Summer Excellence Award

In April 2009, Bridges to a Brighter Future was awarded the Summer Excellence Award by for summer learning Johns Hopkins University Center for Summer Learning.

This highly competitive national award recognizes outstanding summer programs that demonstrate excellence in accelerating academic achievement and promoting positive development for young people. The Excellence in Summer Learning Award seeks to find and draw national attention to exemplary programs which provide and expand access to high-quality summer learning experiences for all young people.

Eighty summer programs across the country applied for the award and the selection process was rigorous. .Bridges to a Brighter Future stands out as an exemplary summer learning program, especially for teenagers,. says Ron Fairchild, executive director of the National Center for Summer Learning. .The program builds academic success, self-confidence, leadership, resiliency and life skills. It tries to meet individual student needs and creates a culture of high expectations. This program is a perfect example of the kind of educational innovation that closes the achievement gap..

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Readers Choice Award

Bridges to a Brighter Future is the 2009 Reader's Choice Award winner, an award given by G-The Magazine of Greenville to a non-profit who receives the largest number of nominations for the Giving Back Awards. G-The Magazine of Greenville invited readers to nominate individuals and non- profits for the Giving Back Awards. The Editors' in box was flooded with nominations as Bridges to a Brighter Future supporters, partners, and donors expressed their steadfast support through nominating Bridges!

See the article featured in G-The Magazine of Greenville.