Meet the Team! | Riot Squad Team Goal: Build a supportive community through events and resources to support refugee and migrant populations. Affiliation: Wilmington High School Community: Wilmington, MA Meet Resilience for Refugees, a 2025 Youth Grant Pitch Contest Youth Team, from Wilmington High School and their two volunteer coaches, Read more
Meet Boys II Men, a 2025 Youth Grant Pitch Contest team from the Moses Youth Center in Cambridge and their two volunteer coaches, Nick Fratto and Elise Brady!
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!
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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!
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 Pitch Contest is officially underway, featuring a record number of 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 that focuses on providing a safe space, promoting positive mental 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 issues surrounding mental health. With their grant award of $1,000, 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 their first!). The Lynn Lady Leaders from the Lynn Boys Read more
2024 SCI Youth Grant Pitch Contest Project Arts and Culture Committee – Mayor’s Youth Council, Boston The Arts and Culture Committee team’s goal with their project was to represent youth voices and the multicultural communities in Boston. They were awarded $1,200 to host an event called the Cultural Canvas Gallery Read more