Make-A-Wish Greater PA & WV Internships
Internship Overview
Currently hiring for Development Team (Fundraising)
-Seeking applicants with fundraising or business experience
If you're looking for an internship, Make-A-Wish® can provide a valuable and rewarding experience.
When you join the Make-A-Wish internship program, you will learn valuable skills necessary for your future career and how a nonprofit organization operates, as well as experience the reward of helping make wishes come true for local children living with critical illnesses.
Our office works a hybrid schedule, open Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. An intern’s hours and days can be flexible within that time frame. Make-A-Wish offers competitive pay for all intern positions.
Rolling application process-select what semesters you would like to be considered for, and our teams will pull applicants for interviews when we have open positions.
Location: The Koppers Building 436 Seventh Ave, 25th Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15219.
*PLEASE NOTE: All internships require that you submit a writing sample, resume, and cover letter.
**This Application is ONLY for our Pittsburgh Office location.
**Due to tax reasons, we can only accept applicants permanently residing in the state of PA
Development Team- Fundraising
For this internship, it is required that applicants submit a writing sample with their resume and cover letter.
Responsibilities include:
- Assist the development team that is responsible for raising funds for children’s wishes
- Learn information about the children’s wishes while writing wish stories for thank you letters
- Assist with the Kids for Wish Kids® and Wishmakers on Campus® fundraising programs
- Update fundraising reports using Microsoft Excel
- Utilize fundraising software for donor care
- May include attending event planning meetings
- May include assisting at events depending on intern’s availability. Events are usually during weekends or evenings.
- Learn about corporate and individual giving
- Make follow-up telephone calls to donors and volunteers (no telemarketing involved)
- Assist in office duties as needed
Marketing and Communications
For this internship, it is required that applicants submit a writing sample with their resume and cover letter. Good phone skills and excellent writing skills are required. Experience with social media, news writing, photography and videography a plus.
Responsibilities include:
- Completing stories on fulfilled wishes for general use and distribution
- Writing and distributing press releases
- Creating and assisting with creation of content for chapter’s social media platforms
- Writing articles for our volunteer newsletter
- Helping organize community relations and outreach programs
- Assisting with promotional events or general office duties as needed
Program Services - Wish Team
For this internship, it is required that applicants submit a writing sample with their resume and cover letter.
Assist in fulfilling children’s wishes including travel, celebrity, occupational and gift wishes. Tasks may include:
- Making travel arrangements and creating itineraries
- Write thank you letters and follow up correspondence upon the completion of a wish
- Researching wish ideas and making telephone calls to donors and vendors
- Participating in the fulfillment of gift wishes (for example, shopping sprees) and/or wish parties
- Plan and participate in wish kid events
- Assist with and participate in volunteer activities such as training
- Additional projects as assigned or required by the student’s internship program
- Assist with office duties as needed