From AAPD (2.15.11):
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Walmart Awards $600,000 to AAPD for Internship Program
Money to fund leadership opportunities for students with disabilities in the nation’s capital
WASHINGTON, DC – February 15, 2011 – The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) is excited to announce the investment of $600,000 from Walmart, with support from the Walmart Foundation, to support a significant expansion of AAPD’s internship opportunities in public service for students with disabilities.
Working together over the next two years, AAPD and Walmart will build the new AAPD Summer Internship Program with opportunities for undergraduate, graduate and law students with all types of disabilities from all around the country to intern with members of Congress, Congressional Committees, the Executive Branch, federal agencies and offices of government affairs. AAPD and Walmart firmly believe that a key to professional, personal, and academic success for students with disabilities can be the life-changing experience of a Washington, D.C. summer internship.
AAPD is building on its pilot Congressional and Federal IT internship programs, sponsored by the Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation (MEAF) and Microsoft, respectively, over the past 10 years.
“Together we have learned the tremendous impact these internship opportunities can have on the lives and futures of young people with disabilities, and AAPD is thrilled to expand these opportunities through our new program and partnership with Walmart,” said Helena Berger, AAPD’s Acting President & CEO. “Walmart’s grant is the largest single investment in the history of AAPD.”
For 10 years, AAPD has offered Congressional and federal agency summer internships to undergraduate students, placing more than 125 interns with all types of disabilities in Washington internships. This new partnership with Walmart will allow AAPD to grow exponentially its Washington, D.C. Summer Internship Program, hosting 28 interns this summer, and many more in future years. The AAPD internship program will now also be open to college students, law students and other graduate and professional students with disabilities, and will offer a wider group of young leaders with disabilities exposure to careers in public service and government…
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