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Paid Internship Opportunity
ITNOrlando has an exciting Paid College Internship opportunity for an energetic person who wants to make a difference for seniors and people with visual impairment.
The goal of the internship is to help build the organization's capacity to become sustainable. Community outreach will be the focus, including volunteer recruitment, presentations to local businesses and groups, fundraisers, press releases, website updates and a quarterly newsletter, among other tasks. This is an ideal position for someone looking to gain experience at an innovative nonprofit providing an essential service to the community.
Qualifications:
- Must be a degree candidate at an accredited college or university
- Enthusiasm for the ITN mission
- Excellent organizational skills
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Strong computer skills and a willingness to learn new programs
- Leadership skills and the ability to work independently
- Fundraising or event planning experience a plus
- Marketing or communications experience a plus
Internship positions are available both part-time during the school year and full-time during the summer. Interested applicants should send a resume, cover letter and transcripts: Contact us.
2009 Inspire Awards
January/February, 2009. By Joe Treen, AARP The Magazine.
Ten Who Inspire: These go-getters are putting their passion into action to make the world a better place.
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Should seniors re-take driver's test?
June 24, 2009. By Paul Briand, Baby Boomer Examiner
Liberty Mutual is getting involved in the discussion by offering an online driving test, meant to simulate some of the challenges that elderly drivers face when they're out on the road.
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Suited Up As A Senior
June 23, 2009. By Daniel D'Ambrosio, Fairfield County Weekly
Is there anything that gets better at the age of 85? Well, maybe, but I can tell you from experience it isn't driving a car. Not that I'm that old — yet — but in a clever event staged by Boston-based Liberty Mutual insurance company last week at Rentschler Field, I got a taste of what it's like to drive a car at an advanced age.
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Too Old To Drive? When It’s Time To Surrender The Keys
June 23, 2009. By SACHA PFEIFFER. 90.9 WBUR
A handful of recent high-profile car accidents involving elderly drivers has state lawmakers considering legislation that would require extra testing for older drivers.
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A difficult drive in a suit designed to mimic effects of aging
June 18, 2009. By Vivian Nereim, Boston Globe
Globe Correspondent Vivian Nereim took part in a driving course while wearing a restrictive suit during a Liberty Mutual event on Wednesday marking the release of their "Driver Seat Game," an online video game designed to simulate the physical and cognitive limitations experienced by many elderly drivers.
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Senior Drivers, the Video Game
June 18, 2009. By Brad Drazen, WVIT-TV (Hartford NBC)
The Driver Seat Game, is a flash-based video game that makes you feel like you have physical and cognitive limitations that older drivers might experience while they’re behind the wheel of a car. Liberty Mutual and ITNAmerica are behind the video game experience.
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Never get old
June 17, 2009. By Susan Campbell, Hartford Courant
Susan Campbell's blog talks about Liberty Mutual launching an online "Driver Seat Game" that gives baby-boomers (and others) a taste of what driving is like for their parents.
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Behind the wheel as an elderly driver
June 17, 2009. By Erin Cox, WTNH-TV (New Haven ABC)
A new program is designed to put people in the driver's seat of an elderly person to see how age impacts driving.
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Senior Driving Challenges
June 17, 2009. By Jim Cline, WGGB-TV (Springfield ABC)
Retesting older drivers is gaining more interest.
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What it's like to be an elderly driver
June 17, 2009. By Veronica Cintron, WWLP-TV (Springfield NBC)
Liberty Mutual is raising awareness with a senior safety driving event at Rentschler Field in East Hartford. A company official took 22News for a ride to show the effects old age has on driving.
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Game Tests Effects Of Aging On Drivers
June 17, 2009. By Miko Kopelman, WFSB-TV (Hartford CBS)
Liberty Mutual holds demonstration about older drivers.
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Mobile Mission
May, 2009, AARP, My Generation
Katherine Freund is a driving force, helping older adults keep their independence.
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Car Service Helps Older Adults Stay Independent
January 1, 2009, by Joseph Shapiro, National Public Radio, Morning Edition.
Two years ago, Dick Bowman's children approached him to say it was time for him to quit driving. The then-89-year-old had caused a couple of fender benders, including scraping another car while driving his Volvo in the parking lot at his tennis club.
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Mayor Strong to Provide 5,000th Ride for ITNOrlando
February 28, 2008, City News
"Imagine how surprised our senior citizen will be when the volunteer who picks them up is the Mayor of Winter Park," said Tom Porter, Executive Director of ITNOrlando.
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A door-to-door driving service for seniors seeks to expand to East Orlando
Jennifer Knight-Ari, East Orlando Sun
Taking away car keys, not mobility.