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Ernst & Young's "Your World, Your Vision" Competition
Posted on Tuesday, 12/4/2008
This year, Ernst & Young is proud to announce Your World, Your Vision—a competition that challenges student teams to create a proposal for an initiative that has a significant impact on their community. The winning teams will receive up to $10,000 toward executing their proposal. Regardless of who wins, all students involved have the opportunity to work with each other, with Ernst & Young, and to achieve their vision of making a difference in their community.
How students define their community is up to them, but we see opportunities for community impact in three major areas: education, the environment and entrepreneurship. Students can focus their creativity on any one of these areas to strengthen their community in the way that is most important to them. Maybe it's instituting a corporate mentorship program for underserved schools, or maybe it's a scholarship honoring young entrepreneurs for their ingenuity. Or maybe it's something completely different. The more creative and sustainable the solution, the better.
How does it work? We're soliciting one entry per school, so student teams should contact their EY Advisor on campus to learn more. The UW EY Advisor is Sara Liveratti. Sara's email address is Sara.Liveratti@ey.com, or you can contact the PNW Lead Advisor, Jennifer de Leon, at jennifer.deleon@ey.com.
How can you help? You don't have to do anything to facilitate the competition other than encourage your students to realize their vision.
Prizes will be awarded mid-March 2009, with proposals executed March through May, 2009. For more information, visit ey.com/us/Yourworldyourvision.
Bookkeeper - University District Food Bank
The University District Food Bank is looking to recruit a bookkeeper to assist in the efficiency of daily operations. Ideally, they are looking for a junior who can also commit to some time over the summer and will continue to volunteer in the upcoming school year.
This is a volunteer position and provides an excellent opportunity to understand bookkeeping for a non-profit organization. The selected volunteer will receive BAP service hours for their time.
Bookkeeper position description:
- Prepare deposits bi-weekly
- Write checks; resolve Accounts Payable issues
- Assist in the preparation of the budget.
- Keep QuickBooks up to date.
- Assist in the preparation of the Food Bank's tax information
- Perform monthly reconciliations
This position would require 2 to 4 hours a week.
Community for Youth
Did you know that only 58.9% of freshman enrolled in Seattle Public High Schools in 2000 graduated from high school in 2004? How can we make a difference?
Beta Alpha Psi is looking for members to make the commitment to volunteer as mentors through the Community for Youth program. The students are freshman from both Rainier Beach and Cleveland High Schools. In addition to fulfilling our community service requirement, this is a great opportunity for learning the motivational skills necessary for managers in the accounting field, an opportunity for networking, and a way to make a difference in a young person's life.
"Community for Youth transforms high school students who are struggling - with school, with family, with their direction in life - into young adults who have confidence, determination and self-awareness. Supported by a community of adult mentors who are relentlessly committed to their success, teenagers learn to make thoughtful choices, fulfill
their commitments, acknowledge their mistakes and account for their actions. By taking control of their lives, students realize they can achieve more than they ever dreamed possible."
For more details, please visit Community for Youth's website at: http://www.communityforyouth.org. Or contact Gillian Donnelly with questions at gilliand.gd@gmail.com.