Increase your Impact


Impact Boston participants are also eligible to extend their summer at Brandeis by attending either of Brandeis University’s other two summer programs that take place immediately following Impact Boston, BIMA and Genesis. If accepted to BIMA or Genesis, Impact Boston participants will be eligible for a discount of $500. Visit our websites for more information about BIMA and Genesis.

Impact Boston


Take two weeks and make a difference!


Are you ready to change the world?


Are you ready to be changed?


At Impact Boston you will go beyond volunteering, to explore the issues that underlie some of society’s biggest challenges and go behind the scenes with people at the forefront of social action and real, sustainable change.

BBYO and Brandeis University have teamed up to create this dynamic two-week summer experience focused on social action, community service and advocacy. You’ll learn skills that will empower you to start a lifetime of work as an agent of change. It’s a Jewish community experience unlike any other.

Summer 2010:  June 23, 2009 - July 4, 2009


At Impact Boston you will:

  • Work hands-on serving communities in need;

  • Go beyond volunteering in exclusive partnerships with activists who are bettering the lives of hundreds of people;

  • Learn what it takes to be a leader in your community and really make a lasting difference;

  • Meet Jewish teens from around the nation who are as passionate as you are about helping others;

  • Explore Boston;

  • Get a real college experience, living and learning on the Brandeis University campus


The key to Impact Boston is the set of new skills you bring home with you. Through meetings professional activists and community leaders who have dedicated their lives to helping others, you will learn how you can start making a difference in your home community. All this while meeting friends you'll keep forever and participating in BBYO’s international teen movement.

Volunteering is just the beginning of your work at Impact Boston, where we give you the chance to do much more than just community service. You will join a team that will be connected with a local non-profit organization and gain hands-on experience in all levels of serving the community. You will work closely with the professionals at your organization and see how their efforts have led to real change that has improved people's lives. It’s your chance to learn, experience and give back in a meaningful way.

You’ll see the world with new eyes.
You’ll have the time of your life.
You’ll make an Impact.

"Impact Boston taught me that lots of people doing small actions add up to one huge effort in repairing the world. You can never say that you can’t affect change or improve someone’s life. If you have the determination and the passion, you can ignite change. Even though I’m a teenager, I can become an active member of my community."  - Natanya Russek, 2009 Wisconsin Regional N'siah