ExxonMobil Foundation Funds Summer Jobs Program to Aid North Texas Nonprofit Agencies

Agencies accepting applications from college students for summer intern positions

  • ExxonMobil Community Summer Jobs Program matches talented college students with 30 nonprofit agencies for paid summer internships
  • Positions provide range of experience for students to help community

IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ExxonMobil Foundation announced today that 30 North Texas nonprofit agencies will participate in the 2012 ExxonMobil Community Summer Jobs Program.

“The Community Summer Jobs Program opens doors in the workforce for students while also making a significant impact in our community,” said Suzanne McCarron, president of the ExxonMobil Foundation.

The program provides much-needed assistance to nonprofit agencies while giving college students valuable work experience and a better understanding of the important role of nonprofit organizations.

Paid summer internship positions involve students in a range of activities such as coordinating housing for area residents to developing summer programs for underprivileged children. In addition to daily internship duties, students will also team up for a group service project. Qualified college students interested in gaining hands-on experience in the nonprofit sector this summer are encouraged to apply.

To be eligible, applicants must be current undergraduate students returning to college as a full-time (minimum 12 credit hours per semester) sophomore, junior or senior in the fall of 2012. Interested students may contact the selected agencies, listed below, directly to request applications and learn more about available opportunities.

Since 1990, the ExxonMobil Foundation has contributed more than $3.7 million dollars to fund the program in Dallas, subsidizing 1,535 internships and benefitting more than 300 agencies.

Since the program began in 1971 in New York City, the ExxonMobil Foundation has provided more than $17.3 million to support nearly 4,700 community summer job internships. For more information, visit www.exxonmobil.com/community.

 

ExxonMobil Community Summer Jobs Program

2012 Participating North Texas Nonprofit Agencies

 
AIDS Arms, Inc.

www.aidsarms.org

American Foundation for the Blind Center on Vision Loss

www.afb.net

Camp Fire USA Lone Star Council

www.campfireusadallas.org

Center for BrainHealth at the University of Texas at Dallas

www.brainhealth.utdallas.edu

Center for Nonprofit Management

www.cnmdallas.org

Citizens Development Center

www.citizensdevelopmentcenter.org

CitySquare, formerly Central Dallas Ministries

www.citysquare.org

CONTACT Crisis Line

www.contactcrisisline.org

Dallas Black Dance Theatre

www.dbdt.com

Dallas Theater Center

www.dallastheatercenter.org

Dallas Zoological Society (Dallas Zoo)

www.dallaszoo.com

The Family Place

www.familyplace.org

Friends of Wednesday's Child

www.wedchild.org

Genesis Women's Shelter

www.genesisshelter.org

Girls Incorporated of Metropolitan Dallas

www.girlsincdallas.org

Goodwill Industries of Dallas

www.goodwilldallas.org

Human Rights Initiative of North Texas

www.hrionline.org

Irving Arts Center

www.cityofirving.org

Irving Cares

www.irvingcares.org

Junior Players

www.juniorplayers.com

Legacy Counseling Center

www.legacycounseling.org

Media Projects, Inc.

www.mediaprojects.org

Promise House

www.promisehouse.org

Retina Foundation of the Southwest

www.retinafoundation.org

The Salvation Army - DFWMC

www.uss.salvationarmy.org

Shakespeare Festival of Dallas

www.shakespearedallas.org

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

www.jfk.org

SoupMobile, Inc.

www.soupmobile.org

Texas Discovery Gardens

www.texasdiscoverygardens.org

Texas Trees Foundation

www.texastrees.org

For general program questions, contact Kim Quirk with Sunwest Communications at 214-373-1601.

About ExxonMobil Foundation

ExxonMobil Foundation is the primary philanthropic arm of the Exxon Mobil Corporation in the United States. The Foundation and the Corporation engage in a range of philanthropic activities that advance education, health and science in the communities where ExxonMobil has significant operations. In the United States, ExxonMobil supports initiatives to improve math and science education at the K-12 and higher education levels.

In 2010, together with its employees and retirees, Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), its divisions and affiliates, and ExxonMobil Foundation provided $237 million in contributions worldwide, of which $110 million was dedicated to education. Additional information on ExxonMobil’s community partnerships and contributions programs is available at www.exxonmobil.com/community.

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Source: Exxon Mobil Corporation