The Jared Box Project is a nationally recognized nonprofit organization. The mission of the Jared Box Project is to lift the spirits of children in the hospital. A Jared Box is a plastic shoe box filled with games, toys, and well wishes. These “gift of play” boxes are given to young patients in emergency rooms, hospital rooms, surgical centers, and clinics. The Jared Box project was started in 2001 by the children at Our Lady of Victory School in State College, Pennsylvania to honor their classmate, Jared. We are connected nationally and have coordinated the making and delivery of over one million Jared Boxes to over 500 hospitals across the United States. Our dedicated team prides itself on the strong personal connections we develop with all of our hospitals, organizations and families.
The goal of the Jared Box Project is to lift the spirits of children in the hospital. Boxes filled with the “gift of play” are given to young patients in emergency rooms, hospital rooms, surgical centers, and clinics.
The boxes symbolize the importance of play and are filled with well wishes, hope, and love.
Job Descriptions: Placements with The Jared Box Project are remote.
Non-Profit Management Support – The Non Profit Management Support student will have a wide range of responsibilities related to marketing, public relations, development, financial analysis, social media, customer resource management, and hospital outreach. Projects might include: assist in development/sponsorship campaign; manage social media accounts including Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn; create newsletters using Mail Chimp; plan events; conduct interviews; work to obtain toy donations and other corporate support; write press releases; explore a variety of PR techniques to gain regional and national exposure; pursue partnerships with national organizations and civic organizations; plan conference events; assist in nonprofit board of directors governance projects.
Public Relations/Social Media Support – The Public Relations / Social Media Support individual will have a wide range of responsibilities that include: create and execute a social media campaign to gain awareness and support, working across social media channels including Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn; assist in planning, writing and managing monthly newsletters using Mail Chimp; write and distribute press releases; explore a variety of PR techniques to gain regional and national exposure.
Hospital Outreach Coordinator – The role of the Hospital Outreach Coordinator is to facilitate the relationship between a hospital that would like to receive Jared Boxes and a community organizations willing to make Jared Boxes for the hospital. Responsibilities include: communicate with hospitals to see if they would like to receive Jared Boxes; identify service organizations to make Jared Boxes for the requesting hospitals; contact service organizations and guide them through the process of making and delivering boxes. The Outreach Coordinator will use The Jared Box’s G-Suite account to communicate and track communications with both hospitals and organizations. A Guidebook with detailed instructions, email templates and a tracking spreadsheet is available that details all steps of the process.
Graphic Design Assistant – The Graphic Design Assistant will have a wide range of responsibilities related to all graphic design needs of The Jared Box Project. Projects might include create and update brochures, flyers, banners and other marketing materials; create presentations using Canva; create a variety of graphics and short videos to promote the project; create materials for conferences; and other graphic design projects as needed.
Position Availability: Varies
Program Hours: Varies
Site Coordinator: Cindy Kolarik
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