STUDENT POWErED

Mentored internship program

Student-enabled creativity

Real community impact

Every year, two dozen high-school students from Carlmont High School volunteer to help organize and support the Belmont Water Dog Run. They do everything from running meetings, crunching numbers, building strategies, drumming up sponsorship, and creating innovative designs.

This is your chance to build your resume, develop new skills, and be part of a collaborative team. Applications for the Belmont Water Dog Run internship are currently closed. Please check back in December or January for updates. 

Mentored by Mr. Rowe, business teacher at Carlmont HS, and supported by a business professional, marketing interns create and execute our annual digital marketing plan, which includes digital asset creation, A/B testing, and ads spends on multiple social media channels. They also work with adult board members to coordinate marketing activities on other partner (e.g. City) channels. 

A new function in 2024, operation interns are the lynch pins holding all the various functions together. They project manage the run by identifying and scheduling needed tasks, establishing agendas, running meetings, following up on actions, and take care of all the variables necessary to make the run successful. 

The digital and data team has diverse responsiblities, including building and maintaining the BWDR website, handling email marketing, mine and visualize data regarding the race and registration, as well as developing business and financial models to help analyze past runs and improve future runs.  

Design interns were the start of the BWDR intern program. Our design team is responsible for creating all of our physical visual assets such as posters, flyers, banners, business cards, and swag. They maintain the composition of our brand including color palettes and logo files. Their work is displayed at our booths, posted at park entrances, and over Ralston avenue, among other places.

A new function in 2025, sponsorship interns are in charge of getting additional funding and sponsorships from local organizations to fund the Belmont Water Dog Run. 

A new function in 2026, the special projects interns are dedicated toward parterning with our community. Camille is working to coordinate the 2026 Belmont Water Dog Run with the city of Belmont’s 100th Anniversary. San Carlos is the focus of Maya’s outreach as Water Dog seeks to reach neighboring cities.

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Huan Phan, Mary Parden, Jim Howard, Bridgette Shearer, Karen Shornstein, Raimond Galicia, April Northrup, Pat Smith, Austin Lee, William Lai, Paul Taylor, Clare Abram, Ken Stenquist, Peter Lotti

Huan Phan, Mary Parden, Jim Howard, Bridgette Shearer, Karen Shornstein, Raimond Galicia, April Northrup, Pat Smith, Austin Lee, William Lai, Paul Taylor, Clare Abram, Ken Stenquist, Peter Lotti