The Morehead-Cain Foundation
Summer Enrichment Sponsors

Outward Bound & National Outdoor Leadership Schools
Prior to Freshman Year (Three Weeks)

  • Outward Bound West (Arizona, California, Colorado, Oregon, Utah, Washington)
  • Hurricane Island Outward Bound School (Maryland, Maine)
  • National Outdoor Leadership School (Wyoming)
  • North Carolina Outward Bound School (North Carolina)
  • Voyageur Outward Bound School (Minnesota, Montana)

Public Service Internships
Prior to Sophomore Year (Eight to Ten Weeks)

  • Akany Famonjena Orphanage (Madagascar)
  • American Red Cross (Chapel Hill, NC)
  • Amigos de las Americas (Brazil, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay)
  • Art Start (New York, NY)
  • Breakthrough Collaborative (Atlanta, GA, Austin, TX, Cambridge, MA, Hong Kong, Locust Valley, NY, Miami, FL, Raleigh, NC, Richmond, VA, San Jose, CA, Santa Fe, NM)
  • Campus Crusade International (South Africa)
  • Canadian International Development Agency -- HIV/AIDS Education (Guyana)
  • Central Kentucky Riding for the Handicapped (Lexington, KY)
  • Child Family Health International (San Francisco, CA)
  • Cooperativa Femenina de las Nubes (Chillanes, Ecuador)
  • Coral Cay Conservation (Fiji, Phillippines)
  • Cross-Cultural Solutions (Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Peru, Russia, Tanzania, Thailand)
  • Day School Summerbridge (San Francisco, CA)
  • East Bay Conservation Corps (Oakland, CA)
  • FINCA International (Washington, DC)
  • Florida State Attorney's Office (Orlando, FL)
  • Foundation for Sustainable Development (Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, India, Kenya, Nicaragua, Peru, Uganda)
  • Global Frontier Missions (Mexico)
  • Global Routes (Costa Rica, Ecuador, Ghana, St. Lucia, Thailand)
  • Global Service Corps (Tanzania, Thailand)
  • Greenpeace (Vienna, Austria)
  • Habitat for Humanity (Chile, Malawi)
  • Holt International Children's Services (India, Thailand)
  • Humanitarian Foundation (Costa Rica)
  • i-to-i International (Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Ireland, Kenya, Korea, Mexico, Mongolia, Peru, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand)
  • Ikamva Labantu (South Africa)
  • Instituto Ecuadoriano de Seguridad Social Campesino (Chillanes, Ecuador)
  • King County Department of Youth Services (Seattle, WA)
  • KIPP Schools (Atlanta, GA, Newark, NJ, San Francisco, CA)
  • Lakeside Education Enrichment Program (Seattle, WA)
  • Latin American Youth Centre (Washington, DC)
  • Learning Bridge (Norfolk, VA)
  • Los Angeles Child Guidance Clinic (Los Angeles, CA)
  • The Luke Society (Peru)
  • Madras Institute to Habilitate Retarded Afflicted (India)
  • Maheyno Tributary Mamelodi (Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa)
  • The Mayhew Program (Bristol, NH)
  • Mazra'ih Center for Cooperative Development (Costa Rica)
  • Medical Missions International (Peru)
  • Methodist Home for Children (Raleigh, NC)
  • The Ministry of Hope Organization (Lilongwe, Malawi)
  • Nepali Educational Fund (Nepal)
  • The North Carolina Zoo Project (Uganda)
  • Operation Crossroads Africa (Botswana, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Ghana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda)
  • ProWorld Service Corps (Belize, Peru)
  • Rivington House (New York, NY)
  • San Diego Youth and Community Services (San Diego, CA)
  • Shyriya Hospital (Ruhengeri, Rwanda)
  • SOS Rhino (Malaysia)
  • Sporting Chance Foundation (Chicago, IL)
  • St. Camillus Home of Charity (India)
  • St. Francis Medical Center (Honolulu, HI)
  • StandUp for Kids (San Diego, CA)
  • Students for Students International (S4Si) (Zanzibar, Tanzania)
  • Summer Scholars (Warrenton, NC)
  • Summerbridge (Boca Raton, FL; Cincinnati, OH; Fort Worth, TX; Houston, TX; Louisville, KY; Manchester, NH; New Haven, CT; New Orleans, LA; New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Providence, RI; Sacramento, CA; San Francisco, CA)
  • Sweekar Rehabilitation Institute for Handicapped (India)
  • Teaching and Projects Abroad (Australia, Bolivia, Chile, China, Ghana, India, Mexico, Mongolia, Nepal, Peru, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Togo)
  • TEAK Fellowships (New York, NY)
  • United Cricket Board (South Africa)
  • Venice Family Clinic (Venice, CA)
  • WorldTeach (China, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Namibia, Poland)
  • Yokohama International Volunteer Association (Japan)
  • Zambian Judicial System (Zambia)

Travel/Study Destinations
Prior to Junior Year (Six to Twelve Weeks)

Some Scholars who have chosen to design career-oriented internships have worked in medical clinics, law offices, newspapers, laboratories, business concerns, or government offices in the United States and abroad.

