Partner in Hope Award
The Boys Hope Girls Hope Network, an international charitable organization, has awarded Boston College the 2025 Partner in Hope Award, in recognition of BC’s efforts to support first-generation students for career success and to assist them in graduating with minimal debt.
The mission of the Boys Hope Girls Hope Network is to “nurture and guide motivated young people in need to become well-educated, career-ready men and women for others.” Since 2010, BC has graduated six Boys Hope Girls Hope alumni who have achieved exceptional success in their career pursuits.
Paul Bonitto (Peter Julian)
Associate Director for Undergraduate Admission Paul Bonitto has played a key role in strengthening the partnership between the Boys Hope Girls Hope Network and BC. As a member of the Boys Hope Girls Hope Post-Secondary Advisory group, Bonitto has helped plan and execute the Envision U program for rising seniors, a summer program designed for Boys Hope Girls Hope scholars to explore their passions and purpose.
“Boston College’s mission aligns well with the work of Boys Hope Girls Hope to nurture and guide motivated young people in need to become well-educated, career-ready men and women for others,” said Bonitto. “This award also honors our partnership to highlight other colleges and universities committed to the same work that we do.”
This year’s Partner in Hope Award will be presented on March 27 at the seventh annual Excellence Awards Dinner at the Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Museum in Baltimore, part of the four-day Boys Hope Girls Hope Leadership Gathering. Vice President and Executive Director of the Pine Manor Institute for Student Success Joy Moore will accept the award on behalf of BC.
For more information on the 2025 Partner in Hope Award or the Boys Hope Girls Hope Network, visit boyshopegirlshope.org.