Destination ImagiNation has partnered with the Capital Area REACH Program to help students find innovative internships and training curriculum. Destination ImagiNation will conduct monthly workshops to Capital Area REACH Program participants from January through May, which will help them prepare for community service, summer internship and future employment.
The workshops will be hands-on and will incorporate skills such as problem solving, effective communication and creativity and will teach students to apply these skills to everyday life. The program aims to have students enter the workplace with more appropriate expectations, attitudes and work-maturity skills.
"We're thrilled to team with the Capital Area REACH Program," DI President Rusty McCarty said in a press release. "Their participants are great students and devoted community activists, and we hope our training workshops can help as they grow into successful adults."
The Capital Area REACH Program helps students in Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. become more successful in school, work and their communities. The program has been getting students involved in community service with the help of local adult volunteers and employers for more than six years. Students partner with local employers, business and community volunteers and faith-based organizations and learn such skills as organization, perseverance, timeliness and creativity.
"When we look for internship candidates, we look for students who can adapt to the way our firm functions so they can take advantage of the experience," Tom Crawford, president of C2 group, said in the press release. "REACH's new training curriculum will really enhance the internship experience for students by teaching them how to creatively approach problems to solve them quickly."
