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Summer Searchers fly through NO CEILINGS.
For BIPOC and first-generation individuals, systemic barriers block access to high-quality education, mentoring & networks, and paths to economic equity.
Summer Searchers are earning degrees, excelling in the real world, and facing-down generations of willful obstruction.
It’s a mindset. It’s a journey. It’s our intent.
NO CEILINGS.
From Campaign to Call to Action.
Through NO CEILINGS, our community has moved with intent, supporting our young people with the substantial financial support required to affect positive change from an entrenched system.
In 2023, we surpassed our three-year, $75 million goal by raising more than $100 million with our incredible community of contributors; the impact is felt today and will reverberate tomorrow.
March 7, 2024
[WATCH] #BehindTheData: How Summer Searchers Are Thriving
“Summer Searchers that stay with us are earning degrees, getting jobs, and finding their purpose in life.”
In 2023, of our 3,685 high school and post-secondary Summer Searchers:
96% are BIPOC;
90% entered our program qualifying for Free or Reduced Lunch ($29K median income);
86% are or will be First Generation college students.
Whoever you are, you have something to contribute.
Become a Summer Searcher
Since 1990, more than 9,000 students and alumni have partnered with Summer Search to help build the skills needed to succeed in the real world.
- Mentoring
- Experiential Learning
- Legit CONNECTs for life after high school
Want to learn more?
knock out a few questions and we’ll be in touch
Next Up: Join Our Team
Work at Summer Search
Our people are driven by a passion for creating equity and supporting young people to thrive in education, work, and life.
We pride ourselves on authentic relationships and close-knit teams and strive to foster a work culture that is centered around well-being, learning, and personal and professional growth.
Next Up: Partner With Us
Partner With Summer Search
Our partners make Summer Search possible. Whether financially or through donation of services or goods, that support allows us to provide each Summer Searcher with empowering opportunities to find their way in the world. We partner with:
- Individuals
- High School & Community Partners
- Summer Experience Partners
- Corporate Partnerships
- Foundations
- CONNECT Partners
Next Up: Volunteer
Volunteer With Summer Search
Are you interested in becoming a board member, career coach, or volunteer?
Send an email to readyfly@summersearch.org with your name, location, and your answer to “Why Summer Search?”
Next Up: Learn
Explore Our Stories, Voices, & Perspectives
Fly over to The Remex or connect via social to learn about the things that matter to Summer Searchers, our people, and our communities.
Next Up: CONNECT
Summer Search CONNECT is the Platform
This is Summer Search’s own, exclusive online space for our community: Summer Search CONNECT supports young people in their journey of purpose, career readiness, and financial well-being.
For Summer Searchers: Join today and start CONNECTing with peers and mentors, finding career coaches, joining groups, and more.
For Partners & Organizations: Leverage CONNECT to recruit and engage with thousands of talented Summer Searchers. Contact Leslie Eichler to learn about partnership opportunities.
Next Up: Apply
#ThatsWhy
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" I recommend Summer Search because they brought me to places such as Ecuador to chase my ambitions as doing humanitarian work."
— Jonathan, Seattle Summer Seacher
"You should join Summer Search because you get amazing mentors, amazing help, and you get to make really cool, lifelong friends and you get to travel for free somewhere really cool."
— Edan, Seattle Summer Searcher
" Even though it was a rainy, stormy day, these smiles really lit up the night ✨"
— Adriana, Boston Staff
"You should join Summer Search because there's nothing more powerful than having a group of people believe in you, sometimes, even more than you believe in yourself."
— Nick, National Staff
"Summer Search has given me the courage to do anything that I put my mind up to it"
— Jana, NYC Summer Searcher
"The heart of what we do is relationships. And that's the heart of what alumni work is."
— Seth, National Staff
"[Summer Search] gave me the tools, the space, the challenges, the opportunities, the mentorship I needed in my life to help me embrace where I come from and who I am."
— Lupita, Bay Area Alumna and Boston Alumni Board Member
"[The 2023 Alumni Summit & Leadership Conference] was exciting! It was invigorating, and I'm looking forward to the future. "
— Mykala, Philly Alumna
"If you express what you want outta life, Summer Search has your back."
— Diane, Former Boston Staff
"As a proud Summer Search alum, Joel thanks Summer Search for all the support in helping him overcome the many obstacles of a first-generation college graduate. "
— Joel, NYC Alum
" I love Summer Search because they provide you with an extra like area of support, through high school and beyond. "
— Hawi, Seattle Summer Searcher
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