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ClassWish.org – Social Media Internship Opportunity
Use your social media skills to help improve the classrooms, education and lives of millions of K-12 students
Contact: [email protected]
Social Media Internship Opportunitywith ClassWish.org, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
ClassWish.org/Social Media offers high-achieving students an unparallelled opportunity to assume responsibility, use their skills, gain experience, and make a difference.
This Powerpoint will present the need, our work, and the internship opportunity.
They needed supplies and equipment to succeed
George Herman Ruth, Jr.
Marie Salomea Sklodowska
Paul David Hewson
Andrej Varchola, Jr.
Samuel Clemens
If they hadn’t had books, art supplies, science qeuipment, musical instruments and sports equipment, you would know them by these names. (Actually, you wouldn’t know them, at all).
So do they
Yet, budget cuts leave schools with barren classrooms
Teachers say they need. . .
Math PortfoliosMs. DillonJ.H.S. 118 William W. Niles School.Bronx, NY
Post-it Notes 3" x 5", Canary Yellow Ms. PeraltaRocklin High. Rocklin, CA
Multicultural Rhythm Set Ms. KosierBluffton ElementaryBluffton, SC
Student First Aid KitsMs. NewmanLake City Christian AcademyLake City, FL
Universal Student Lift Lid Desk Ms. AdameState Street Elem Topeka, KS
Model 8077 ImagePro ProjectorMs. ZaveriCreekside High SchoolFairburn, GA
Oil and Acrylic BrushesMr. CastellawNotus Jr Sr High SchoolNotus, ID
Marker school smart dry erasersMs. Plischke Cedar Lane Early Childhood Center Middletown, DE
Traditional school fundraising sales do not reach many potential supporters
“I would gladly help the schools I attended in Miamiand my nephew’s school in LA. However, I am in NYC,
and the folks selling cookie dough don’t reach me.”
Traditional school fundraising sales squander most available support
Time-consuming and disruptive
Not tax-deductible
Not matched by employers
Inefficient ($3.7 B in sales, but only $1.7B goes to the schools) *
$2 billionthat could have bought school resources goes to pay for the
fundraising merchandise, instead
Cookie dough, wrapping paper, chocolate, etc. merchandise sales:
* Source: Wall Street Journal
ClassWish.org Offers an Easy and Efficient Solution
Visitors to ClassWish.org see what is needed.They make tax-deductible contributions to help.ClassWish ships the materials right to the school.
Visitors see schoolwide needs, including equipment, at 125k K-12 schools
Process
• Visitors see exactly what is needed and make tax-deductible contributions to help.
• Many companies match employees’ donations, which can double their funding.
• ClassWish buys the equipment and has it shipped right to the school.
• Kids get the support they need to perform at their best.
ClassWish Board of Advisors
Richard Bernstein, former TIME and NY Times Bureau ChiefNicole Baker, Director, Faith Community Relations, Teach For AmericaScott Cutler, EVP, NYSE-EuronextEllen Dempsey, President & CEO, Teachers NetworkEsther Dyson, investor and philanthropistAdam Hirsch, former COO, MashableMark Linaugh, Chief Talent Officer, WPP Betsy Morgan, former CEO, Huffington PostAutumn Nazarian, Sr. Partner, GroupM ESP Entertainment & Sports
Partnerships Nancy Pelz-Paget, Director, Education Program, Aspen InstituteGreg Richmond, CEO, Nat’l Assn. of Charter School AuthorizersSharon Robinson Ph.D., CEO, American Assn. of Colleges for Teacher
EducationSteve Rosenbaum, CEO, Magnify MediaTim Shey, Director, YouTube Next Lab at Google
What Experts Are Saying
“This nonprofit is a swift and inventive way for communities to unite in support of the tools that make learning more accessible for all students.”
Sarah Brown WesslingNational Teacher of the Year
“ClassWish helps teachers get the supplies that are so essential for children to get a great education.”
Nancy Pelz-Paget Director, Aspen Institute
Internship Opportunitywith ClassWish.org, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
ClassWish.org offers high-achieving students an unparallelled opportunity to assume responsibility, use their skills, gain experience, and make a difference.
Social media interns will use Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, blogs, and other tools to raise awareness of and encourage participation in ClassWish.org.
Contact
If you want to do something exciting and that you will always be proud of, we would love to hear from you.
We are also recruiting interns with an interest in books, music, science, art and other subjects, as well as graphics, communications and social media. Please share these opportunities with your friends.
To see all our internship opportunities, please see: http://classwish-intern-postings.weebly.com
