Summer Programs - Leadership/Community Service/Environment:

Click on any program to see a brief description, cost and contact information.

Asheville School - Summer Academic Adventures
- An academically challenging summer experience for students entering grades 7-11, providing exciting opportunities for high-achieving students. Appalachian setting provides plenty of opportunities of outdoor activities, including climbing, hiking, kayaking, and swimming. All students live in dorms on the 300-acre campus, with access to state-of-the-art computer labs and other school facilities.
  Program Dates: 2 Sessions: June-July
  Duration of Program: 3 weeks.
  Estimated Cost: $2,950 plus travel
  Application Deadline: May
  
  Contact:
  Emily Johns, Asheville School Summer Academic Adventures
  360 Asheville School Road
  Asheville, NC 28806
  
  Phone: 828-254-6345
  Fax: 828-252-8666
  Email: saa@asheville-school.org
  Website: www.ashevilleschool.org/summer/options/
Children's Museum of Manhattan Summer Volunteer Team
- Join the Summer Squad and spend your summer teaching, creating art, reading stories with kids, and making new friends! Summer Squad is a four to six week volunteer internship in which a team of fifteen students from high schools all over New York City and beyond works alongside museum staff. Summer Squad interns assist lead educators with guided programs for visiting camp groups and provide fun, educational activities for children and families in our interactive exhibits. This program is recommended for current freshman, sophomores and juniors. Applicants must be able to commit a minimum of two days Monday to Friday, for a minimum of one month's service. This summer internship is unpaid. Successful Summer Squad interns are eligible to participate in the Teen Reach and Techteens internship programs.
  Program Dates: Contact Program
  Duration of Program: Contact Program
  Estimated Cost: None
  Application Deadline: May
  
  Contact:
  Children's Museum of Manhattan
  The Tisch Building
  212 West 83rd Street
  New York, NY 10024
  
  Phone: 212 721-1223 ext 236
  Fax: 212-721-1127
  Email: info@cmom.org
  Website: cmom.org/about/jsiprg.htm
Christodora
- Great Mountain Forest Ecology Programs (Norfolk, CT) In this small group based, fourteen day program, students learn basic ecological concepts and field research methods as they explore the forested ecosystem. The program is designed for those students seeking a more in-depth experience in scientific environmental studies. Maintaining the same high standards and dedication to learning as all Christodora programs, our Great Mountain Forest Programs combine safe, fun, and challenging hands on learning experiences in the outdoors.
  The Manice Education Center's Leadership Training Program is an intensive 11-day course in a wilderness setting, promoting personal growth and the development of leadership potential through environmental education. We challenge students through a variety of workshops, training sessions and hands-on leadership experiences in one of the sites in northwestern Massachusetts, Vermont's Green Mountain National Forest, or the backcountry waterways of New York's Adirondack Park.
  
  Program Dates: July; two sessions
  Duration of Program: 10-14 days
  Cost: $400-$1200. Financial Aid is available; based on family income
  Application Deadline: Contact your Advisor
  
  Contact:
  Christodora
  One East 53rd Street, #1401
  New York, NY 10022
  
  Phone: 212-371-5225
  Fax: 212-371-2111
  Email: info@christodora.org
  Website: www.christodora.org
Columbia College Emerging Leaders Institute
- Residential summer conference designed to empower high school girls through leadership training, career development and personal and professional growth. High achieving students meet and work with leaders to strengthen their skills, define career opportunities and build their self-confidence.
  Program Dates: July
  Duration of Program: 1 week
  Cost: $600
  Application Deadline: March
  
  Contact:
  Center for Women Entrepreneurs
  Columbia College
  1301 Columbia College Drive
  Columbia, SC 29203
  
  Phone: 803-786-3108
  Fax: 803-786-3375
  Website: www.ccis.edu/offices/campuslife/StudentActivities/eli.asp
CSLC - Lead America
- Congressional Student Leadership Conference is a program of Lead America, an in-depth intensive leadership development conference for young leaders who want to challenge themselves to excel and realize their full potential. Lead America's proprietary leadership curriculum is the result of over 25 years of youth development experience and was designed exclusively to meet the needs of today's emerging leaders. Lead America's CSLC programs are college accredited career-focused leadership conferences for high school students. Each focuses on a particular field of study and gives students the opportunity to learn about the subject, meet practitioners in the field, and explore career possibilities.
  Program Dates: Contact Program
  Duration of Program: Contact Program
  Estimated Cost: Contact Program
  Application Deadline: Contact Program
  
  Contact:
  Lead America
  7040 W Palmetto Park Road. 4-293
  Boca Raton, FL 33433
  
