Help us connect with local universities

At The Crossroads is developing a new internship program, and needs to develop relationships with as many of the local colleges, universities and graduate programs as possible.

We are developing two exciting internship opportunities that would be perfect for students who are looking for a rewarding experience that will allow them to develop professional skills while having a huge impact on our organization and our youth! One is focused on fundraising, the other is focused on building relationships with other local community-based organizations.

We want to identify people at Bay Area schools who are involved with public service. This could be faculty, administrators, student leaders, or others.

Do you know someone that could help at one of the following schools (or another school not on this list):

• SF State
• CCSF
• Stanford
• Berkeley
• St. Mary's
• Santa Clara
• Notre Dame de Namur
• Mills
• Skyline
• College of San Mateo
• Golden Gate
• University of the Pacific
• Marin College
• Diablo Valley
• Academy of Art
• SF Art Institute
• California College of the Arts

If you know someone at a local school who could be helpful, please email Hannah Yaritz, ATC's Internship Coordinator, at hannahy@atthecrossroads.org

To see a full description of our Development internship, click here.

To see a description of our Community Resource internship, click here.

We need pro-bono web development help ASAP!

Description of need

Our top priorities are to further develop our I Think I Can Campaign and Summer SunDay Hike websites. These two efforts brought in $120,000 in 2010, nearly 20% of our budget! If we are able to improve these sites, it could lead to an even higher total in 2011. We have two developers currently helping, one who is focused on the back-end, and one who does both front and back-end. However, their time is very limited.

We would also like to be able to make improvements to our main website. This would increase our ability to inform the community about our work, our clients, and the issues that impact them. This site is a slightly lower priority.

Type of support needed

• Front- and back-end web developers
• Available on an ongoing or project-specific basis
• Upcoming project will last for 10-15 weeks, starting in late March. Our next one will begin in August.
• We would like individuals to commit at least three hours/week, either on an ongoing basis, or for the duration of a specific project
• The site is built using PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, and CSS

If you can help, or if you want more details, please email Rob Gitin at robg@atthecrossroads.org

Helping with our web development will make an enormous impact on At The Crossroads and our youth!

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Weekly (or Bi-weekly) Volunteers Needed

Do you have 2-4 hours (or more!) of time to spare every week, or every other week?
Are you a fairly flexible and friendly person?

If you answered yes to both of these questions, you should become one of our regular daytime volunteers!

What would you be doing: We have a wide variety of tasks, including making food boxes, doing data entry, putting away our food bank delivery, restocking cabinets, cleaning the office and helping with organizational projects. We would try to cater it to the things you are best at, and most interested in. For a full list of volunteer options, click here.

When are the volunteer hours: It's pretty flexible. We can have people come in as early as 10 AM and leave as late as 8 PM, or anytime in between, Monday-Friday. There are even a few things that don't require coming in regularly (helping us solicit in-kind donations, web development, etc.).

How will we love you: let us count the ways. Nope, too many to count. Let's just say that the love will run deep. Our ten current weekly volunteers make an incredible impact on ATC and our clients, and we are so grateful for them. They free up enough time for ATC counselors to meet with a hundred additional clients every month. And they help keep the office lively and entertaining.

If you are interested in learning more, email Rob Gitin at robg@atthecrossroads.org. Let her know what you are thinking about. And then let the fun begin.