Summer Intern Spotlight: Nina Harris

Hello – my name is Nina Harris! This summer I had the incredible opportunity of working as a summer intern in the Marketing and Development Department at Bucks County Housing Group with Amanda McGill and Dominic DiFrancesco. 

I am part of the Foundations Community Partnership SYC internship program and have had the great fortune of working with BCHG as well as taking a class in service learning with 12 other peers working at different non-profits. I am currently a rising sophomore at Cornell University and plan to major in Economics.

During my time at Bucks County Housing Group, I assisted in social media posts shared on Instagram, Facebook, X, and LinkedIn. We worked on using these platforms to increase community engagement and share BCHG’s mission and impact. I also worked with Dom in creating informational videos on all of BCHG’s programs that will be released over the course of the year. It was such a fun process getting to be creative when outlining and creating these videos and they came out even better than imagined! 

This summer, I also played a role in organizing our second annual Brewery Fundraiser being held at Neshaminy Creek Brewing Company on August 3rd. I assisted in reaching out to local businesses and musicians to organize sponsors and performers for our event. It was an inspiring process to see individuals and organizations being willing to donate their time and resources to help support BCHG’s mission and I am excited to attend the event soon!

At BCHG, I also worked in our donor database and handled in-person donations. Since our fiscal year ends in June, I had the opportunity to analyze all the data from our fiscal year, find important trends, compare our growth from the 22-23 fiscal year, and present my findings to Amanda. It was a great opportunity to learn how to work with financial data and display it in an organized manner.

Lastly, once a week I worked at our two food pantry locations in Penndel and Doylestown. I watered our community gardens, organized food donations, and assisted in distributions. It was incredibly rewarding to see BCHG’s impact in action and I am very grateful for the opportunity to have worked with such passionate volunteers and staff who truly care about helping the community each and every day.

Thank you to everyone at Bucks County Housing Group for being so welcoming and making this such an amazing experience. I am very thankful especially to Amanda McGill for her mentorship, dedication, and genuine support for my success at BCHG and beyond, and to Dom DiFrancesco for being such a kind and talented co-intern! I am extremely grateful for my time at BCHG and this experience has furthered my interest in future work in the nonprofit sector and finding ways to make a positive impact on my community!