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Your investment uplifts Summer Searchers intro critically-conscious leaders and thriving adults.
Partnership Elevates Summer Search.
We are grateful for our partners and supporters — high schools, summer experience providers, corporate partners, foundations, and donors — who make Summer Searchers and their well-being a priority.
Let’s Collab for Summer Searchers.
Individual contributions keep us flying.
Your (yes, you reading this right here!) donation helps us better serve Summer Searchers and puts relationships and opportunities closer to their reach. Make your impact today.
Next Up: School & Community Partners
Our school and community partners are the starting place for every Summer Search journey.
You introduce us to future Summer Searchers who will go on to graduate high school, chart their course, and become purpose-driven leaders in their communities.
Send your name, affiliation, and location to readyfly@summersearch.org and someone will be in touch!
Next Up: Corporate Partnerships
We partner with companies that care about our young people, our communities, and paths through the systemic obstacles that block equity for Summer Searchers.
Through a combination of employee engagement and financial investments, our partners foster relationships and offer industry expertise, contributing to a robust Summer Search community.
Contact Kara Leslie (kleslie@summersearch.org) for more.
Next Up: Foundations
Summer Search is proud to partner with foundations leading with humanity and focused on impact. Together, we affect positive change and empower equity for thousands of students.
We test our model, address the challenges, strengthen the things that work, and expand those with measurable impact.
We do this for Summer Searchers, their families, and our communities.
Contact Kara Leslie (kleslie@summersearch.org) for more.
Next Up: Summer Experience Partners
Partners in Experiential Learning
Our summer program partners provide the scholarships and equipment for the essential programs and opportunities that launch our high school sophomores and juniors into a brand-new way of seeing the world.
Next Up: CONNECT
Summer Search CONNECT is our virtual community featuring People, Resources, and Opportunities, meticulously curated for our Summer Searchers.
Through CONNECT, Summer Searchers engage with peers and mentors, find career coaches, join groups, and share stories and knowledge to advance their personal and professional goals.
Our partners leverage CONNECT to recruit and engage with thousands of talented Summer Searchers. Contact Leslie Eichler to tailor a partnership solution with CONNECT.
Next Up: Individuals
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.”
Spotlight
"Rakuten is immensely proud to support Summer Search's commitment to empowering students with skills and support to move past systemic obstacles and fulfill their potential. Working with their team has been a profoundly enriching experience. It’s humbling to be a collaborator with Summer Search on their heartfelt mission to equip students with skills and knowledge that will transform their lives and build secure futures."
— Elizabeth, University Recruiting Program Lead, Rakuten International
"I have witnessed how transformational [Summer Search] is for young people. I saw students that were struggling to find their place become leaders in and outside of school. I have watched former Summer Searchers become adults that are making a difference in their communities!"
— Jennifer, College & Career Readiness Specialist, Foster High School
Why Summer Search?
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"Summer Search opens a doorway to new opportunities and possibilities."
— Harmony, Seattle Summer Searcher
"[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
"if you're looking for a community that truly got your back and wants you to be you as you are, come on over to Summer Search."
— Michael, Seattle Staff
"Because this is a community that will meet you where you are at, and celebrate who you are."
— Therese, Seattle Staff
"If you express what you want outta life, Summer Search has your back."
— Diane, Former Boston Staff
"In Summer Search, I was able to create long lasting friendships and memories. Meanwhile, getting comfortable being vulnerable with other people."
— Elaisa, NYC Summer Searcher
"Because Summer Search won't only help you search for your purpose, but will help you achieve your dreams and your goals."
— Diana, NYC Summer Searcher
"I chose Summer Search 'cause of the many opportunities and adventures I was able to go on."
— Kalkidan, Seattle Student
"Why summer search? Because it opens a network of opportunities that I would've never had."
— Jordan, NYC Alum
"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
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