Boston

Summer Search Boston provides low-income high school students with mentoring, summer experiences, and college advising, so they gain the skills to succeed in college and dramatically improve their life prospects. Read about our history >

2013 summer search boston leadership dinner

Join us for the 2013 Summer Search Boston Leadership Dinner as we celebrate the courage, leadership and success of over 1,000 alumni!  This year’s event will take place on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 from 6-9 pm at the Renaissance Waterfront Hotel in Boston. Click here for more information or to register for the event. 

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• The Summer Search Boston Professional Network is thrilled to share that our 5^th Annual  Autumn Gala was a smashing success: raising over $36,000 to support our program and students.  Click here to learn more about the Professional Network and the 2011 Gala.

• We are thrilled to share that the 2012 Leadership Dinner was a smashing success! Over 600 guests, students, alumni, teachers and family members gathered together to celebrate the incredible accomplishments of Summer Search’s students. Over $925,000 was raised, allowing Summer Search to serve even more deserving students in the Boston area.

  Please click here to watch the video produced by filmmaker Vaughn Schoonmaker that debuted at that event.
  
  Click to hear speeches from our student speaker Fernando Rodriguez, Executive Director Liz Marino, Headmaster Charles McAfee of Madison Park High School, and Event Chair Tom Goemaat, CEO and President of Shawmut Design and Construction

  

• On Monday, April 16, 2012, 16 runners tackled the Boston Marathon® insupport of Summer Search Boston. Despite sweltering heat, all 16 runners completed the race while raising over $97,000 for our students and program! We are proud to share that Summer Search CFO Kevin Gay and Summer Search Boston alumna Millie Fury-Hopkins were part of this year’s Summer Search Marathon Team. Millie raised over $7,200 to help Summer Search serve even more deserving students in Boston.

• A recent Boston Herald article featured Summer Search Boston, highlighting the success of the Leadership Dinner and the achievements of our students. To read more, please click here.

• Boston Executive Director Elizabeth Marino was featured in the Journal Register. Read the article here >

• Boston Board Member Rudy Vega has joined the 2012 Summer Search Boston Marathon® Team. Read more about it in this article from the New Latina >

• The Summer Search Boston Professional Network held its fourth Annual Autumn Gala to on September 16, 2011 at the Liberty Hotel in Boston. Click here to learn more about the Professional Network and the Gala and to view photos from the 2010 event.
  

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