75 Dallas-Area Nonprofits to Receive Interns as ExxonMobil Launches Community Summer Jobs Program.

Selected Agencies Accepting Applications from College Students for 17(th) Year of Summer Internship Program

DALLAS -- The ExxonMobil Foundation and the Volunteer Center of North Texas have announced the 75 local nonprofit agencies selected to participate in this year's ExxonMobil Community Summer Jobs Program. The agencies are now accepting applications from undergraduate college students interested in a paid summer internship and exposure to the nonprofit sector.

The nonprofit organizations will receive assistance during the summer months and, in turn, the undergraduates receive hands-on work experience, learn the value of community service and earn a salary.

Seventy-five students will participate in an eight-week paid internship program designed to challenge, inspire and help develop skills necessary for their future careers.

Intern salaries and the Volunteer Center's administrative expenses are funded through a grant from the ExxonMobil Foundation totaling $200,000.

"We believe that education is the cornerstone of opportunity and achievement. Through the ExxonMobil Community Summer Jobs Program, students learn about the nonprofit sector and obtain other skills that will help them become successful in their chosen careers," said Gerald McElvy, president of the ExxonMobil Foundation. "Over the past 17 years many from this program have made significant contributions to our community, and we are gratified to see a new cadre of future community leaders lend a helping hand to useful neighborhood organizations."

The Volunteer Center of North Texas will provide training to agencies on the recruiting, interviewing and selection process, as well as assistance in organizing and managing the summer internships.

The participating agencies will select the interns, who must be full-time undergraduate college students to qualify. In addition to regular job responsibilities, interns attend seminars designed to provide insight on the nonprofit sector, the community's needs and volunteerism. Students also engage in community service activities.

"The ExxonMobil Community Summer Jobs Program not only prepares college students for the future, but it also meets the needs of nonprofit organizations in the Dallas area," said Phyllis Bernstein, chair, the Volunteer Center's Dallas County Council on Volunteerism. "We are thankful for ExxonMobil's continuous support of this important program and cultivating a sense of community spirit."

Now in its 17th year in Dallas and 36th year nationwide, ExxonMobil has provided more than $7.7 million to support almost 3,700 community summer job internships in 10 states including: Alabama, Alaska, California, Kansas, Louisiana, Montana, Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia and Wyoming, and internationally in Angola. In the Dallas program, ExxonMobil has provided more than $2.5 million to place more than 1,250 college students in summer internships.

College students interested in internship positions may contact the selected agencies, university career planning and placement offices, or the Volunteer Center of North Texas. For a list of participating agencies, visit The Volunteer Center website at www.volunteernorthtexas.org.

Attachment: List of 75 agencies participating in the 2007 ExxonMobil Community Summer Jobs Program.

             ExxonMobil Community Summer Jobs Program
           2007 Participating Dallas Nonprofit Agencies



Advisory Board of Booker T. Washington High School
After-School All-Stars in Partnership with the Dallas YMCA
AIDS Services of Dallas
Alzheimer's Association, Greater Dallas Chapter
The Arc of Dallas
Baylor Family Medicine Residency at Garland
Big Thought
Bryan's House
Buckner Missions
Camp Summit
Captain Hope's Kids
Center for Nonprofit Management
Center for Survivors of Torture
ChildCareGroup
Children of Uganda
Children's Medical Center Dallas
Choristers Guild
Circle of Support, Inc.
Circle Ten Council: Boy Scouts of America
City of Dallas, Office of Mayor and Council
Community Partners of Dallas
Conference of Southwest Foundations
The Crow Collection of Asian Art
The Dallas Arboretum
Dallas Bethlehem Center
Dallas CASA
Dallas Children's Advocacy Center
Dallas Community Lighthouse
Dallas Community Television
Dallas County Community Supervision and Corrections Department
Dallas Furniture Bank
Dallas Heritage Village
Dallas Holocaust Museum
Dallas Metrocare Services
Dallas Public Library
Downtown Dallas Improvement District
End Stage Renal Disease Network of Texas, Inc.
Fine Arts Chamber Players
The First Tee of Dallas
Galaxy Counseling Center
Genesis Women's Shelter
Gilda's Club of North Texas
Girls Scouts of Northeast Texas
Globe Aware
Heart House Dallas
Human Rights Initiative
International Rescue Committee
Irving Cares
Irving Community Development Corporation
Juliette Fowler Homes Inc.
Junior Achievement of Dallas
Legacy Founder's Cottage
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Metrocrest Social Services
Mosaic Family Services
National Kidney Foundation of North Texas
New America Alliance Institute
New Beginning Center
New Friends New Life
Nexus Recovery Center
North Dallas Shared Ministries
Rainbow Days, Inc.
Retina Foundation of the Southwest
Sequoia, Inc.
Shakespeare Dallas
TACA (The Arts Community Alliance)
Texas Discovery Gardens
Theatre Three
Transition Resource Action Center (TRAC)
United Cerebral Palsy of Metropolitan Dallas
United Way of Metropolitan Dallas
Volunteer Center of North Texas
Wesley-Rankin Community Center
The Wilkinson Center
YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas-Richardson Branch