April was a busy month for A Bridge For Kids, as the La Jolla based non-profit organization awarded over $25,000 in sponsorships to San Diego students in need of financial support. A large portion of the sponsorship money was funded by the organization’s largest ever individual donation, generously provided by the Rodecki Foundation. This donation, along with several other large contributions, allowed A Bridge for Kids to help over 20 local students take a big step closer to achieving their dreams. “It is really exciting to be able to meet … [Read more...]

After a grueling senior year of SAT and ACT testing, writing college essays, completing and submitting college applications, and anxiously awaiting acceptance letters, our seniors are excitedly choosing their dream schools. The A Bridge For Kids family consists of 9 seniors who combined received acceptances to the following colleges: California State University, East Bay California State University, Chico California State University, Fresno California State University, Long Beach California State University, Los Angeles California State … [Read more...]

We have been incredibly busy over the last two months conducting approximately 100 interviews at a number of San Diego schools and have continued to meet incredibly poised, talented, and inspirational teens who have dreams of creating a successful future for themselves.  On February 28, we had the honor to award four students at The Preuss School, UCSD $1,000 sponsorships each from A Bridge for Kids.  We are proud to congratulate and welcome, Andy Ly, Steven Doan, Tony Chau and Sam Martin to our A Bridge For Kids family.  Over the past year A … [Read more...]

Friends of A Bridge for Kids, I’d like to start off by saying thanks to everyone for your continued support of A Bridge for Kids. April was a record month for us as we awarded over $25,000 in sponsorships to 20 teenagers throughout San Diego County.   You can read about many of the emotional award presentations in this month’s newsletter. If you have any doubts that your donation to your favorite non-profit is really “making a difference”, I think your concerns will be answered as you read this portion of one of the many thank you notes we … [Read more...]

In today’s world, college preparation does not start in the 11th grade.  For today's Seniors to get into their "dream school", it is important to have strong grades in both the 9th and 10th grades to build a strong overall GPA that can be reported on a college application. With this in mind, A Bridge For Kids is introducing a new pilot Tutoring Program specifically targeting those 8th– 10th grade teens who have both a financial need and a demonstrated academic potential to earn good grades but have not been able to reach this potential due to … [Read more...]

 A Bridge for Kids is excited to announce our Teens Helping Teens Leadership Contest designed to inspire young leaders to explore philanthropy. We have received many requests from teens inquiring about volunteer opportunities within our organization. These requests have prompted us to create this program, which challenges teens to design creative ways to raise funds and awareness within the community and support A Bridge For Kids’ mission of helping low income and at-risk teenagers achieve their academic, athletic or artistic dreams!   A … [Read more...]

Dear Friends of A Bridge for Kids, Walt Disney once said of change: “We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths...paths to new successes.”   This month “change” is the operative word at A Bridge for Kids as we move forward down a path that is lit primarily by the ideas of our teens.  Today we are announcing four new initiatives that will compliment our ongoing sponsorship program. 1)   Annual College campus tours- We have two campus tours planned for … [Read more...]

As the gifts came in one by one you could feel the excitement in the air! A Bridge for Kids and a team of volunteers collected gifts that are sure to bring a smile to the faces of 536 Foster Care kids this holiday season.  We counted 4 bikes, a shiny red guitar, several skateboards, baseball bats, Size 10 Cheeta- print Van shoes, and a Barbie pet doctor kit. Even though there is a $50 suggested gift amount, many LJCDS students teamed up with their Advisory groups and collected money to make some of these extra special wishes came true! … [Read more...]