Leaders For Tomorrow
An internship program pairing youth with adult mentors from our volunteer work force to: provide opportunities for these students to discover new skills, or further develop existing ones; to demonstrate valuable job-related and marketable skills; to provide an opportunity to gain much-needed work experience; to motivate students to become more focused and goal-oriented; to teach youth the value in fulfilling a need in society, and to demonstrate our strongest values: caring, compassion and community.
Student Opportunities
Our "Leaders for Tomorrow" program affords students of any age, an opportunity to provide much-needed volunteer service to our organization and the community. On-the-job experience may be gained in:
- Marketing/development
- Creative display
- Advertising/ Journalism
- Public speaking
- Non-profit management/development
- Grant-writing
- Volunteer management
- Computer/Internet: Data base development; Internet Research (Internet Explorers / Virtual Volunteers); Data entry & word processing
- Administrative Assistant skills: Business / Internet correspondence & email, records management, etc.
If your interest field isn’t listed here, ask us about exploring new options!
CALL/EMAIL FOR MORE INFORMATION:
253-565-6201 / toyresq@yahoo.com
GOALS/MEASUREABLE RESULTS OF LFT PROGRAM
1. TRM’s Leaders for Tomorrow Program ("The Program") provides students with an opportunity to gain first-hand experience in the effective operation of non-profit program management in specific applied areas of personal interest.
2. The Program allows opportunity to increase a student’s job-related experience and skills, challenges performance and influences attitudes; ultimately adding to the positive climate and efficiency of the agency.
3. The Program offers opportunities to build strong relationships with other staff persons, promoting teamwork to accomplish common goals.
4. The Program offers a constructive, productive, enthusiastic and challenging learning environment.
5. The Program provides opportunity for personal growth and increased responsibility. Students learn to set deadlines and adhere to them, providing opportunity for reinforcement of time management.
6. The Program provides opportunities for development of personal talents and skills.
7. Students learn to recognize conflicts and make the necessary decisions to resolve them in a constructive manner.
8. A "hands on" learning environment contributes to placing a high value on continuing education and advancing career goals. Students learn to apply academics beyond the classroom setting, to the "real-life" needs of the community. Working along side our staff, they learn the "soft skills" that make up TRM’s core values: caring, community, and commitment.
9. The Program encourages improved self-esteem, confidence and an optimistic outlook for personal growth.
10. Letters from educators, students, and parents attest to the fulfillment of the above objectives!