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75 Dallas Nonprofits Offer Paid College Internships This Summer Through the 15th Annual ExxonMobil Community Summer Jobs Program.


DALLAS -- Nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive.

Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law.
 Agencies Selected to Participate in 2005 Program Now Hiring College Students for the Summer

The ExxonMobil Foundation and the Volunteer Center of Dallas County Dallas County is the name of five counties in the United States of America:
  • Named for Vice President of the United States of America George M. Dallas:
  • Dallas County, Arkansas
 today announced 75 local nonprofit agencies selected to participate in the 2005 ExxonMobil Community Summer Jobs Program. College students looking for Looking for

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 summer jobs can apply for paid internship internship /in·tern·ship/ (in´tern-ship) the position or term of service of an intern in a hospital.
internship,
n the course work or practicum conducted in a professional dental clinic.
 positions that offer both practical experience and insight into the value and importance of nonprofit work.

"The ExxonMobil Community Summer Jobs Program offers college students paid internships that provide both real work experience and exposure to the nonprofit sector," said Gerald McElvy, President of the ExxonMobil Foundation. "This community program also lends a helping hand to local nonprofit agencies that meet vital needs while operating on limited budgets."

Now in its 15th year, the Dallas-area ExxonMobil Community Summer Jobs Program enables selected agencies to hire a college student for an eight-week internship to assist with the heavy workload The term workload can refer to a number of different yet related entities. An amount of labor
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 will attend seminars designed to broaden their exposure to the nonprofit sector, volunteerism vol·un·teer·ism  
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 and community needs.

"Students participating in the ExxonMobil Community Summer Jobs Program will see first-hand how nonprofits make a positive difference in the community," said Julie Thomas (language) Thomas - A language compatible with the language Dylan(TM). Thomas is NOT Dylan(TM).

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, executive director of the Volunteer Center. "We are grateful to ExxonMobil for providing the resources to make this program possible. It leaves a powerful impression on students and cultivates a new generation of individuals who, in the future, will have careers in nonprofit organizations Nonprofit Organization

An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well.

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Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools.
, serve as board members or become lifelong volunteers."

ExxonMobil will provide grants totaling $182,000 for intern intern /in·tern/ (in´tern) a medical graduate serving in a hospital preparatory to being licensed to practice medicine.

in·tern or in·terne
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 salaries and Volunteer Center expenses associated with the program. The Volunteer Center will offer participating agencies training in recruiting and selecting interns and managing an internship program.

Since the program began in 1971 in New York City New York City: see New York, city.
New York City

City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S.
, ExxonMobil has provided more than $5.9 million to support almost 2,900 community summer job internships in ten states including: Alabama Alabama, indigenous people of North America
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, Alaska, California, Kansas, Louisiana, Montana, Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia and Wyoming, and internationally in Angola. In the Dallas program alone, ExxonMobil has provided more than $2.2 million to place more than 1,100 college students in summer internships.

ExxonMobil Community Summer Jobs interns will be selected by the participating agencies and must be full-time college students. College students interested in internship positions may contact the selected agencies, their university career planning and placement offices or Millicent Boykin at the Volunteer Center of Dallas County. For a list of participating agencies, internship applicants should send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: Millicent Boykin, c/o the Volunteer Center of Dallas County, 2800 Live Oak, Dallas, Texas “Dallas” redirects here. For other uses, see Dallas (disambiguation).
The City of Dallas (pronounced [ˈdæl.əs] or [ˈdæl.
 75204, or visit their web site at www.volunteernorthtexas.org.
ExxonMobil Community Summer Jobs Program
             2005 Participating Dallas Nonprofit Agencies

A.R.T.S For People/(ARTS)
Advisory Board of Booker T. Washington High School
American Red Cross Biomedical Service
Angel Flight South Central
Arc of Dallas
The Autism Treatment Center
AVANCE-Dallas
Baylor Family Practice at Garland
Big Thought: A Learning Partnership
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas
Buckner Orphan Care International
Camp Fire USA Lone Star Council
Catholic Charities of Dallas, Inc.
ChristianWorks for Children, Inc.
Circle Ten Council, Boy Scouts of America
Citizens Development Center
City of Dallas/Water Utilities Department
The da Vinci School
Dallas After-School All-Stars
Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden
Dallas CASA
Dallas Challenge, Inc.
Dallas Children's Advocacy Center
Dallas City Homes
Dallas Community Lighthouse
Dallas Community Television (DCTV)
Dallas Concilio of Hispanic Service Organizations
Dallas Contemporary
Dallas Historical Society
Dallas Life Foundation
Dallas Reads
Dallas Theater Center
Family Forward (Project EMPLOY)
Family Gateway, Inc.
Ferguson Road Initiative
First Tee of Dallas
Galaxy Counseling Center
Girls Inc. of Metropolitan Dallas
GlobeAware.
Goodwill Industries of Dallas, Inc.
Heart House Dallas
International Rescue Committee (IRC)
Jacob's Ladder
Joint Action in Community Service
Junior Achievement of Dallas
Legacy Founders Cottage
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society--North Texas Chapter
MADD Metroplex Chapter
MediSend International
Methodist Dallas Medical Center
Metrocrest Social Services
Nasher Sculpture Center
National Kidney Foundation of North Texas
Neighborhood Service Council, Inc.
New Beginning Center
New Friends New Life
Nexus Recovery Center
North Dallas Shared Ministries
Prevent Blindness Texas
Promise House
Rainbow Days
Retina Foundation of the Southwest
Richardson Symphony Orchestra
Shakespeare Festival of Dallas
Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
Society of Saint Andrew
SPCA of Texas
The Stewpot
Theatre Three
Trinity Foundation, Inc.
Uganda Children's Charity Foundation
Video Association of Dallas
Vogel Alcove Childcare Center for the Homeless
Wesley-Rankin Community Center
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