Internship Connection offers a special program for high school athletes in collaboration with a variety of service agencies in Boston and surrounding communities. In previous years, athletes from many colleges in Boston have served as mentors in urban youth programs. Now, high school athletes have the unique opportunity to participate in a part-time summer internship program where they serve as role models for urban youth.

Athletes take on the role of leaders and mentors in outdoor and indoor sports, social and/or academic activities. These community organizations offer everything from reading and tutoring, health education, arts and activities that foster self-esteem in young girls and boys. Athletes are matched to programs that focus on the sport of their choice including soccer, lacrosse, swimming, tennis, squash, basketball and baseball. Athletes that posses a special skill such as foreign language, artistic talent, skills in web design or swimming instruction can offer a unique contribution.

Internships are part-time with a flexible schedule.

• Develop and Utilize your Leadership Skills

• Serve as a Role Model to Urban Youth

• Be involved with Social Justice

• Receive Documentation for Community Service Credit

 

Program Fees
$600 Program fee (due with application). Download, print and mail application. You may pay by personal check or credit card through PayPal.
	Download Application for Athletes in Service Students
	Questions, call Dr. Carole Jabbawy 617-796-9283 or the use Contact Form

An Excerpt from the Internship Connection Journal of Dan Rosenberg, an Athlete in Service Program Participant from Wellesley High School:

“The community center where I interned focused mainly on sports and healthy activities. Most of our time was spent either outside on the fields or in the pool. However, there was classroom time where the kids learned about nutrition, exercise, and rules/terminology of the sport of the week.

During the basketball segment of the camp, I met a local named Edison who was a year younger than me. We were just shooting around during a lull in the day. Edison decided to take our game further by dunking. He threw the ball back to me, as if it was a challenge. We went back and forth throwing alley-oops to each other, laughing and having fun. We introduced ourselves and followed the same routine the next day. Despite our vast cultural differences, we were able to unite around basketball. I had never experienced first-hand the diplomatic power of sports. I learned that I could connect with anyone, regardless of conflicting backgrounds.

The best part of my internship was talking to the kids at lunch time and learning about their lives. I got to hear about a very different kind of child hood than the one I experienced in Wellesley. The personal anecdotes told to me by the campers were funny, but at the same time insightful. Many of the kids had already come into contact with death and heartbreak, and they were surprisingly upbeat. These talks put much of my childhood in perspective. I left this internship with a much broader worldly view.”

A Parent from Brookline:

“Julia loved the program. She gained a sense of independence traveling across the city to Charlestown herself and enjoyed getting to know another part of Boston. She seemed to feel very positive about herself in the Charlestown environment and found it a welcome change from Brookline. Julia is generally very shy, but felt comfortable there. I think she felt like she fit right in, easily made friends with the other counselors and enjoyed working with the kids. She could not wait to go back and increased her hours so that she could spend more time there.”