The annual Teen Retreat hosted by the Arthritis Foundation provides teen with an opportunity to learn more about their disease as teenagers. The program helps teens enhance valuable life skills. TheTeen Retreat will also allow teens to learn the value of connecting with others who understand the challenges that their peers with rheumatic diseases encounter… Read More
Workreation! What's that? Read on!
The San Francisco Recreation and Park Department’s Workreation Program is a school-year and summer employment, mentorship and training program for all youth who live in, or attend school in, San Francisco. Workreation is open to youth, ages 14-18. ● Participants earn $10.74/hour ● Variety of recreational, aquatic, horticultural, administrative, sports, after school and summer camp… Read More
Mayor's Youth Employment & Education Program (MYEEP)
Are you currently enrolled in the 9th or 10th grade, a resident of San Francisco and looking to gain valuable work experience during the school year? Submit your MYEEP application today! If accepted, you will get the opportunity to be trained with job-readiness skills and placed into a paid internship where you will work 10… Read More
San Francisco YouthWorks
San Francisco YouthWorks is a unique high school internship program designed to expose youth to public service careers and build job readiness skills in a supportive environment. YouthWorks offers paid internships in city government ($10.74/hr). Interns can work up to 10 hours a week during the 2014-2015 school year session (early-October through late-April). Eligibility Requirements Entering… Read More
A Call to Conserve Water
As you may be aware of, we didn’t get enough precipitation this winter. The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) is officially asking all customers to voluntarily reduce water use by 10%. Conservation is easy; turn off the faucet while brushing teeth or soaping hands, shorten shower time, install water-efficient showerheads and faucet aerators, replace… Read More
Where There Be Dragons Scholarships!
Dragons is offering 3 need-based scholarships for our new semester program, Southeast Asia Semester: Myanmar in Transition Live in a monastic school in rural Myanmar. Study the roots of Theravada Buddhism. Witness a political transformation in-the-making. Understand what it means to be a global citizen. For more information about the program itinerary or financial aid,… Read More
Hiring Poll Workers
To become an election worker, simply fill out an application. For students, download the High School Student Application and email or mail the completed application: Registrar of Voters – Recruiting Section 1225 Fallon St. Room G-1 Oakland, CA 94612 For more information, email us or call 510-272-6971. http://www.acgov.org/rov/workers.htm Read More