Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Students, Intern idea

[Judy Baxter (BAXTER]

Hi Cohousers,
I'm back from vacation, so apologies if I missed this in the thread.

Rob wrote:
<One idea that has a great deal of possibility for cohousing and young adults
is internships. Many groups have unattainable projects, which suffer for
lack of participation. An intern can really add a huge spark of energy. We
hosted an intern at Sharingwood over the summer and it was a very positive
experience.>

Could you explain a bit more of how you found an intern, requirements, etc?
Qualifications, if any. Do you have to be a non- profit?  (we are, at least one
of our  entities is, but not 501c3.)  Sounds interesting.  And we have a
possible space.

JUdy

Judy Baxter, Monterey Cohousing Community,(MoCoCo) Twin Cities Area, Mpls.,MN
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