Tag: BridgeUP: GiddyUP
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Spectaculars, Coding Curriculums, and New Workshops!: November 2024 Updates
As we are nearing the end of 2024, the HGB Foundation continues to stay busy! In the South Bronx, BridgeUP + Out hosted their first career panel for this academic year! The purpose of the panel was to educate and empower Scholars with real life examples of successful members within their community, learn about their…
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BOLD Theater Circle, DFCI Presentations, and Annual Retreats: October 2024 Updates
Fall is in full swing and our programs are moving along better than ever. Our BridgeUP GiddyUP riders have spent the month hard at work, gearing up for their annual Spectacular taking place in early November. The HGB team will be joining to watch and cheer them along. Stay tuned for updates on that in…
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Site Visits, Journal Publications, and Science Fairs: September 2024 Updates
BU + OUT Scholars are back at school and enjoying the first quarter! With a pep rally at Cardinal Hayes and new Program Coaches for our Scholars to meet, there are many exciting things to look forward to. The seniors are focused on college fairs at their respective schools and are beginning to decide which…
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Pitch Presentations, Park Restoration, and Summer Internships: August Updates 2024
As the summer wound down, our programs and participants were still busy with their various summer excursions and activities! Thirty of our BridgeUP+OUT Scholars were able to head out into the field for an amazing summer of protecting and restoring public green spaces around New York City. One crew created a series of check steps…
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Summer Retreats, Coding Bootcamp, and Equestrian Entrepreneurship: July 2024 Updates
The Foundation has many exciting updates from July of 2024! July started with a beautiful executive retreat in New London, NH, where the HGB team gathered to discuss accomplishments from the past year, as well as what is to come in the future. We enjoyed outstanding performances from some of our participants from BridgeUP: Theater…
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Be Like Beyoncé, Catch Hold like Caitlin, Dance in the Spotlight like Dawn
Since its inauguration in November of 2021, McKrell Baier, “Coach Mac”, has successfully directed the BridgeUP Giddy Up Program staff and students through activities designed to develop elite level equestrians as well as serving participants’ holistic personal development. Mckrell is a native Memphian and received a BS from the University of Miami Honors Program in…
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Theater Workshops, A Fashion Refresh, and New Ventures: April 2024
Down in Atlanta, towards the middle of the month, BridgeUP STEM hosted its end of year celebration for Scholars and Fellows who were graduating from the year long program in computational education. We are constantly in awe of the young women who have deciding, at their young age, that they want to make a difference…
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Outsiders, Horse Shows, and Back to School: September 2023 Updates
Fall is in full swing and we are so excited that a lot of our programs are launching into new school years and seasons! On September 25th, the Foundation hosted a wonderful event celebrating 10 years of the Outsiders. Alongside HGB Board President, Eve Burton, Maureen Sheehan (longtime friend of the Foundation and…
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Why horseback riding?
What happens when you offer students with a unique challenge they can take ownership of and feel proud about? When you give them room to make mistakes and learn about accountability? When you give them the opportunity and space to believe in one another, as well as themselves? BridgeUP Giddy UP is more than just…
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Coding, Horseback Rising, and Honor Societies: February 2023 Updates
In the month of February, we had some very exciting updates and adventures across the Foundation. The month started off with some wonderful site visits down South, touching base with our Empowering Youth vertical and our HGB team visiting our BridgeUP: STEM and BridgeUP: Giddy UP programs! Our first stop was to the campus of…