The Harvard Club Summer Community Service Fellowship

Donations from Club members support one or more Harvard students in their 10-week community service project for a Cape Cod non-profit organization.  Student work is intended to have a meaningful impact on the non-profit and the Cape community in addition to being an important learning experience. 

Student Applications

HCCC works with the Harvard Center for Public Service to find students with an interest in a public service project on Cape Cod.  Students who have lived on the Cape are given preference, although any student willing to work on the Cape is considered.  Applicants are encouraged to reach out to any 501(c)(3) non-profit on the Cape and Islands in their area of interest and discuss possible projects, ideally with measurable milestones that can be achieved in the 10 week period.  Applicants must submit a resume and their student record, a description of the project and a letter of support from the sponsoring non-profit. To learn more click here. The deadline for applications is generally in March/April and the HCCC review committee makes its decision in April.

Sponsoring Organizations

Participating organizations should have work that is challenging and offers students the opportunity to learn new professional skills, and achieve a meaningful objective within a 10 week period.  Organizations should also be willing to discuss the project with the potential fellow and allow their interests to shape the work.  For a list of sponsoring non-profits click here.  

We encourage any Cape Cod non-profit who would like to learn more to contact Anne Tupper (2annetupper@gmail.com).  

2024 Fellows

Lorelei Wolf '24

loraleiwolf24Lorelei Wolf graduated from Harvard and Pforzheimer House (formerly North) in 2024 with a major in Earth and Planetary Sciences and a secondary in Integrative Biology. In her senior year, she completed an honors thesis investigating a geochemical tool used to study paleotemperature. Originally from New York, she loves spending time in nature and immersing herself in her environment. Academically, she is especially interested in marine ecosystems and looks forward to a summer spent doing fieldwork and data collection with Cape Cod’s Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. In East Falmouth Lorelei will help protect and preserve seagrass from the predation of invasive European green crabs and purple marsh crabs. The presence of seagrass can help bolster ecosystem resilience against erosion, sea level rise, and poor water quality. At WBNERR, renowned for its resource management and Blue carbon research, Lorelei will directly contribute to increasing the abundance of submerged aquatic vegetation in Waquoit Bay to improve ecosystem health and stability for humans and wildlife alike.

Cam Kettles '26

camkettles26Cam Kettles is a rising junior from Dallas and Currier House double majoring in History and Economics. She is interning at the Provincetown Independent with a complementing fellowship from their nonprofit Local Journalism Project. She has spent two years as a reporter for The Harvard Crimson, most recently covering Harvard’s leadership crisis for the last seven months, breaking the news of former President Claudine Gay’s resignation before Harvard and every other news outlet. Her professional goal is to be an investigative labor reporter breaking stories of worker mistreatment and company neglect. This summer she intends to specialize in labor reporting and covering the 2024 presidential election in Provincetown. She is excited to cover the news of the day and learn about Cape Cod while doing so!

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