Application Instructions
All applicants are required to submit a completed application form along with two letters of recommendation. Notification of acceptance will occur in mid-April. The entire application must be completed and postmarked by March 7, 2008 to be eligible. Please answer all questions to the best of your ability in the space provided. Please do not attach any information that is not requested.
REMINDER: Year round
application deadline is November 9, 2007.
Summer program application deadline
is March 7, 2008.
member
Requirements:
2 work or school related references (reference
forms provided) and a completed application form.
second year
member
Requirements:
2 work or school related references (reference
forms provided) and a completed application form.
team leader Requirements:
Resume, 3 work or school related letters of recommendations
and a completed application.
year round internship Requirements:
1 application, 2 letters of recommendation,
and resume
#1: complete
the APPLICATION FORM
Click here to download an application. You
will need Adobe Acrobat Reader version 7 or later to properly open and
view the application form. Visit the Adobe web site if you do not have the
most current Adobe
Acrobat Reader (free software). Answers must be typed or printed legibly
in blue or black ink; no pencil please. Please answer all questions to the
best of your ability in the spaces provided. Emailed applications must use
fonts no smaller than a 10-point font. Please do not attach any information
that is not requested.
#2: get letters of recommendations /
reference forms
Each Member and Second Year Member must submit two completed reference
forms (included in the application form PDF). Each Team Leader and Year-Round
applicant must submit two letters of recommendation. Both letters of recommendation
should be written by professional sources such as coaches, bosses, teachers,
groups you volunteered with, church leaders, or anyone who has known you
for at least a three months. Letters of recommendation should not be written
by immediate family members or close friends.
Letters of recommendation should be sent by referral
by application deadline to:
Pono
Pacific, LLC
Hawaii YCC Program
3569 Harding Avenue, Unit A
Honolulu, HI
96816
The letter should explain who you are and what you’ve accomplished. This letter will help us gain a better view of what you’re about. Click here to download a sample letter of recommendation.
Letters of recommendations should include:-
In what context the person writing the recommendation knows you
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The letter should talk about your positive attributes
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Refer to your aptitude, curiosity, and industriousness
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Discuss how you have demonstrated maturity or leadership skills
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Reference contact information
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No more than two pages in length
#3: provide your resume
If you are a team leader or internship applicant, you are required to
also submit a resume.
GOT QUESTIONS?
Call (808) 735-1221 or e-mail us at yccinfo@ponopacific.com should
you have additional questions.