AGES 14+ • 100% REMOTE • WORK ON YOUR TIME • REAL EXPERIENCE

PARENT/GUARDIAN CONSENT REQUIRED FOR PARTICIPANTS UNDER 18

Turn your interests into experience—and your experience into impact.

The Room to Breathe Foundation Internship & Service-Learning Program gives students, recent graduates, emerging professionals, and individuals looking to grow an opportunity to contribute to real nonprofit projects while developing practical skills and exploring future paths.

Because Room to Breathe Foundation is a fully remote nonprofit organization, all opportunities within the program are remote.

You won't just observe. You'll create, contribute, collaborate, and learn.

Whether you're interested in design, technology, writing, social media, media production, fundraising, community outreach—or you're still figuring out what interests you—we want to give you room to explore.

YOUR TALENT • YOUR IDEAS • YOUR IMPACT

Everyone brings something different to the table.

Maybe you're already creating incredible graphics. Maybe you love writing. Maybe you're fascinated by technology, photography, video, or social media. Maybe you want to make a difference in your community.

Or maybe you're 14 and just beginning to discover what you're good at.

That's okay.

You don't need a professional résumé or years of experience to have something valuable to contribute.

We're looking for people who are:

CURIOUS • CREATIVE • DEPENDABLE • RESPECTFUL • WILLING TO LEARN • READY TO CONTRIBUTE

Tell us what you already know.

Tell us what interests you.

And most importantly—

tell us what you'd like to learn.

CHOOSE YOUR PATH

Applicants can select one or more areas that match their interests, existing skills, or future goals.

📱 MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

Explore content creation, campaigns, social strategy, branding, community engagement, and digital outreach.

Projects may include social content, campaign concepts, content calendars, program promotion, audience research, engagement ideas, and digital storytelling.

🎨 GRAPHIC DESIGN & CREATIVE ARTS

Put your creativity to work on real Foundation projects.

Projects may include logos, fundraising graphics, promotional materials, social media assets, digital artwork, program branding, educational materials, and creative campaigns.

✍️ WRITING & COMMUNICATIONS

Help us tell stories, explain programs, create resources, and communicate with our community.

Projects may include website content, articles, newsletters, family resources, storytelling, editing, program materials, and outreach communications.

💻 TECHNOLOGY & WEB

Explore how technology can help a nonprofit work smarter and make information easier to access.

Projects may include website projects, digital tools, accessibility, user experience, technical research, web content, troubleshooting, and new technology initiatives.

📷 PHOTOGRAPHY, VIDEO & MEDIA

Use visual media to educate, inspire, and tell meaningful stories.

Projects may include video editing, short-form content, promotional media, photography, interviews, digital storytelling, educational content, and creative production.

Because our team is remote, some projects may involve editing or creating with media provided digitally rather than in-person photography.

🤝 COMMUNITY OUTREACH & PROGRAMS

See how nonprofit ideas become programs and resources that support real people.

Projects may include program development, volunteer engagement, community outreach, family resources, partnership research, awareness initiatives, and community-building projects.

💗 FUNDRAISING & EVENTS

Learn how nonprofits and communities build support around a mission.

Projects may include fundraising campaign ideas, family fundraising resources, event concepts, community fundraising, supporter engagement, research, and promotional materials.

🎬 R2B STUDIOS

Bring different creative disciplines together.

R2B Studios projects may combine art, media, technology, storytelling, education, and community impact, giving participants opportunities to collaborate across multiple areas.

MORE THAN AN INTERNSHIP

REAL EXPERIENCE

Contribute to meaningful Foundation projects rather than simulated assignments created simply to give you something to do.

EXPLORE YOUR FUTURE

Try an area you're considering for college or a career—or discover an interest you didn't know you had.

BUILD YOUR SKILLS

Strengthen practical skills in creativity, communication, organization, problem-solving, technology, teamwork, and remote collaboration.

BUILD YOUR PORTFOLIO

When appropriate and permitted, participants may have opportunities to develop work they can showcase for future schools, internships, jobs, or creative opportunities.

MAKE AN IMPACT

Use what you're learning to contribute to programs, resources, and projects with a real purpose.

WHO SHOULD APPLY?

The Room to Breathe Foundation Internship & Service-Learning Program is open to students ages 14+, recent graduates, emerging professionals, and individuals seeking meaningful hands-on experience.

Previous professional experience is not required for many program opportunities.

We welcome applicants with different backgrounds, interests, experience levels, and goals.

