The Heckscher Foundation for Children

Summer Internship Program

While it is not our present interest to return to the days when the Heckscher Foundation ran hands-on programs (food banks, basketball leagues, music programs and even two radio shows on childrens' issues) out of the old Heckscher Building (now El Museo del Barrio), we have initiated our own Heckscher internship program and expect to continue and expand it. We select high school students, place them in public service agencies and pay them a stipend, provide tutoring and enlist their skills in evaluating other programs aimed at their peers.