This internship provides hands-on experience in soliciting new, lapsed and returning corporate partners for corporate campaigns. Interns will learn how for-profit corporations partner with nonprofits like Make-A-Wish to further their initiatives. This role will directly participate in the coordination of key campaigns including Wishmakers at Work employee engagement campaigns, cause marketing campaigns, and assist with supporting and creating mat...
The Community Events Intern is responsible for assisting with the administration of Make-A-Wish external fundraising events, including the annual Make-A-Wish Walk for Wishes. Daily Assignments Include. Events include Walk for Wishes, Kids for Wish Kids®, Wish Makers on Campus®, and all other external events. Assisting with community outreach and research. Coordinating event logistics including processing license agreements, conducting outreach ca...
Organizational Overview. Since being founded locally in 1985, Make-A-Wish Illinois has granted more than 17,000 wishes and continues its mission to share the power of a wish with children in all 102 counties across the state. A wish can be a game-changer for a child with a critical illness. This belief guides us in everything we do at Make-A-Wish. It inspires us to grant life-changing wishes for children going through so much. Life-changing wish ...
This internship provides candidates the opportunity to experience the magic of Make-A-Wish firsthand by directly contributing to the wish planning process. Interns will work directly with our Wish Coordinators on the planning and execution of wishes. Daily Assignments May Include. Researching travel information, vendors, special wish activities. Filling out and sending wish paperwork for unique wish types. Creating goody bags and itineraries to a...
This internship provides exposure to what goes into maintaining an amazing brand image for a successful nonprofit organization. The Alumni Engagement Intern will connect with wish children and families, learn their stories and integrate them into the Alumni Community to Wish it Forward. In this position you may also assist in coordinating Alumni events to enhance our continued presence throughout the state. The internship position assists Develop...
Organizational Overview. Since being founded locally in 1985, Make-A-Wish Illinois has granted more than 17,000 wishes and continues its mission to share the power of a wish with children in all 102 counties across the state. A wish can be a game-changer for a child with a critical illness. This belief guides us in everything we do at Make-A-Wish. It inspires us to grant life-changing wishes for children going through so much. Life-changing wish ...
WHO WE ARE. At Make-A-Wish Illinois®, we are more than a great place to work: our work is life-changing. Together, we create life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses. Nearly 40 years ago, the inspiration for Make-A-Wish began with one little boy’s with to be a police officer. Today, together with our volunteers, donors, staff and supporters, Make-A-Wish Illinois has granted more than 17,000 life-changing wishes and transformed co...
