Sponsor a Student’s Summer Program
Our six-week Summer Enrichment Program gives Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools students a safe, supportive place to continue learning, build confidence, explore new interests, and enjoy meaningful summer experiences — all at no cost to their families.
Help Students Keep Growing This Summer
For many families, summer camp is easy to take for granted. It means dependable care, fun activities, new experiences, and a place for kids to stay engaged while school is out.
But for many students, those opportunities aren’t always easy to access.
Since 1999, Above and Beyond Students has supported more than 9,000 Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools students throughout their academic journey. Many of the children we serve attend Title I schools, where at least 40% of the students receive free or reduced-price meals.
These families face added barriers to consistent summer programming, transportation, meals, and enrichment opportunities. When you sponsor a student, you help remove those barriers.
Your gift helps provide academic instruction, creative activities, healthy meals, transportation, educational field trips, and the steady encouragement students need to return to school confident and ready for what’s next.
The program runs Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, giving students six weeks of dependable support their families can count on.
Choose Your Sponsorship Level
Sponsor a Full Summer: $600
Provides one child with a full scholarship for the entire six-week Summer Enrichment Program.
Sponsor Three Weeks: $300
Provides one child with three weeks of summer programming, academic support, meals, transportation, and enrichment.
Sponsor One Week: $100
Provides one child with one week of summer learning, activities, and support.
Give Any Amount
Every donation helps keep this program accessible for students and families.
Secure PayPal donation • Tax-deductible • EIN 56-2218184
What Your Gift Helps Provide
Your donation helps create the kind of summer every child deserves: one with structure, encouragement, and room to explore.
The Above and Beyond Students Summer Enrichment Program Includes:
- Reading, math, and English literacy support
- STEAM activities that encourage curiosity and problem-solving
- Arts and crafts that give students space to create
- Social Emotional Learning to help build confidence and connection
- Physical education, recreation, and social activities
- Educational field trips that bring learning to life
- Safe transportation so students can attend consistently
- Breakfast, lunch, and a daily snack through our partnership with CMS
Learning That Goes Beyond the Classroom
Summer learning is about more than reviewing lessons from the school year. It’s also about helping students see new places, ask new questions, and imagine new possibilities for themselves.
Through educational field trips, students get to connect what they’re learning with the world around them. In past summers, our students have visited the Asheboro Zoo, the International Civil Rights Center & Museum in Greensboro, and the NASCAR Hall of Fame, among other destinations.
These experiences are provided free of charge to students, giving them access to meaningful opportunities they may not otherwise have during the summer months.
Turn Summer Into Opportunity
Your gift helps a student stay engaged, supported, and confident this summer so they can return to school next fall ready for what’s next.