So you are thinking about spending your summer trying to improve the lot of others? Good for you! The Bonner Program at Centre wants to encourage and support this stewardship and to provide resource for students interested in this good work. The links at the bottom of this page will help guide you in your search for the perfect opportunity!

Bonner Students Only:

You must apply for your summer of service. To apply, please download the summer service application and return it to Patrick Noltemeyer no later than February 5th. Students are encouraged to look for service opportunities in their hometown as well as throughout the nation and abroad. If you have a service opportunity that you would like to add to our growing list, please e-mail me.

Here are some important documents to help you in your decision making process:

Summer Service Brainstorming Sheet

Summer Service Prep Sheet

Summer Service Guidelines

Here are some links that might be useful in finding placement for your summer service:

Summer Service Links!

Bonner Search Engine

http://www.bonner.org/campus/partners/partners_searchform.tml 

Network for Good (draws from many databases)

http://www.networkforgood.org/volunteer/ 

Volunteer Match

http://www.volunteermatch.org/results/

  Volunteer Positions through the Government

http://www.volunteer.gov/gov/

Summer Opportunities with Agricultural Research Service

http://www.ars.usda.gov/Careers/docs.htm?docid=1345

Residential and Day Programs

http://www.petersons.com/highschool/landing.asp?id=872&path=hs.fas.summer&sponsor=1

Idealist on Campus - Summer Volunteer Positions search engine

http://www.idealist.org/if/ioc/en/AdvancedSearch/VolunteerOpportunity/default?sid=79845928-62-mis

Idealist on Campus - Internships Search Engine

http://www.idealist.org/if/ioc/en/AdvancedSearch/Internship/default?sid=79845928-62-mis

List of links for a variety of Updated Volunteer Opportunities