Harvard Club of Naples Community Service
Fellowships & Internships
Harvard Club of Naples 2018-19 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 $15/hour for their work averaging $1,821 per internship. To date, a total of 20 different students and 20 different not-for-profit organizations in our community have benefited from the HCN internship program and a total of $89,252 has been dispersed. This fiscal year $19,619 was paid to nine different Harvard students.
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
- Collier County Medical Society
The Harvard Club of Naples Internship Program is unique, providing much-needed financial support for our students 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.