Deadline for receiving internship applications is March 10, 2012

The Good Neighbors Internship Program

SML Good Neighbors, Inc. was started in 2006 by a small group of concerned citizens who have deep concerns about children in our rural Virginia community.  In Virginia, as in the rest of our nation, the rate of poverty in rural communities is over 13.5%.  In the six elementary schools in our immediate area 750 children are eligible for the free or reduced-price school lunch program.

Click Picture to Watch 'What It Takes to Become an Intern'

We invite you to become part of our community for a summer of work, fellowship, personal growth and transformation as you help us serve 160 elementary school children in the Good Neighbors Summer Enrichment Day Camps at Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia. The children you will serve  are those who are most vulnerable. They are the children who come from families with limited resources. Preference is also given to children who need assistance with reading and other communication skills. In addition,the Good Neighbors Curriculum is a values-based curriculum that emphasizes values such as nonviolence, accepting diversity, compassion, honesty and integrity. These values are at the heart of all camp activities and are modeled by all of us who work with the children.

One of our stated objectives is: to provide opportunities for leadership training and vocational exploration for young adults through service-learning Internships.

If you are drawn to working with children, teaching or serving children at risk, you should contact us. If you are drawn to life in community with other Interns, you should contact us. If you are drawn to an experience that connects churches, civic organizations and schools through efforts to serve children, you should contact us. If you are drawn to an experience of shared life in community with children, their families, young adults and compassionate volunteers, you should contact us.

If you are an Intern in the Good Neighbors family, you will:

• Be one of the primary Camp Facilitators/Leaders
• Be one of the principal facilitators/teachers of the          Good Neighbors Curriculum
• Work closely with the volunteers
• Live with other interns in a house provided by Good Neighbors
• Work closely with the Program and Camp Directors
• Have days that begin early and end late
• Receive room and board plus a stipend of $2000
• Have almost no expenses
• Spend 10 weeks of exhausting, fulfilling work that may change your worldview and transform your life

If you are still interested, or at least curious, contact us for detailed information, applications and assistance.

Click on these links for:

1.  Intern Job Description

2.  Internship Application

3.    2012 Camp Calendar

Deadline for application is March 10th 

 Russell C. Baskett, Program Director

rbaskett@jetbroadband.com

SML Good Neighbors, Inc.

949 Boardwalk Dr.

Moneta, VA 24121

(540) 798-2332