SUP 2012
PHILLIPS BROOKS HOUSE ASSOCIATION SUMMER URBAN PROGRAM 2012
“The last day of camp one of
the oldest boys came up to
me and told me that he
wanted to be a JC to help
make a difference. He
obviously associates the
work that we do with making
a positive difference/addition
to his community. ” --SC
“THE HARDEST SUMMER YOU WILL EVER LOVE”
“It was a larger-than-life experience that cannot be simply encapsulated into any single description of the
experience. I’ve grown so tremendously over the summer and learned so much from my teaching experience!”
-Chinatown SC
PBHA’s Summer Urban
Program is a set of 12 studentrun summer camps for
children in Boston and
Cambridge. Each summer,
approximately 150 college
students work in these
communities. Serving over
800 youth, the summer
programs are structured into
mornings of curricular,
classroom-based enrichment
and afternoons of field trips in
and around Boston.
Each camp uses the city as a
classroom without walls, and
the summer culminates in
final trips and a show. An
essential element of the
summer program is
community partnership; teens
who are often former campers
are hired as junior or senior
counselors and directors, and
parents and community
leaders play an important role
in working with the program.
Many camps have been
operating in their
neighborhoods for decades.
“Being an SC is one of the most amazing
experiences I have ever had. You not only
teach the kids some math and reading, you
form deep, true relationships with the kids,
parents, and communities.”
- Mission Hill SC
SUMMER URBAN PROGRAM
we need your help!
The Phillips Brooks
House Association (PBHA)
is a student-led nonprofit
organization atHarvard
College that engages 1600
students in over 80 service
and social change programs
that benefit 10,000 people
in Boston and Cambridge.
Each summer, the Summer
UrbanProgram offers 12
community-based camps
that provide an enriching
opportunity for over 800
children and youth.
PBHA is again planning
an exciting event to make
these vital camps serving
low-incomefamilies possible.
PBHA’s Auction for the
Summer Urban
Program will be held
Contact us!
please contact our
Events Fundraiser Charlene
@ (732) 841.8849 or @
[email protected]
or Emily @
[email protected]
with any questions, concerns,
or updates!
onTuesday,
April 24th, at
the Queens
Head Pub in
Memorial Hall
on the Harvard
help make
campus. There
SUP even
will be a silent
better this year
auction
be included in the
followed by a live
event program and will
auction.
receive great publicity.
We need your help and
Thank you for
hope you will consider
considering this request to
donating an auction item!
donate an item that will help
Upon the donation of an
make a transforming
item and completion of a
summer for the children and
SUP Auction Item form, a
youth in our community
thank you letter
possible. All proceeds will
acknowledging your
donation (for tax purposes) directly support these
will be mailed to you. Your summer camps!
name/business will also
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