Description

Free Arts is currently seeking an intern to work closely with our Weekly Program & PACT Program Coordinator. The intern will assist in implementing quality improvements to PACT & Weekly program structure & program delivery. This internship opportunity is ideal for an individual interested in non-profit program development, program & volunteer management & working with community volunteers & social service agency professionals. The Free Arts Weekly Volunteer Program brings consistent creative arts opportunities to children who have experienced abuse, neglect, homelessness, severe poverty or who are considered “at risk” in their communities. Free Arts places trained & screened volunteers at our partner agencies to lead small groups of children through a meaningful artistic process on a weekly basis for a period of 8-10 weeks, 2 hours each week. Volunteers are trained in the Free Arts practice of using their positive influence combined with the arts as a means for the children to build self-esteem, self-worth, positive decision making, collaboration with peers, & relationship building with a positive adult role model. Free Arts Parents & Children Together with Art (PACT) engages families experiencing the overwhelming stress of poverty & homelessness, the trauma of domestic violence or residing in an “at-risk” community where access to positive family resources are scarce. Free Arts volunteers are trained in the Free Arts practice of using their positive influence, leadership skills, & creativity to encourage families to work together, communicate & learn from each other over a period of 8 consecutive weeks. The PACT Program has a significant impact, empowering families to value all the strengths & positive qualities they possess despite the often stressful & seemingly hopeless circumstances they find themselves in.