The IDB is an international financial institution created in 1959 to accelerate the economic and social development of member countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Not since Miami hosted the IDB in 1987 has a U.S. city been the annual meeting site. Watch for more information on volunteer needs for this conference. The City of New Orleans offers you a variety of settings in which to gain valuable experience while meeting requirements for your college degree program. Whether your area is business-related or in the liberal arts, check out the internship opportunities offered each semester.
Children receive a new book with each visit.
Phone, receptionist skills sought A number of City Hall offices are in need of volunteers to answer phones and provide basic receptionist back-up during the business day. Two new mentoring programs offered St. Mark's Community Center is partnering with the U.S. Department of Justice in an innovative national project designed to reduce juvenile crime by providing mentoring for young people at risk academically or behaviorally. Known as the Juvenile Mentoring Program or JUMP, the project assigns mentors to 50 seventh through ninth grade students at The Street Academy Charter School, a new alternative school for youth in danger of slipping through the cracks in traditional educational settings. St. Mark's is looking for adult volunteer mentors to provide three or four hours of time with a young person each week. Mentors will receive ongoing training in this work, as well as the support of the school's full-time social worker and the Charter School staff.