Summerbridge News By Dulari Tahbildar, Executive Director Challenge Grant Renewed We are pleased to announce that the Carter Family Charitable Trust recently renewed for Providence Summerbridge a second five-year $200,000 challenge grant to support our transformative “students teaching students” model. The “challenge” aspect of the grant requires that we raise $40,000 in new and increased gifts each year for five years. That means that as a new donor, your gift will be matched dollar for dollar! In addition, if you are already a supporter of Providence Summerbridge, every dollar that you increase your gift will be matched by the Carter Family Charitable Trust. Thank you to the Carters for their continued generous support of Providence Summerbridge!
SB Welcomes Two New Program Directors A warm welcome goes out to Natalie Solomon and Christina Turner who will be joining Providence Summerbridge full-time in August. Natalie (at right) will serve as our Program Director for Teacher Education and will teach 8th grade Chinese in the Wheeler Middle School. Christina (at left) will serve as our Program Director for Student & Family Programs and will teach Unity & Diversity and a section of the Community Action Program in the Wheeler Upper School. Both women will bring a tremendous amount of energy and creativity to their new roles and we are lucky to have them!
Saying Farewell & Thank You Providence Summerbridge would like to thank Bill Prescott, former Head of Wheeler School, for his years of service as Advisory Board Chair of Providence Summerbridge. In May 2009, Bill stepped down as Advisory Board Chair but will remain as a dedicated member of the Advisory Board Development Subcommittee. We are excited to welcome Kathryn Robinson as Bill’s successor. Kathryn is the former Executive Director of Breakthrough Manchester, a sister organization to Providence Summerbridge, and brings a wealth of knowledge of program and organizational development to our community. After six years of dedicated service, Rameka Blakey and Elkinsette Clinton will be moving on from Providence From left: Elkinsette Clinton, Summerbridge. We thank them for their Rameka Blakey and Dulari Tahbildar. tireless commitment to the hundreds of young people across the city whose lives they have impacted.
Business Publication Honors Tahbildar With “40 Under 40” Award Providence Summerbridge at Wheeler Executive Director Dulari Tahbildar has been selected in the 5th Anniversary Celebration of “40 Under 40” business professionals by Rhode Island’s Providence Business News. A party honoring the recipients was held in July at the Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport. Tahbildar joined Wheeler in 2008 as Executive Director of Summerbridge. She is a graduate of Brown University with a B.A. in Public Policy and Urban Studies and a graduate of MIT with a Master in City Planning. She has worked in education and youth development organizations in large cities including The Brotherhood/Sister Sol, City Year National Headquarters, the Urban Institute, and the Urban Assembly School for Applied Math and Science. She has earned certificates at Columbia Business School’s Institute for Non-Profit Management and Hunter College’s Department of Urban Affairs and Planning, plus she participated in a doctoral research practicum on community organizing for school reform at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education. Now & Then @ Wheeler
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