Since our inception three years ago, A Bridge for Kids has helped "level the playing field" for over 100 first generation, low income students here in San Diego.  Over that time we have helped aspiring students make their college dream a reality by paying for over 250 college applications, touring 25 campuses across the country and offering SAT  and ACT Preparatory classes free of charge to all students in need of extra training.   After a grueling senior year of SAT and ACT testing, writing college essays, completing and submitting college … [Read more...]

Congratulations to Lisette Diaz, a student at the Preuss School UCSD, and her Del Mar Sharks club soccer team, for a first place showing in a recent soccer tournament held in Mexico City, Mexico. Lisette plays for a prestigious San Diego club, the Del Mar Sharks. The tournament is very well known in the junior soccer community.  Only a select few teams are good enough to qualify and compete against some of the most respected club soccer teams in the United States and Mexico. Lisette knew she had to perform well in this tournament. Hours of … [Read more...]

With the academic year finally coming to a close, many juniors are beginning the processes of looking for scholarships, applying to colleges, and perfecting standardized test scores. These are just a few of the many “to-do’s” on the soon-to-be seniors’ checklists. For many students, this is an extremely stressful time because of the SAT and/or ACT. The scores from these standardized tests are often important factors in college applications, and many students feel the pressure of preparing for these tests. Individualized tutors and … [Read more...]

DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE? One of A Bridge For Kids' major fundraisers is our annual Casino Night, scheduled this year to happen on October 3. Funds raised at this event support teen sponsorships as well as SAT/ACT prep classes, college campus tours, and tutoring.  YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!  A successful Casino Night is created by a dedicated committee and significant community involvement. We invite you to join our team and help us create an exciting, fun and successful evening that will result in our … [Read more...]

Congratulations to Lizbeth Guzman, a student at the Preuss School, UCSD, and her team for an amazing showing in a recent high school robotics event in Las Vegas, Nevada. Each year, teams from all over the country are asked to design, prototype, and build a robot over a six week period. The task is to construct a game-playing robot that can weigh up to 120 pounds and is capable of performing many different tasks. Making this daunting challenge even more difficult is that while each team is given a rulebook, that they must adhere to for the … [Read more...]

Funded by a generous donation from a local La Jolla family, A Bridge for Kids hosted its 2nd Annual West Coast Campus Crawl last week. This years trip allowed 11 low-income students to visit college campuses including UCLA, USC, Pitzer, Pomona, Stanford and UC Berkeley.   The timing of the trip couldn’t have been any better as many of the seniors on the trip had just received acceptance letters from schools they were visiting and several were deciding where they would attend school in the fall as they were walking across the respective … [Read more...]

Andria Montgomery, from Patrick Henry High School, won the 3rd Annual A Bridge for Kids Essay Contest and the $2,000 first prize. Andria’s essay beat out over 250 entries from students throughout San Diego County and was judged the winner by a panel of 10 local judges. In this year's event, the top 3 essays were separated by a mere 2 points making it the closest finish in the short history of the contest. Andria, who will graduate from high school this spring, made an emotional connection with many of the judges as she described growing up … [Read more...]

On Thursday, March 5, A Bridge For Kids celebrated our 3rd anniversary with the showing of a poignant and emotional documentary entitled “First Generation”. Arc Light Theaters, UTC helped sponsor this event which was attended by a number of our organization’s friends, sponsors and donors. First Generation is a documentary which follows the lives of four low income high school teens as they negotiate the college application process and strive to become the first in their families to attain a college education. Each teen struggled with the … [Read more...]

The Gold Diggers, a nonprofit volunteer membership organization that concerns itself with members of our community with special needs, celebrated their 22nd Hats Off Annual Event at the Torrey Pines Hilton on March 6th. This event highlighted 15 local charities in San Diego, including A Bridge for Kids, each tasked with designing at hat featuring their Mission and the theme for this year, America The Beautiful. The A Bridge For Kids hat was designed and modeled by Ashley Gregory from the Design Institute of San Diego and was a huge hit at … [Read more...]

Bringing a Smile to Foster Youth this Holiday Season A Bridge for Kids and a team of volunteers collected  gifts that are sure to bring a smile to the faces of over 400 Foster Care kids throughout San Diego County this holiday season.  Today we collected gifts that included bikes, iPods, laptops, too many games to mention and even baby clothes that was the lone request made by a teen mom for her one-year-old son. Each of these gifts was donated by a family at the La Jolla Country Day School, in support of local foster youth. Even … [Read more...]