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Piedmont Wildlife Center
364 Leigh Farm Road
Durham, NC
http://www.piedmontwildlifecenter.org
Start date: June 12, 2008
About the agency: The mission of the Piedmont Wildlife Center is to support native North American wildlife through rehabilitation, education, and research, with emphasis on the conservation of wildlife and its habitat in North Carolina. We rehabilitate injured, sick and orphaned wildlife brought to the Piedmont Wildlife Center hospital with the intent of returning them in a healthy condition to their original habitat. We also strive to educate people in our area of ways to live more harmoniously with our wildlife neighbors and we study wildlife diseases that may have an impact on human health.
Internship Description: As an intern for the summer camp you will be serving as a counselor or assistant counselor for children aged 4-12. There are four age groups (4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-12) and you would be expected to take a leading or assisting roll in implementing the camp programs to one of these age groups containing 5-10 children.
Skills Needed: Candidates should be good with children and have an interest in the environment and wildlife.
Concentrations of Interest: Interns will learn how to make lesson plans, and assist in the development implementation of camp programs, work with children in a structured environment as well as outdoors. They will learn to help supervise a counselor in training. This program will be especially pertinent to education majors, environmental science majors and future parents.
Transportation Needed: Yes
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