Quote of the Month
“We can’t become what we need to be by remaining what we are.”
Message from Our CEO
Greetings, Friends:
Welcome back to another Program Year with YMWIC Foundation! We have been busy over the summer, and we are excited to share several updates with you as we kickoff the year together.
This summer, we hosted our Coatesville and Upper Darby Summer Upward Bound Programs and our Martin Luther King High School (Philadelphia) Summer OST Programs on the campus of West Chester University of Pennsylvania, serving programming for rising 9th-12th grade Scholars in these communities. A special thank you to our university and corporate partners and volunteers. These wonderful folks allowed us to tour their organizations, supported our Scholars in their Summer Mock Project Presentations, and ensured that our Scholars had a fun and safe experience. We could not have done it without you! We also hosted our 11th Annual Middle School Science Retreat on the campus of Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, PA, for our rising 7th and 8th grade Scholars. It was a full, engaging summer—the Scholars learned so much, wrapped up inside all of that fun.
As this fall kicks off, our 2026-2027 Program Year has begun. In addition to our amazing Pre-College Program, we have launched our GEAR UP Program in three of our partnering school districts and added Frankford High School to our Philadelphia Chapters. We continue to grow and expand our offerings to the communities we serve, and we are both grateful and proud for the opportunity to do so.
Your support ensures that we continue to provide these critical year-round opportunities to our Scholars and Alumni, and we rely on you now more than ever. We are inviting you to join us as a volunteer, corporate, community or university partner, sponsor or donor by selecting our information link, volunteer link, or financial donation link. You may also contact me directly. I look forward to seeing what we build together this year. Enjoy a safe and fun-filled autumn season!
Richard Roberts, III
Executive Director
(610) 340-2844
rrobertsiii@ymwicfoundation.org
