"There are incidents of skinned knees, spilled apple juice and glue stuck in hair," says Julius A. Bishop '00, who works at the Harvard Law School (HLS) Child Care Center. "But the work is a lot of fun and can hardly be described as strenuous."

As an assistant to the center's teachers, undergraduates help supervise children on the playground, help out with arts and crafts projects and prepare snacks. One caveat: Chieppo warns the position at the HBS center-which cares for children from two months to four years of age-could include some diaper Changing.

The centers, which all hire independently, offer a variety of scheduling options. The HBS facility is seeking students to fill regularly scheduled afternoon positions, preferably five days a week "for consistency for the children's sake," Chieppo says. The starting salary is $7.25 per hour.

The HLS center hires five to 10 undergraduates; students may work between three and 20 hours a week. The starting salary is $7.50 per hour and more permanent student employees can earn as much as $10 per hour, according to center Director Jim Morin.

Be forewarned that not all centers hire undergraduates, including the Radcliffe Child Care Center located on DeWolfe Street.

Show Me The Money

Make money by just asking for it.

Join a phonathon and get paid to solicit alumni for contributions. Radcliffe, Harvard College and Harvard Law School (HLS) all hire undergraduates to do phone work for their fundraising campaigns.

"It's very relaxing work," says Eliza W. Harrington '00, who works for the Radcliffe phonathon. "Once I got over feeling self-conscious about calling strangers and essentially asking for money, I began to appreciate the pool of graduates we call for what they are: really neat women who actually do want to talk to us."

Heidi S. Towne '98. Who is now a student supervisor for the HLS phonathon, said she also enjoyed her conversations when she was a caller.

"You get to call some pretty interesting people-Supreme Court Justices, governors, CEOs of companies," she says.

And callers say you learn to handle rejection.

"There are some less successful calls but they make for great stories," says Vandana L. Madhavan '98, who also works for the Radcliffe campaign.

Student callers can win prizes and gift certificates that phonathon supervisors use as incentives. The Harvard phonathon also offers bonuses for each credit card pledge a caller secures.

The Radcliffe phonathon has a starting salary of $7 an hour which increases each semester a student works. The minimum commitment is six hours per week, usually worked in two three-hour shifts. At HLS and the College, undergraduate salaries start at $8 an hour, and time requirements are similar.