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Winter Career Fair - Non-Profit Organizations Table Organization 17 AmeriCorps 65 Camp Sealth (Camp Fire USA) 15 Fund For Public Interest, The 57 Girl Scouts of Western Rivers Council 16 Northwest Youth Corps (NYC) 14 Oregon Student Public Interest Research Group 59 Pacific Retirement Services 19 Peace Corps 52 Peace Health/Sacred Heart 18 Teach for America 50 YMCA Camp Collins Profile of Organization AmeriCorps currently has 50,000 members serving in education, the environment, disaster relief and other unmet human needs. In return for 1 year of service, AmeriCorps provides $4,725 for college, a living allowance, and healthcare benefits Camp Sealth, founded in 1920, serves youth in the Puget Sound region with up-to-date outdoor recreational and educational programs. This residential camp focuses on small group living, camper planning and integrating campers with mild to moderate special needs. We serve thousands of youth each year on 400 acres of forest and wetlands with one and half miles of waterfront on Vashon island. To be effective, progressive groups need to build public support, build political power, and build their organizations. That’s where the Fund for Public Interest Research comes in. We help progressive groups wage the campaigns that help preserve our environment, protect human rights, clean up politics, and challenge corporate power. Individual organizations, ranging from the Sierra Club to Human Rights Campaign hire the Fund to accomplish specific objectives, including building a membership, generating political support for an issue, or raising funds. Great summer jobs on the beautiful Oregon Coast! Camp Cleawox Girl Scout Camp is seeking enthusiastic, qualified individuals who enjoy working and living outdoors to work at camp this summer. Northwest Youth Corps offers a residential education and job-training program for youth ages 14-19 and young adults. Crews live, work, and recreate in remote locations throughout Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Arizona and Northern California. Staff live with a team of ten participants in a full-time capacity, put in long days and work shoulder to shoulder with the crew while supervising the successful completion of manual labor conservation projects. If you want a job where you can investigate, educate, advocate and organize each day on behalf of consumers and the environment, consider a job with the state Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs). The state PIRGs are a national network of nonprofit activist organizations that advocate for the public interest. Starting with thorough research, we tackle problems that need to be solved. Pacific Retirement Services, Inc. (PRS) of Medford, Oregon oversees a family of affiliated organizations including five Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs), 23 HUD 202 affordable-housing facilities, three charitable foundations, and a community services division. These affiliates are located throughout Oregon, California, and Texas Through its affiliate, RSLLC, PRS also manages three rental retirement communities in California (Napa Valley, Saratoga, and San Mateo). The Peace Corps is a U S. Government Agency founded in 1961 with the mission of promoting world peace. Peace Corps Volunteers contribute to the social, economic, and human development of interested countries; promote a better understanding of Americans among the people served; and strengthen Americans’ understanding of the world’s peoples. Volunteers help change and improve the human condition at the grass-roots level - making a real difference in real people’s lives. Sacred Heart Medical Center: 432 bed regional acute hospital. Key service areas include cardiology, rehabilitation, adult and newborn intensive care, orthopedics, neurology and general surgery. Teach For America is the national corps of outstanding and diverse recent college graduates who commit two years to teach in under resourced urban and rural public schools. Over the past 11 years, nearly 6,000 talented and dedicated individuals have joined Teach For America to level the playing field for students in low-income areas and to help build a movement to advance educational opportunity. After the 2-year commitment, our alumni remain advocates for equity in education through a variety of careers, some remain in education, others continue their studies at top-notch graduate schools, and others work in a variety of fields including business, medicine, law, public policy, and journalism. Each summer, two thousand children come to YMCA Camp Collins with fun and excitement on their minds. Our goal is to provide these children with the fun and exciting activities they desire, while offering opportunities for learning and personal growth during their stay. We’re looking for responsible and caring leaders with the ability to bring their individual skills and positive attitudes to our summer staff family. Job Description National Service Volunteer with benefits Summer positions: cabin counselors, unit leaders, rovers, and program specialists for: adventure tripping, inclusion, counselor-in-training, dining hall, waterfront, horseback riding, kitchen, archery, challenge course, crafts, nature, sailing, health care. College internships available Requirements: 18 years and older, one year of college for most positions; experience with kids; creativity, energy and flexibility; and current CPR/ first aid. Spring positions: Environmental Education Instructors to teach forest, marine, wetland, sustainability to 3rd-8th grade students. April-June, Canvass Director: As a canvass director for the Fund, you run a campaign office in one of dozens of cities throughout the country. Telephone Outreach Project Director: Through telephone outreach, progressive organizations are able to reach, inform and mobilize thousands of citizen supporters Donor Staff: As a Donor Development Associate, you develop deeper relationships between the state PIRGs and their members Summer Jobs: Working on a professional campaign with the Fund's Campaign to Save the Environment project is a great way for students and others to get directly involved with our work. Call 1-800-75 EARTH, or visit www.jobsfortheenvironment.org Crewleaders and Assistant Crewleaders: Applicants must be at least 20 years of age and have at least one year of college courses and/or relevant work experience. Requires current Wilderness First Aid and CPR certifications, clean driving record, and excellent physical condition. Positions available for spring (April), summer and fall programs. Leadership Development Team offers hands on leadership experience to individuals interested in a staff position with NYC or other similar conservation programs. Participants will live and work with the crew in a full-time capacity. Must be in good shape and have lots of initiative. Successful graduates will be offered paid staff positions for summer programs. OSPIRG campus organizers recruit students, faculty and community members to investigate problems and build support for solutions. PIRG organizers, and the volunteers they train, research issues, build coalitions, work with the media, educate the public, and generate grass roots support on issues ranging from poverty to environmental protection. The goal of a PIRG Fellowship is to help develop leaders for the public interest movement. You gain hands-on experience in organizing, advocating and leading public interest campaigns in your first year on staff. Administrator-In-Training (AIT): Pacific Retirement Services, Inc. (PRS), the parent corporation for 36 affiliated organizations, is recruiting an AIT for current and potential executive administrator, health care administrator and management positions. Trainees will be exposed to all aspects of the organization to gain the skills necessary to secure an entry-level management position at one of PRS facilities. Trainees will need a bachelor's degree in business administration, health care, or related field. May require relocation. Two-year volunteer assignment overseas in the areas of Agriculture, Environment, Community Development, Health, Business, Information Technology, or Primary, Secondary and University Education, and HIV/AIDS Awareness. We have many positions open. Please inquire at our table Corps Members/K-12 Teachers: Candidates of all backgrounds and majors encouraged to apply. No educational course work or certification required. Full salary and health benefits. —-- -—--—----— Directors, Cabin Counselors, Day Camp Counselors, Program Staff Graduate and Professional Schools - Winter Career Fair Table School Profile of School Lane Community College Willamette University - Atkinson Graduate School of Management Training to prepare candidates for careers as professional pilots. Lane offers aviation-related training to meet Federal Aviation Administration (FFA) certification and licensing. Lane is geographically central to both the University of Oregon and Oregon State University Lane freelv articulates with both universities. 1 y The Atkinson School’s MBA for Business, Government and Not-for-Profit management in the only MBA program in the nation accredited by the two most prestigious organizations governing management education: The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA).