Travel/study participants have traveled throughout the world pursuing a variety of academic interests. Each participating Scholar must submit his travel proposal to the Foundation for approval and have demonstrated a previous interest in the proposed subject of study.

In the summer of 2006, 33 Scholars participated, traveling and studying in locations around the globe, including:

  • Argentina
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Bangladesh
  • Brazil
  • Chile
  • China
  • Cyprus
  • Dominican Republic
  • Ecuador
  • Fiji
  • Finland
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Hong Kong
  • Iceland
  • India
  • Italy
  • Japan
  • Mongolia
  • Netherlands
  • New Zealand
  • Panama
  • Portugal
  • Rwanda
  • Scandinavia
  • Scotland
  • Singapore
  • South Korea
  • Spain
  • Switzerland
  • Thailand
  • Turkey
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • Uruguay
  • Vietnam

Enterprise Internships
Prior to Senior Year (Eight to Twelve Weeks)

  • Albright Group, LLC (Washington, DC)
  • AT&T (Washington, DC)
  • BBC Productions NY (New York, NY)
  • Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. (New York, NY)
  • BellSouth Corporation (Atlanta, GA)
  • Brigham & Women's Hospital (Boston, MA)
  • British Council (Washington, DC)
  • British Museum (London, England)
  • Bronx Defenders (Bronx, NY)
  • Brookwood Associates, Inc. (Atlanta, GA)
  • Bureau of Land Management (Fairbanks, AK)
  • Burnes and Clegg, Inc. (New York, NY)
  • Center for Community Self-Help (Durham, NC)
  • Center for the New Economy (Puerto Rico)
  • Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, DC)
  • Charlie Rose Show (New York, NY)
  • Cherokee Investment Partners, LLC (Raleigh, NC)
  • Chicago Institute of Neurosurgery and Neuroresearch (Evanston, IL)
  • Children's Medical Center (Denver, CO)
  • CineBLAST (New York, NY)
  • Citigroup Smith Barney (New York, NY)
  • Clayton Utz (Australia)
  • Cleveland Browns (Berea, OH)
  • Clinica Evangelica Morava/Hospital San Pablo (Honduras, Puerto Rico)
  • CNBC (Washington, DC)
  • Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center (New York, NY)
  • Conservation Fund (Arlington, VA)
  • Coors Brewing Company (Golden, CO)
  • Corrs Chambers Wesgarth (Australia)
  • Credit Suisse First Boston (New York, NY)
  • CS First Boston (Palo Alto, CA)
  • The Daily Show (New York, NY)
  • David R. Godine Publishing, Inc. (Boston, MA)
  • DeKalb Medical Center (Decatur, GA)
  • Demokratikus Ifjusagert Alapitvany (Hungary)
  • Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI)
  • Deutsche Bank (London, England)
  • diaDexus (San Francisco, CA)
  • Do Something (New York, NY)
  • Don Mar Warehouse (London, England)
  • Edison Schools (New York, NY)
  • Entwistle & Cappucci, LLP (New York, NY)
  • Environmental Defense (Washington, DC)
  • Ermenegildo Zegna (New York, NY)
  • Fast Track 100, Ltd. (Oxford, England)
  • Fellowship of Christian Athletes (Kansas City, MO)
  • Forensic Science Agency of Northern Ireland (Belfast, Ireland)
  • Genzyme (Boston, MA)
  • George Washington University Medical Center (Washington, DC)
  • Glaciological and Arctic Sciences Institute (Alaska)
  • GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals (Belgium, Singapore)
  • Global Learning (Petaluma, CA)
  • Goldman, Sachs & Company (New York, NY, London, England)
  • Granta Books (London, England)
  • Hartford Stage (Hartford, CT)
  • Hill and Company Communications (Oakland, CA)
  • Historic Charleston Foundation (Charleston, SC)
  • Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto, Canada)
  • Hospital Puerto Lempira (Honduras)
  • idealab! (Pasadena, CA)
  • Immunex Corporation (Seattle, WA)
  • Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Durham, NC)
  • Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion (Czech Republic)
  • Interactive Media Solutions (Boston, MA)
  • International Association for Study of Sexuality, Culture, and Society (San Francisco, CA)
  • International Centre for Sustainable Cities (Vancouver, Canada)
  • International Justice Mission (Washington, DC)
  • International Rescue Committee (Croatia)
  • J. P. Morgan Chase & Co. (New York, NY)
  • Juvenile Probation Office of Suffolk County (Boston, MA)
