Why Participate in the Teens with Heartsongs Program?
"Heartsongs is the best organization I have worked with in terms of character building and skill development for high schoolers. The skills I developed in communication, leadership, collaboration, and project vision are skills that I will forever carry with me. It it my true belief that Heartsongs has had the most consequential impact on my high school career, and the admissions officers at [The University of] Michigan agreed when they called me to express the importance they saw in the commitment to public service that Heartsongs brings. I will be forever grateful for all that I have learned working with you. They explained that it was Heartsongs that drew them to my application. Heartsongs has the possibility to do for every student what it did for me - instill a commitment to public service." Zain Ahmed, TWH Student Director 2021
Additional Responsibilities of Team Leaders:
- Team Leaders will start Week of September 23d 2024.
- Prior to Start of the Program, Team Leaders will participate in 4 training sessions prior to the Program starting week of Oct 7th as well as help recruit additional Team members if needed
- Each Team will have 1 or more Leaders and Vice Presidents depending on the size of the Team
- Manage and run your Team
- Communicate regularly to all Team members
- Manage Team fundraising events and individual fundraising efforts
- Manage social media outreach
Responsibilities of all Team Members Participating in TWH:
- Program Starts Week October 7th and runs through December 11th, 2024.
- Participate in all team fundraising events
- Participate in individual outreach to raise money and awareness for Children's National Hospital Patient & Family Housing program
- Participate in all education sessions to be held on selected Mondays and/or Wednesday evenings 7:30pm.
- Respond to Team Leaders on a regular basis
Team Leaders will be assigned a Board of Teen member and a Parent Manager to help the Leader in all aspects of their responsibilities.
On average, Team Leaders should expect to spend between 2-5 hours per week for the duration of the Program. 45 SSL Hours will be provided only to those student Team Leaders fully participating.
Rolling Application; Priority given to early applications. Deadline August 26th 2024. All Team Leaders will be notified if they have been selected on or before Sept 8th 2024. Student members will be notified of their Team assignment by Monday Sept 16th 2024.
IF YOU ARE NOT SELECTED AS A TEAM LEADER OR VP, YOU WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY PLACED ON A TEAM.