ClassWish.org – Social Media Internship Opportunity

1. ClassWish.org – Social Media Internship Opportunity Use your social media skills to help improve the classrooms, education and lives of millions of K-12 students Contact: interns@ClassWish.org

2. Social Media Internship Opportunity with ClassWish.org, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit ClassWish.org/Social Media offers high-achieving students an unparallelled opportunity to assume responsibility, use their skills, gain experience, and make a difference. This Powerpoint will present the need, our work, and the internship opportunity.

3. They needed supplies and equipment to succeed Marie Salomea Sklodowska Andrej Varchola, Jr. George Herman Ruth, Jr. Paul David Hewson Samuel Clemens If they hadn’t had books, art supplies, science qeuipment, musical instruments and sports equipment, you would know them by these names. (Actually, you wouldn’t know them, at all).

4. So do they

5. Yet, budget cuts leave schools with barren classrooms

6. Teachers say they need. . . Student First Aid Kits Ms. Newman Lake City Christian Academy Lake City, FL Math Portfolios Ms. Dillon J.H.S. 118 William W. Niles School. Bronx, NY Universal Student Lift Lid Desk Ms. Adame State Street Elem Topeka, KS Post-it Notes 3" x 5", Canary Yellow Ms. Peralta Rocklin High. Rocklin, CA Model 8077 ImagePro Projector Ms. Zaveri Creekside High School Fairburn, GA Multicultural Rhythm Set Ms. Kosier Bluffton Elementary Bluffton, SC Oil and Acrylic Brushes Mr. Castellaw Notus Jr Sr High School Notus, ID Marker school smart dry erasers Ms. Plischke Cedar Lane Early Childhood Center Middletown, DE

7. Traditional school fundraising sales do not reach many potential supporters “I would gladly help the schools I attended in Miami and my nephew’s school in LA. However, I am in NYC, and the folks selling cookie dough don’t reach me.”

8. Traditional school fundraising sales squander most available support Cookie dough, wrapping paper, chocolate, etc. merchandise sales: Time-consuming and disruptive Not tax-deductible Not matched by employers Inefficient ($3.7 B in sales, but only $1.7B goes to the schools) * $2 billion that could have bought school resources goes to pay for the fundraising merchandise, instead * Source: Wall Street Journal

9. ClassWish.org Offers an Easy and Efficient Solution Visitors to ClassWish.org see what is needed. They make tax-deductible contributions to help. ClassWish ships the materials right to the school.

10. Visitors see schoolwide needs, including equipment, at 125k K-12 schools

11. Process • Visitors see exactly what is needed and make tax-deductible contributions to help. • Many companies match employees’ donations, which can double their funding. • ClassWish buys the equipment and has it shipped right to the school. • Kids get the support they need to perform at their best.

12. ClassWish Board of Advisors Richard Bernstein, former TIME and NY Times Bureau Chief Nicole Baker,Director, Faith Community Relations, Teach For America Scott Cutler, EVP, NYSE-Euronext Ellen Dempsey, President & CEO, Teachers Network EstherDyson, investor and philanthropist Adam Hirsch, former COO, Mashable Mark Linaugh, Chief Talent Officer, WPP Betsy Morgan, former CEO, Huffington Post Autumn Nazarian, Sr. Partner, GroupM ESP Entertainment & Sports Partnerships Nancy Pelz-Paget, Director, Education Program, Aspen Institute Greg Richmond, CEO, Nat’l Assn. of Charter School Authorizers Sharon Robinson Ph.D., CEO, American Assn. of Colleges for Teacher Education Steve Rosenbaum, CEO, Magnify Media Tim Shey, Director, YouTube Next Lab at Google

13. What Experts Are Saying “This nonprofit is a swift and inventive way for communities to unite in support of the tools that make learning more accessible for all students.” Sarah Brown Wessling National Teacher of the Year  “ClassWish helps teachers get the supplies that are so essential for children to get a great education.” Nancy Pelz-Paget  Director, Aspen Institute

14. Internship Opportunity with ClassWish.org, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit ClassWish.org offers high-achieving students an unparallelled opportunity to assume responsibility, use their skills, gain experience, and make a difference. Social media interns will use Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, blogs, and other tools to raise awareness of and encourage participation in ClassWish.org.

15. Contact If you want to do something exciting and that you will always be proud of, we would love to hear from you. We are also recruiting interns with an interest in books, music, science, art and other subjects, as well as graphics, communications and social media. Please share these opportunities with your friends. To see all our internship opportunities, please see: http://classwish-intern-postings.weebly.com interns@ClassWish.org