2015 Leadership Memphis Expanding Horizons College & Career Tours

Through a generous dollar for dollar match by the Turley Family Foundation, Leadership Memphis plans to raise $50,000 and take 400 Shelby County high school students on local and regional college and career tours in the summer of 2015.

With your help, we can achieve this goal and help students prepare and plan for their post-secondary option(s) that will lead to a good job.  Please donate today and tell others how they can help a student strive for success.  It costs $45 to take a student on a local college and career tour and $450 for a regional 3-day/2-night college and career tour.  For each donation of $22.50, which is then matched by the Turley Family Foundation, we can send one student on a local tour.  For each donation of $225, which is then matched by the Turley Family Foundation, we can send one student on a regional tour. You can make a difference when you donate and when you encourage others to do the same.

Leadership Memphis has received a 1:1 crowdfunding match up to $25,000 from the Turley Family Foundation to take 400 high school students on local and regional college and career tours. With the $25,000 1:1 match, we plan to raise $50,000 for the tours. The project timeline is as follows:

Crowdfunding Period: January - March 1, 2015

Day of Service Event (Crowdfunding Community Kick-off): January 19, 2015

Unwined: Alumni Mixer Event: February 19, 2015 from 6-8 p.m. at Local On The Square

Henry Turley Presents Check at Leadership Luncheon Awards: March 4, 2015 at Hilton Ridgeway Hotel

Students embark on College & Career Tours: Early June 2015

44% of Shelby County School students who graduated in 2014 did not enroll in a post-secondary opportunity. That's nearly 6,000 students left behind once they graduate high school.

In coordination with Shelby County School's Goal 2025: 80/90/100 plan, Leadership Memphis' action initiative, SUCCESS High Schools is implemented in eight high schools - East, Fairley, George Washington Carver, Hamilton, Kingsbury, Kirby, Melrose and Trezevant - with the goal to increase the post-secondary continuation rate for these schools. SUCCESS infuses 400 Executives over a 5-year period to positively impact nearly 7,000 students. The Leadership Club and the Graduation Advisory Program (GAP) are the primary components of this initiative.