Harvard Club of Naples Community Service
Fellowships & Internships

 

Harvard Club of Naples Internship Report

Rebecca Lambert, Chairperson
 

The Harvard Club of Naples began sponsoring internships for current Harvard students from Collier County with local not-for-profit groups in 2008.  Students receive $18/hour for their work averaging over $2,000 per internship. To date, a total of 35 different students and 25 different not-for-profit organizations in our community have benefited from the HCN internship program and a total of $131,713 has been dispersed.
 

To date, the following organizations have benefitted from the Harvard Club of Naples internship program:
 

  • Naples Botanical Garden
  • Community Foundation
  • Hope for Haiti
  • NCH
  • Neighborhood Health Clinic
  • Women’s Philanthropic Network at the Community Foundation
  • Naples Children’s Education Foundation
  • Harvard Club of Naples
  • David Lawrence Center
  • Conservancy of Southwest Florida
  • Quest
  • Bonita Springs Lions Eye Clinic
  • Healthcare Network of SWFL
  • Friends of Foster Children Forever
  • Avow Hospice
  • Immokalee Pregnancy Center
  • Shipley Center, Health Park Medical Center
  • Artis-Naples
  • Legal Aid of Collier County
  • Legal Aid of Lee County
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • First Tee
  • Collier County Medical Society
  • Keep Lee County Beautiful
  • Premier Mobile Health Services
     

The Harvard Club of Naples Internship Program is unique, providing much-needed financial support for our students from Collier and Lee Counties while giving them work experience and exposure to the non-profit realm. The program also benefits our community’s non-profit organizations and increases Harvard’s visibility locally.