Concerning April 13 editorial, “The difference of nonprofits”: As a current high school student, I too used to think working for a nonprofit organization would be a waste of time, but a couple years ago my sister interned for a nonprofit. While at the time I thought she was crazy to work for free, I now see the benefit from her interning. After one year working as an intern, my sister is now on staff for the same nonprofit organization, doing a job that she loves and has all the experience needed.
As a high school student it is hard, maybe even impossible, to intern anywhere but that isn’t stopping me from looking forward to interning when I am old enough. I would like to encourage other students (high school or college) to look into interning. While it seems crazy to work without pay, interning has many other benefits; job experience, working with people with the same interests, and sometimes a possible position.
Caitlin Pennington
Mukilteo
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