Be My Buddy – 2025 YGPC Team Spotlight
Meet Be My Buddy, a 2025 SCI Youth Grant Pitch Contest team from the Friends of Costa Park and their two volunteer coaches, Seth Goldberg and Elise Vernely!

Meet Be My Buddy, a 2025 SCI Youth Grant Pitch Contest team from the Friends of Costa Park and their two volunteer coaches, Seth Goldberg and Elise Vernely!
Meet 4 Kids By Kids, a 2025 SCI Youth Grant Pitch Contest team from 4 Kids By Kids Tutoring in Woburn and their two volunteer coaches, Kristen Risley and Magnus Mammy!
Meet Spectrum Club, a 2025 SCI Youth Grant Pitch Contest team from Woburn Memorial High School and their two volunteer coaches, Joyce Vyriotes and Byron DeLaBarre!
Nominate the next SCI Rising Idealist! When looking at the nominees for our SCI Idealists last year, we found there were a few that met our description of an SCI Idealist, even though they are quite early in their careers. Read more
2025 SCI Youth Grant Pitch Contest kicks off with 15 Teams! Two youth teams in the SCI 2025 Youth Grant Pitch Contest, Soley (Mattapan) and Resilience for Refugees (Willmington) connect through the bingo ice-breaker activity. The 2025 SCI Youth Grant Read more
Promoting Community Joy and Well-Being in East Boston In this episode, guest Justin Pasquariello shares about why he puts community joy at the center of his work. Justin talks about the importance of social connection as one of the five Read more
Supporting Community Resilience and Collaboration with Liberty Mutual In this episode, guests Katrina Shaw and Lindsay Mason engage in a thoughtful discussion about the community-focused initiatives of Liberty Mutual. They begin by sharing personal stories that shaped their commitment to Read more
2024 SCI Youth Grant Pitch Contest Project Greater Love Tabernacle Youth Ministry – Greater Love Tabernacle Church, Dorchester The Greater Love Tabernacle Youth Ministry YGPC will used their $1,000 award to develop a back-to-school kickoff cookout conference for inner-city youth Read more
2024 SCI Youth Grant Pitch Contest Project The Dreamers – Cambridge Community Art Center Through the creation of visual art, The Dreamers Youth Team hopes to make public artwork that strikes a conversation; one that can help bring awareness to Read more
2024 SCI Youth Grant Pitch Contest Project Lynn Lady Leaders (L.L.L.), Boys & Girls Club of Lynn With the help of the SCI Pitch Contest funding, the Boys & Girls Club of Lynn launched this new member-founded program (one of Read more