Dartmouth Partners in Community Service Dartmouth Partners in Community Service Understanding Our Mission

Dartmouth Partners in Community Service Where I was born and where and how I have lived is unimportant. It is what I have done with where I have been that should be of interest. Georgia O’Keeffe

Dartmouth Partners in Community Service MISSION MISSION To inspire Dartmouth students to join with Dartmouth alumni and their families in addressing problems facing our society.

Dartmouth Partners in Community Service INVOLVED CONSTITUENCIES   Dartmouth undergraduates   Dartmouth Alumni and their families   Community Service Organizations   Tucker Foundation   Alumni Relations

Dartmouth Partners in Community Service CONCEPT   DPCS acts as facilitator   DPCS, with Tucker Foundation, finds motivated Dartmouth undergraduates

Dartmouth Partners in Community Service CONCEPT (cont’d)   Dartmouth Alum or spouse or undergraduate identifies deserving CSO in his/her local town   Student serves as intern in local CSO   Dartmouth Alum often directly involved with CSO and serves as intern’s Mentor

Dartmouth Partners in Community Service STUDENT   Interested in community service   Looking to fulfill personal needs   Finds desired geographic location and type of CSO

Dartmouth Partners in Community Service ALUMNUS/AE or SPOUSE ALUMNUS/AE or SPOUSE as CSO contact   Motivation to work with DPCS: give a little back   Motivation to help Dartmouth student realize his/her community service wish   Personally involved with CSO(s)   Support role: Financial and/or time

Dartmouth Partners in Community Service ALUMNUS/AE or SPOUSE ALUMNUS/AE or SPOUSE as Mentor   Creates special relationship with College through and with student intern   Suggested contact with student during internship (at least 3 times)   Opportunity to establish longer-term bond with student intern

Dartmouth Partners in Community Service COMMUNITY SERVICE ORGANIZATION COMMUNITY SERVICE ORGANIZATION   Needs help addressing significant social issue   Has specific, meaningful and rewarding internship opportunity   Encourages community participation   Is non-profit and non-partisan

Dartmouth Partners in Community Service EVERYONE WINS EVERYONE WINS The StudentThe Alumnus/ae The CollegeTheir families Tucker FoundationTheir local CSO The ClassThe Club

Dartmouth Partners in Community Service HOW DO WE DO IT? HOW DO WE DO IT?Teamwork Alumni Board Alumni Mentor Student Intern The College Community Service Organization

Dartmouth Partners in Community Service ALUMNI BOARD ALUMNI BOARD   Recruits/selects/evaluates Mentors and selected CSOs   Helps underwrite funding for stipends   Coordinates fund raising   Assists College in recruiting/selecting/ matching/evaluating student interns

Dartmouth Partners in Community Service ALUMNI (or SPOUSE) MENTOR ALUMNI (or SPOUSE) MENTOR   Ensures intern has meaningful experience   Counsels intern re: expectations, satisfaction, problems during internship, evaluation of internship   Provides support role with time and/or money   Monitors program’s success to direct future development/expansion

Dartmouth Partners in Community Service STUDENT INTERN STUDENT INTERN   Contributes time and effort to local CSO   Maintains communication with mentor   Summarizes experience in writing

Dartmouth Partners in Community Service DARTMOUTH COLLEGE DARTMOUTH COLLEGE Tucker Foundation   Recruits, selects, matches, advises, evaluates interns in concert with Alumni Board   Provides on-campus administration and direction

Dartmouth Partners in Community Service COMMUNITY SERVICE ORGANIZATION   Designs and implements well-directed productive internship   Provides all/part of student stipend   Submits written evaluation of each completed internship

Dartmouth Partners in Community Service Dartmouth Partners in Community Service The will to do, the soul to dare. Sir Walter Raleigh