For younger participants, we care far more about willingness to learn, dependability, creativity, and effort than having an impressive résumé.

VEPTR YOUTH: YOUR VOICE BELONGS HERE. 💗

We especially encourage VEPTR teens and young adults, siblings, and others connected to the VEPTR community to apply.

Your experiences can bring perspectives, ideas, and creativity that no textbook can teach.

VEPTR youth shouldn't only have opportunities to receive support from their community.

YOU CAN CREATE. YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE. YOU CAN LEAD.

Your ideas can help us think differently about programs, resources, communication, creativity, and the future of the VEPTR community.

A VEPTR connection is not required to apply. The program welcomes applicants from many backgrounds.

NEED COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS FOR SCHOOL?

The program may provide opportunities for students seeking community service, service-learning, school-project, career-exploration, or internship experience.

When appropriate, Room to Breathe Foundation can provide documentation of verified participation and completed hours.

Because every school and organization establishes its own requirements, students are responsible for confirming that participation will qualify for their particular program before beginning their hours.

If your school requires supervisor verification, project approval, forms, evaluations, or completion documentation, tell us when you apply so we can determine whether we're able to meet those requirements.

100% REMOTE. WORK ON YOUR TIME. 🌎

Room to Breathe Foundation is a fully remote nonprofit, and our Internship & Service-Learning Program operates remotely as well.

Participants collaborate digitally with Foundation team members using tools appropriate for their projects.

That means your opportunity isn't determined by how close you live to our Pennsylvania office.

WORK ON YOUR TIME

Our remote program is designed to work around school, appointments, treatment, recovery, work, and family responsibilities.

Complete your projects on a flexible schedule while meeting agreed-upon deadlines and staying connected with your Foundation supervisor.

You'll also gain experience with an increasingly important professional skill:

working, communicating, organizing projects, meeting expectations, and collaborating as part of a remote team.

HOW IT WORKS

01 — APPLY

Tell us about yourself, what interests you, the paths you'd like to explore, your availability, and what you hope to learn.

Applicants under 18 will also provide parent or legal guardian information and consent.

02 — FIND YOUR PATH

We'll review your application and determine whether a current opportunity fits your interests, abilities, availability, age, and learning goals.

03 — SET YOUR GOALS

If selected, we'll establish your project area, expectations, deadlines, communication process, supervision, and any applicable school or service-hour requirements.

04 — CREATE & CONTRIBUTE

Work remotely on real projects with appropriate guidance, supervision, and feedback from the Foundation team.

05 — COMPLETE YOUR EXPERIENCE

When applicable, we'll verify completed participation or service hours and provide appropriate completion documentation.

PARTICIPANTS AGES 14–17

Applicants ages 14–17 require parent or legal guardian consent before participating in the program.

Minor participants will receive age-appropriate assignments, additional supervision, and clearly defined project responsibilities.

Parents or legal guardians will receive information about the participant's role, expected schedule, communication methods, and program expectations before participation begins.

Communication, collaboration, and access to Foundation systems will be limited according to the participant's age, responsibilities, and assigned project.

Participants under 18 will not be given access to sensitive family information, confidential records, donor or financial information, account credentials, private accounts, or other protected Foundation information unless access is specifically necessary for an approved assignment, appropriately limited, and supervised.

All participants must follow Foundation standards regarding privacy, confidentiality, respectful communication, appropriate technology use, and professional conduct.

SEEKING SCHOOL OR ACADEMIC CREDIT?

Tell us when you apply.

Requirements vary by school, college, and educational program. Room to Breathe Foundation can review your institution's requirements to determine whether we're able to meet them.

Participation does not automatically guarantee academic credit, as final approval is determined by the participant's school or educational institution.

WHAT YOU NEED TO GET STARTED

Because this is a remote program, participants should generally have:

Reliable internet access • An email address • Access to a computer or appropriate device • The ability to communicate and collaborate remotely

Certain creative or technical projects may require additional software, equipment, or tools.

If a project has specific requirements, we'll discuss them with you before you accept the assignment.

READY TO FIND YOUR PATH?

You don't need to have everything figured out • You don't need years of experience. • You just need somewhere to begin.

YOUR TALENT. YOUR IDEAS. YOUR IMPACT.

ROOM TO BREATHE FOUNDATION INTERNSHIP & SERVICE-LEARNING PROGRAM

AGES 14+ • 100% REMOTE • WORK ON YOUR TIME • LEARN • CREATE • CONTRIBUTE • GROW