Mission and Goals

Mission

The mission of the Summer Fund is to ensure that underserved children and youth in the Metropolitan Boston area have access to a wide variety of affordable, high-quality camp-based recreational and learning opportunities, by providing resources for operational support, capacity building and professional development.

Goals

The Summer Fund dedicates its resources, effort, and time to achieving the following:

• Growing a collaborative pool of funding to support summer camp and programs serving urban, underserved children and youth;

• Increasing the number of summer program slots that are accessible to urban, underserved children, youth, and families;

• Increasing summer camp and program quality by providing operational support, capacity building and professional development AND conducting ongoing assessments of quality standards;

• Building a strategic portfolio of camps that provide high-quality recreational, academic support, and experiential learning opportunities