Intern Query C

Dear Ms. Bass,

My name is Jack Johnson, and I am a senior Rehabilitation Services major at the University of Maine at Farmington. I am currently in the final stages of earning my bachelor’s degree, a requirement of which is completion of a 13-credit internship lasting 450 hours. My department requires me to intern with an agency that serves people with disabilities. I saw an advertisement on your website for an aquatics therapy specialist during summer 2005. I am particularly interested in this position because I am a lifeguard at the University of Maine at Farmington Health and Fitness Center, and I have taken several aquatics-oriented therapeutic recreation courses. Over this past summer, I worked for an agency called The Life Enrichment Advancing People (LEAP) providing direct care services for adult clients with mental retardation and LEAP staff.

As you can see from the attached resume, I also have skills with various forms of exercise as well as psycho-educational counseling and public relations experience with both disabled and non-disabled people.

I do plan on completing the application for this position, but have some questions I’m hoping you can answer. First, is the client base at Camp Ordway such that I would be working primarily with persons with cerebral palsy or a variety of disabilities as well? Also, would there be someone at Camp Ordway who could supervise me during the internship, working closely with me and my faculty internship supervisor at the University of Maine at Farmington? If you would like to know more about the internship process and supervision expectations, please contact me at jack.johnson@maine.edu or 207-778-9999, and I would be happy to provide you with the details. I also welcome the opportunity to speak with you by phone to discuss my background, interests, and qualifications.

Thank you for considering my interest in serving the staff and clients at Camp Ordway.

Sincerely,

Jack Johnson