The Michael Brownstein Foundation: Change a Life

10/03/2017

Thanks for sharing Edward Hu! Follow 2017 Brownstein Gap Year Fellow Haunani Bautista '17 as she begins her year-long adventure of travel and service:

small girl, big world.

06/21/2017

We have 3 amazing Fellows for this year. Stay tuned to hear their stories!

12/27/2016

Gap years are good. Have purpose, be meaningful, and yours shall be too!

"... Americans get so annoyed by anything that smells of “not work," especially if it comes with a whiff of the international."

06/20/2016

Nine years ago Michael led us on our greatest journey yet: inspiring youth through travel and service. This summer, we have already awarded our 20th and 21st Fellowships, all a result of your generous donations.

Please take a moment to reflect upon his gift and how you have helped Change a Life in return.

http://www.brownsteinfund.org/donate.html

Through immersion in different cultures during their journey, recipients are encouraged to seek positive change within their own lives, while inspiring lasting change in the global community.

05/28/2016

Gearing up for this year's Fellows. Oh the places you'll go!! Fulfillment Fund Harvard-Westlake School

05/01/2016

Gap Years are the right thing to do. Everyone should have this opportunity.

Come learn how you can Change A Life...

Malia Obama will take a gap year after graduating from high school and then attend Harvard University in the fall of 2017, the White House said Sunday, ending speculation at campuses across the country.

04/19/2016

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/04/19/gap-year-may-have-benefits-long-after-college/?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0

In “There Is Life After College,” Jeffrey Selingo explores how the post-college experience doesn’t look much like the journey we ourselves took a generation ago, and how a gap year can help.

01/20/2016

Hello high school seniors and juniors! Now is the time to start planning your GAP Year! There are scores of online resources, but for an in-person learning and informational session, attend a Gap Year Fair!

http://usagapyearfairs.org/fairs/

If you are in LA, these will be held on February 22 and 23.

There will be lots of travel groups, great information and terrific inspiration!

Come by yourself, bring a friend or better yet, bring your parents and show them what an amazing opportunity lies ahead!!

Cc:
Harvard-Westlake School
Fulfillment Fund

With over thirty different fairs all over the country in January and February, the 2015 Gap Year Fairs have something for everyone!

01/10/2016

Taking a gap year—a pre-college detour to travel and/or work—isn’t just a European and Australian thing anymore. In fact, it’s now considered a huge plus by some colleges, such as Princeton and the University of North Carolina, who are even offering money in the form of scholarships and fellowsh...

06/26/2015

We've been doing this for a long time, but this week "Voluntourism" was added to the Oxford English Dictionary. Voluntourism (noun): Tourism in which travellers spend time doing voluntary work on development projects, usually for a charity.

06/23/2015

On July 25, come support our wonderful partners Fulfillment Fund at their "Taste of Summer" event. Who doesn't like eating and fundraising!! http://www.fulfillment.org/events/tasteofsummer2015

Saturday, July 25, 2015 - 6:00pm Join us for the summer's best food and drink tasting party by the beach! All proceeds support the Fulfillment Fund. All proceeds from Taste of Summer benefit the Fulfillment Fund's work to make college a reality for students in educationally and economically under-re…

10/15/2014

MEET THE FELLOWS: ALEXANDER MCNAB, 2014 BROWNSTEIN FELLOW

"My shirt was made in the Dominican Republic, my shorts in Nicaragua. My black, Calvin Klein boxers say “Made in Sri Lanka.” My Converse are from Vietnam, and my socks… I don’t know where they’re from, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it was someplace just as far from my bedroom in the corner of a house on a corner of Los Angeles, where I have lived all my life and will soon leave to find the rest of the world as the rest of the world seems already to have found me, even if just in my t-shirt." read about Alexander's gap year adventures here: http://www.alexmeetsworld.com/