Our Mission

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Welcome to New & Returning Members!

This fall, BwB New York will partner with 32 schools to host after-school programs including 11 new schools! Welcome to our new schools and the new BwB members and advisors. The BwB staff looks forward to another great year of service, education, sponsorship and fun with our BwB members and advisors and the whole community! Click here to visit the NY region's web page.

"The Beauty of Firsts"

 

A "first" can be an extraordinary thing. For Asatou, it was her first time on an airplane, elevated 30,000 feet into the air. For Ian, it was a test of his ability to survive two weeks without his iPod. But most importantly, for eleven BwB members and three advisors from New York and Connecticut, this summer's Trek for Knowledge to Mali represented an opportunity to do a most novel thing: to help a community halfway across the world build a school and improve their lives. Read more. 

 

Lead Members Experience Unique Summer Trips

 

This summer, Lead Team members from New York and Connecticut enjoyed trips where they combined community service with education and leadership training. One group of girls headed to Girls Quest in the Catskills Mountains to help prepare the camp for visitors while also participating in team building and educational exercises. Read about the Girls Quest trip here. Meanwhile, on the Long Island Sound off the Connecticut Shore, fifteen Lead members embarked on a five-day trip with Soundwaters. Read about the Soundwaters trip here.

 

NY's Global Impact Awards

 

Congratulations to the winners of the NY Regional Global Impact Awards. Diana Ryan, a student at Marble Hill School for International Studies, was rewarded for her enthusiastic participation in BwB, including being part of the Lead program and traveling to Mali on a Trek for Knowledge (click here to read her Trek Talk essay). Ms. Zarah Vinola, BwB Advisor at Truman High School (far right in photo), was recognized for her dedication to her students and to BwB's mission. As she says, "My experience with BwB not only influences my role as an educator, but it enhances my ability to contribute to various global causes."