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Wish Alumni Intern

Make-A-Wish Central and Northern Florida, Florida, NY, United States


Together, we create life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses. From our humble beginnings with one boy’s wish to be a police officer, we have evolved to be one of the world’s leading children’s charities, serving children in every community in the United States and its territories. With the help of generous donors and more than 24,000 volunteers, Make-A-Wish grants more than 25 wishes each day throughout the U.S. and its territories.

Position Summary Wish Alumni interns will assist with alumni programming and mission extension efforts, facilitate our Post Wish Survey process, and support alumni engagement.

Duties and Responsibilities

Assist Wish Alumni Manager with all aspects of alumni programming and engagement

Solicit InKind donations for alumni events

Assist with logistics for all alumni attended events

Create, edit and update marketing collateral for all alumni attended events

Assist in managing and promoting engagement in the Wish Alumni Facebook group.

Support Alumni and donor stewardship

Data entry utilizing Salesforce and Excel

Maintain files and update spread sheets

Facilitate the Post Wish Survey process from start to finish

Contact wish families to encourage participation in Wish Alumni activities including post wish surveys

Desired Qualifications

Experience working with children and families, program development experience preferred

Strong communication, organization, and writing skills.

High energy level, a professional appearance, and a "gogetter" attitude.

Must be comfortable speaking on the phone, making cold calls to local organizations, and have a personable and friendly demeanor.

Attention to detail and the ability to work in a fastpaced, collaborative environment are critical.

Selfstarter with drive and motivation and the ability to work independently with little supervision.

Experience with Canva and creating marketing collateral a plus.

Location of Opportunity 850 Concourse Parkway S. Ste. 150 Maitland, FL 32751

Intern Commitment

Part Time internship (Minimum 2 days in office)

Preference given to candidates who have availability for a 23 semester engagement

Unpaid position

$400 Gift Card offered, per semester

Join Our Team of Inspired People Transforming Lives. We are an inclusive and diverse group of people who, through a mosaic of backgrounds, thoughts and experiences are united in purposeful work. We are fueled and guided by our values - values that are represented in the inspired people we work with and the transformational work we do every day.

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