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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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"You'll get to meet new people, have new experiences, and get to know yourself better."
— Megan, National Staff
"Why summer search? Because it opens a network of opportunities that I would've never had."
— Jordan, NYC Alum
" I felt empowered, motivated to continue the work and reconnect with my summer search family."
— Angelica, Bay Area Alumna
"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
"I chose Summer Search 'cause of the many opportunities and adventures I was able to go on."
— Kalkidan, Seattle Student
"Why summer search? Not only do we have great mentors, great trips, it's all free!"
— Alex Jesus, Boston Alum & National Staff
" I love Summer Search because they provide you with an extra like area of support, through high school and beyond. "
— Hawi, Seattle Summer Searcher
"Because the more connections you got, the more money you'll make, the more friends you'll make."
— Jaylin, Seattle Staff
"There's something so wonderful about the Summer Search community where, aside from challenging you to grow, you are just always welcomed with open arms, and feel right at home."
— Dariela, NYC Alumna & Staff Alumna
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