Future leaders engaged in extracurricular programs sponsored by the Boiardi Foundation (Student's name and program name are shown)  

In recent years the Boiardi Foundation has worked hard to expand our direct sponsorship of extracurricular activities, which used to be called our summer camp program.  While we still make grants each year to the Family Reading Partnership and Teach for America South Dakota -- two organizations that were were special to George -- much of our growth has supported our sponsorship of individual students seeking new opportunities to learn and grow.

In 2018 we partnered with Wishbone.org to offer these types of opportunities to students living on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud Reservations, where Teach for America South Dakota operates. Four students were selected and completed programs at American University, Fairfield, Fordham, and Emory. In 2019 Wishbone.org ceased operations, but we were able to expand the program in partnership with TFA, providing 100% funding to six students to attend programs at Harvard, Northwestern, and UC Berkeley.

These students have pursued programs in a wide variety of fields spanning leadership, athletics, and academics, and we are proud to have helped them grow into the next generation of leaders.

• Barnard Young Women's Leadership Institute

• BlueStamp Engineering

• Brown University Summer@Brown (Writing)

• Calhoun Summer Jazz Program

• Cal Poly EPIC Engineering Camp

• Center For Architecture Summer Program

• Discover Hopkins

• Ecology Project International: Costa Rica

• embARC Summer Design Academy

• Emory University Pre-College

• Harlem Lacrosse: Trilogy Camps

• Harvard Pre-College Program - Writing

• Harvard Pre-College Program - Veterinary Science

• iD Tech Camps SF Bay Area

• iD Tech Camps Los Angeles

• Litchfield Jazz Camp

• MetroLacrosse SummerBounce

• National Teen Leadership Program

• New Haven Summer Finance Academy

• NSLC Architecture at Northwestern

• NSLC Engineering at UC Berkeley

• NSLC Medicine and Healthcare at UC Berkeley

• NSLC Psychology and Neuroscience at American University

• NSLC Theater at Fordham University

• NYIT Engineering and Computing Science Pre-College

• PGC Essentials Basketball Camp

• SevenCorps: Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math

• Seven Tepees Environmental & Leadership Camping Trip

• SOCAPA Core Digital and Darkroom Photography

• Stanford Pre-Collegiate Summer Institutes

• Sur La Table Teen Cooking Program

• UConn Pre-College Summer Program

• US Sports Nike Volleyball Camp and Swim Camp

• Washington University in St. Louis Philosophy, Neuroscience and Psychology Institute

• Writopia Creative Writing Workshops

• YMCA Camp Jewell Leaders-in-Training