For many living in this country, July 4th is a day of celebration and a day to remember the adoption of the Declaration of Independence and The United States separation from the British Empire.  For most July 4th is a day to spend with family, cooking hot dogs on the grill or even relaxing at the beach.   However, this year, July 4th was anything but a day of rest for 9 high achieving, very excited teenagers who gathered at the airport at 5:00 AM ready to catch a flight from San Diego to Boston.  Many had never been out of San Diego let alone … [Read more...]

Congratulations to our graduating seniors! This year, the A Bridge For Kids Class of 2017 consists of 24 sponsored students who have devoted their high school years to the pursuit of excellence and the end goal of attending the college of their choice. We are proud of each student’s achievements. The colleges that the class of 2017 will be attending in the fall are: Boston College Brown University Rhode Island School of Design San Diego State University Southwestern Community College Wesleyan College University of California – … [Read more...]

In 2012, A Bridge For Kids officially became a non-profit organization and excitedly set out to positively impact the lives of San Diego’s low income teens. We knocked on a number of San Diego high school doors, asking to meet and present our mission with the hope of creating partnerships that would last over time. To our surprise, many doors did not open. We found schools resistant to partnering with a new organization they did not know, despite our mission of providing their low income, high achieving teens financial and mentoring support to … [Read more...]

Spring Break 2017 was no time to take a vacation for 8 local students who took part in the ABFK 4th Annual Campus Tour of Southern California.  This year's trip made stops at USC, UCLA, UC Riverside, Pomona, Claremont McKenna, and UC Irvine. Some schools were definitely hits for the students and others provided learning experiences on what they did not like in a University. The knowledge and experience that they acquired through this trip is essential to high school students nationwide. These bright and brilliant high school students … [Read more...]

And The 2017 Essay Contest Winners Are……. If you were asked to write an essay answering the questions, “What is the biggest challenge you have had to overcome? How did you overcome it and how did that affect your life?” what would you write? These questions were posed to San Diego’s low-income teens as part of the A Bridge For Kids 5th Annual Essay Contest. Personal ailments, unsupportive families, drugs and addictions, negative self-image, and deportation were some of the many challenges teens wrote about, making the judging process both … [Read more...]