  Phone: 1-866-FYI-LEAD (394-5323)
  Fax: 561-368-8151
  Email: info@lead-america.org
  Website: www.lead-america.org/
Earthwatch Institute
- Earthwatch matches students and adults with research scientists who need volunteer assistance in the field. This is a hands-on program in seven areas of fieldwork: oceans; archaeology; global change; endangered ecosystems; biodiversity; cultural diversity; and world health.
  Program Dates: Year-round
  Duration of Program: 2 weeks
  Estimated Cost: $700-$3,000 + airfare
  Application Deadline: Rolling
  
  Contact:
  Earthwatch Institute
  3 Clock Tower Place, Suite 100
  Box 75
  Maynard, MA 01754-0075
  
  Phone: 1-800-776-0188
  Fax: 978-461-2332
  Email: info@earthwatch.org
  Website: www.earthwatch.org
Environmental Studies Summer Youth Institute
- The Environmental Studies Summer Youth Institute at Hobart and William Smith Colleges provides exceptional opportunities to explore the scientific, social, and humanistic perspectives of environmental issues. The Institute offers a two-week, college-level interdisciplinary program for talented high-school students entering their junior and senior years. The program is designed as an introduction to a variety of environmental issues and perspectives on nature and our environment. Working in the field, in laboratories, in classrooms, and on a four-day camping trip, you will explore a range of topics in environmental policy, economics, and ethics, and come to see the natural world through the eyes of artists, historians, philosophers, and scientists.
  Program Dates: July
  Duration of Program: 2 weeks
  Estimated Cost: $1,700
  Application Deadline: June
  
  Contact:
  Environmental Studies Summer Youth Institute
  Hobart and William Smith Colleges
  Geneva, NY 14456-3397
  
  Phone: 315-781-4401
  Email: ESSYI@hws.edu
  Website: www.hws.edu/academics/enrichment/essyi.asp
Global Volunteers
- Global Volunteers oversees various service projects throughout the U.S. International projects include construction, forestry work, English instruction, and health care assistance.
  Duration of Program: 1 - 3 weeks
  Estimated Cost: $500 for United States; $1,500 - $2,600 for international programs (volunteers under age 18 must be accompanied by an adult)
  Application Deadline: 3 weeks prior to program, sooner for sites requiring visas
  
  Contact:
  Global Volunteers
  Attn: Volunteer Coordinator
  375 E. Little Canada Road
  St. Paul, MN 55117
  
  Phone: 800-487-1074
  Fax: 651-482-0915
  Email: email@globalvolunteers.org
  Website: www.globalvolunteers.org
H. G. Birch
- For 25 years Birch Services has worked tirelessly to help disadvantaged individuals live their lives with dignity and joy. Birch provides services for children and adults with mental retardation, autism, severe language deficiencies and emotional disturbance through our schools and through our family camp. We also provide state-of-the-art programs for children affected by abject poverty, malnutrition and homelessness. Many children come from homes with parents struggling with substance abuse, literacy deficits and AIDS. Through our persistence, dedication, and skills all individuals with challenges are given a chance to develop independence, achievement, and self-worth. By volunteering for Birch, you'll make a difference in others' lives, as well as your own. No matter how you lend a hand, you'll be an integral part of a child's future and leave a life-long legacy.
  Program Dates: Contact Program
  Duration of Program: Contact Program
  Estimated Cost: No Cost
  Application Deadline: Contact Program
  
  Contact:
  Herbert G. Birch Services
  275 Seventh Avenue, 19th Floor
  New York, NY 10001
  
  Phone: 212-741-6522
  Fax: 212-741-6739
  Email: hgbcamp@aol.com
  Website: www.hgbirch.org
Kieve-Wavus: Camp Kieve
- Kieve-Wavus educates and empowers young people through our character- building experiential learning model at our camps on Damariscotta Lake, Maine. Utilizing our on-site activities including adventure/ropes course, sailing, archery, arts & crafts and during backpacking & hiking adventures, wilderness river rafting & canoe trips and coastal Maine ocean and sea kayak excursions, we increase self-confidence, raise personal aspirations, and generate enthusiasm for life-long learning. We also provide leadership programs in schools and communities and promote the values of teamwork, kindness, respect, and environmental stewardship.
  Program Dates: June-August
  Duration of Program: 3 weeks
  Estimated Cost: $3,950
  Application Deadline: Contact Program
  
  Contact:
  Kieve-Wavus Education, Inc.
  P.O. Box 169 (mail)
  Nobleboro, ME 04555
  
