui Travel, a multinational travel conglomerate based in the UK. Afterwards, I served as the director of Tui Student's Acquisition department, overseeing 13 acquisitions in 3 years and helping to build one of the largest student travel companies in the world. Currently, I am the president of Real Property Development, a commercial real estate business specializing in multi-family and triple-net acquisitions.

Humbled by how incredibly blessed my family and I have been, I am devoting more of my time and talents to helping others achieve their goals. Having learned some of the most important lessons of my life while sleeping in grass huts in Nicaragua and building rooms and schools in Costa Rica, Nourish International’s social/entrepreneurial mission speaks clearly to me. My foreign travel, study and business experiences have taught me invaluable lessons on respecting the cultural differences of our global community and provide a unique perspective into what Nourish can and will achieve in the future.

Nourish is proud to welcome Felicia Alexander of the University of New Mexico to its Chapter Founders Program. Felicia is one of the two students to be accepted to the Program after its first cycle. She is a rising sophomore, majoring in Anthropology and Spanish with a minor in Sociology. She is also part of the UNM Honors Program and works as an intern at Sandia National Laboratories in the department of International Biological Threat Reduction. She is very excited about becoming part of the Nourish team and raising awareness of global poverty issues on her campus. Felicia thinks that the active and diverse community and student body at UNM will be conducive to spreading Nourish's mission as it has been for other organizations at campus.

We look forward to working with Felicia to promote social awareness on her campus.

This summer, the Nourish Chapter at Texas A&M University will be headed to Guatemala for its first summer Project. The Chapter will be partnering with FUNCEDESCRI, a Guatemalan non-profit dedicated to promoting community development and sustainable agriculture within the Mayan farming communities of Campur, Cunén and Nebaj. FUNCEDESCRI empowers farming families to achieve food security by providing workshops on organic farming and nutrition, defraying the cost of agricultural tools and seeds, supporting projects that improve public health, and training community health, nutrition and agricultural promoters. The organization currently serves 2,400 families in 80 communities.
Texas A&M is still looking for additional students to accompany its Chapter members on the project. If you are interested in going on this project, please contact Melissa Saucedo: msaucedo5@neo.tamu.edu. Project Dates are May 30 - July 5, so you will return back home with half a summer left to relax. Basic Spanish skills are a plus.