  • King & Spaulding (London, England)
  • Knowledge Exchange Institute (Moscow, Russia)
  • Lakeland Volunteers in Medicine (Lakeland, FL)
  • Lara Grylls PR, Ltd. (London, England)
  • Larry King Live! (Washington, DC)
  • LasalleHolland, Inc. (New York, NY)
  • Leo Burnett (Chicago, IL)
  • Los Alamos National Laboratories (Los Alamos, NM)
  • McColl Partners (Charlotte, NC)
  • McKinsey & Co. (Atlanta, GA)
  • McLean Psychiatric Hospital (Boston, MA)
  • Merrill Lynch (Capitola, CA)
  • Monitor Company (Cambridge, MA)
  • Morgan Stanley (New York, NY)
  • Motley Fool, Inc. (Alexandria, VA)
  • MTV Networks (New York, NY; London, England)
  • Museum of International Folk Art (Santa Fe, NM)
  • National Broadcasting Company (London, England)
  • National Center for Rural Education (Chapel Hill, NC)
  • National Geographic Channel (Washington, DC)
  • National Geographic Magazine (Washington, DC)
  • National Geographic Society (Washington, DC)
  • National Geographic Television (Washington, DC)
  • National Public Radio (Washington, DC)
  • National Trust for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland)
  • Neville McCarthy Associates (London, England)
  • New Schools Venture Fund (San Francisco, CA)
  • New York City Department of Education (New York, NY)
  • New York Shakespeare Festival (New York, NY)
  • Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Croatia)
  • Orphanage Outreach (Dominican Republic)
  • Peruvian-American Medical Society (Peru)
  • Philadelphia Phillies (Philadelphia, PA)
  • Phoenix Indian Medical Center (Phoenix, AZ)
  • Piedmont Health Services (Moncure, NC)
  • Progressive Policy Institute (Washington, DC)
  • Project Renewal (New York, NY)
  • Public Defender Service (Washington, DC)
  • Raleigh Court United Methodist Church (Roanoke, VA)
  • Red Hat, Inc. (Research Triangle Park, NC)
  • Reef Environmental Education Foundation (Key Largo, FL)
  • Rejoice Urban Development Project (Thailand)
  • Resources for the Future (Washington, DC)
  • RF Binder Partners, Inc. (New York, NY)
  • Rhodopi International Theatre Collective (Smolyan and Sofia, Bulgaria)
  • Richard Frankel Productions (New York, NY)
  • Saint Joseph's Hospital (Atlanta, GA)
  • Salud Community Health Care (Denver, CO; Charlottesville, VA)
  • Samaritan's Purse (Boone, NC)
  • San Francisco Giants (San Francisco, CA)
  • Sandia National Laboratories (Albuquerque, NM)
  • Screenwriting (Los Angeles, CA)
  • Siberian Institute for Ecological Initiatives (Novosibirsk)
  • Slate.com (New York, NY)
  • Small Enterprise Assistance Funds (Washington, DC; Croatia, Poland, Uzbekistan)
  • Sony Television (Culver City, CA)
  • Sotheby's Auctioneers (London, England)
  • Special Olympics International (Washington, DC)
  • The Sports Network (Scarborough, Canada)
  • St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
  • Steadman-Hawkins Foundation and Clinic (Vail, CO)
  • Teaching for Change (Washington, DC)
  • TransAfrica (Washington, DC)
  • U.S. Chamber of Commerce (Washington, DC)
  • U.S. Embassy Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan)
  • U.S. Fund for UNICEF (New York, NY)
  • U.S. Geological Survey (Anchorage, AK)
  • U.S. Olympic Committee (Colorado Springs, CO)
  • U.S. State Department (Africa; Barcelona, Spain; Guatemala; Washington, DC)
  • UNITE (New York, NY)
  • United Nations Environment Programme (Nairobi, Kenya)
  • United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Switzerland)
  • United Nations Office on Children and Armed Conflict (New York, NY)
  • United Nations Population Fund (Geneva, Switzerland)
  • United States Association of Blind Athletes (Colorado Springs, CO)
  • United States Tennis Association (Key Biscayne, FL)
  • University of North Carolina Press (Chapel Hill, NC)
  • W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. (New York, NY)
  • Wachovia Bank (Instanbul and Moscow, Russia)
  • Wang Center for the Performing Arts (Boston, MA)
  • The Wall Street Journal (Washington, DC)
  • Washington Office on Latin America (Washington, DC)
  • Washington Opera (Washington, DC)
  • The White House (Washington, DC)
  • Wilderness Society (Atlanta, GA)
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