  Phone: 207-563-5172
  Fax: 207-563-5215
  Email: boyscamp@kieve.org or wavus@kieve.org
  Website: www.kieve.org
Landmark Volunteers
- Landmark is a nonprofit summer service organization for high school students. If you are fourteen and a half years of age or older, entering 10th, 11th or 12th grade and are looking for an opportunity to do something for others, to expand your world through community service, and to give something back to society; you might qualify as a Landmark volunteer. Entering its thirteenth year, the program offers you the opportunity to spend two weeks working at one of several important historical, cultural, environmental or social service institutions.
  Program Dates: June-August
  Duration of Program: 2 weeks
  Estimated Cost: $875-$925
  Application Deadline: May
  
  Contact:
  Landmark Volunteers
  P.O. Box 455
  Sheffield, MA 01257
  
  Phone: 413-229-0255
  Fax: 413-229-2050
  Email: landmark@volunteers.com
  Website: www.volunteers.com
National Student Leadership Conference
- No matter which NSLC program you choose you will participate in career-specific leadership workshops and hands-on simulations. Each simulation will build on the skills learned in leadership workshops, draw upon the lessons learned from faculty and guest speakers and integrate the knowledge gained on trips and tours. Each year, a select group of high school leaders attend the NSLC. Representing all 50 states and over 45 countries, NSLC students come from a variety of private and public, national and international schools. Each NSLC program is enhanced by this extraordinary diversity and the free exchange of ideas among some of the world's most promising young leaders.
  Program Dates: June-July
  Duration of Program: 2 weeks
  Estimated Cost: $2,195
  Application Deadline: April
  
  Contact:
  NSLC - Office of Admissions
  111 W. Jackson Boulevard, 7th Floor
  Chicago, IL 60604
  
  Phone: 800-994-6752
  Fax: 312-765-0081
  Email: info@NSLCleaders.org
  Website: www.nslcleaders.org
READ
- READ pairs elementary students identified as having reading difficulties one-on-one with teen tutors trained to use a research-based reading curriculum. Tutors are most often local high school students or older students from within the same school. They must maintain solid academic records and act as positive role models. Tutors are trained to provide reading instruction and to make reading enjoyable and meaningful for students. One-on-one tutoring takes place in a supervised setting as part of READ's After School, In School and Summer Reading Programs. READ provides for tutor recruitment, training, and compensation. READ monitors individual student progress through its ongoing collection and evaluation of student progress data.
  Program Dates: Contact Program
  Duration of Program: **To work as a PAID intern in the summer, you must participate in the READ program during the school year**
  Cost: Contact Program
  Application Deadline: Contact Program
  
  Contact:
  READ Program
  One Penn Plaza
  250 West 34th Street
  Suite 3600
  New York, NY 10119
  
  Phone: 212-849-6831
  Fax: 212-835-1505
  Website: www.readnyc.org/
St. Alban's School for Public Service
- School of Public Service (SPS) is a leadership/mentoring program that begins with an intensive four-week summer academic session held in Washington, DC. Only 30 rising high school seniors are selected to participate in SPS, located at St. Albans School on the grounds of the National Cathedral. SPS admits both male and female students who have already shown a great deal of interest in public service, as well as an ability to positively influence others. While in the program, the students gain experiences designed to heighten not only an interest in public service but also their probability of entering into and succeeding in a career in civic leadership. Students study at the highest level of scholarship, using Harvard and other case studies that are more commonly used at the graduate level. No credit is given to SPS students; rather they are motivated by their interest in public policy and their desire to be contributing members of the group.
  Program Dates: June-July
  Duration of Program: 4 weeks
  Estimated Cost: $4,800
  Application Deadline: April
  
  Contact:
  School of Public Service
  Mount St. Alban
  Washington, DC 20016-5095
  
  Phone: 202-537-5286
  Fax: 202-537-6464
  Email: SPS@cathedral.org
  Website: www.schoolofpublicservice.org
Wave Hill Summer Forestry Program
- Do you like working outdoors' Enjoy science at school' Want to do something for the Bronx community' Interested in college credit... and getting paid? Then maybe the Forest Project is for you! This summer, spend seven rigorous weeks at Wave Hill rehabilitating urban woodlands, and study plant sciences at the Lehman College laboratories in our High School Internship Program. You'll receive a stipend and college credit for successfully completing the program! Completion of 10th grade and two regents level science courses, with a grade of B or better, is required by the end of December.
  Program Dates: June-August:
  Duration of Program: 6 weeks
  Cost: Free for students. Students earn a wage of $5.75/hr
  Application Deadline: March
  
  Contact:
  Forest Project Summer Collaborative
  Wave Hill
  675 West 252nd Street
  Bronx, NY 10471
  
  Phone: 718-549-3200 ext. 223
  Email: anneh@wavehill.org
  Website: www.wavehill.org/education/high_school_internships.html