The Boselli Foundation

Tonight we started another round of our mentoring program in the juvenile jail. We are grateful for the opportunity to build relationships with some amazing young men in our sessions and walk alongside them in their journey.

Thank you Senator Jennifer Bradley for spending time with us this evening to learn about our program. We appreciate your support and the leadership you provide in our community. 💪💙🤝

Congrats to the graduates of our 2023-2024 Boselli Teacher Fellowship who have spent a great deal of time investing in themselves to ensure their students are successful. We are proud of each of them for the work they have done to become more student-centered educators and can’t thank them enough for all they do at their schools.

We’d also like to congratulate the recipients of this year’s Most Valuable Coach and Most Valuable Teacher awards in partnership with the . Each award was well deserved!

Most Valuable Teacher Awards:
- Mr. Mohamed Alemam
- Ms. Nitza Palomino

Most Valuable Coach Awards:
- Ms. Ginger Gipson
- Mr. James Collins

Lastly, we’d like to thank school board chair and school board member Kelly Coker-Daniel for attending our celebration and for their support of our teacher fellowship over the years. Their commitment to education is remarkable and we appreciate their leadership! 🍎📚🐆

Congratulations to the most recent graduates of our mentoring program. We have met some incredible young men through our partnership with Project Connect and wish them all the best as they work towards their goals and becoming the best version of themselves.

A special thanks to for leading the group and his commitment to investing in young men in our city. His ability to bring out the best in people is remarkable and we appreciate his heart for others.

We’re just a few days away from our “Tailgate With Tony” event at Met Park, this Sunday from 10-12:30 pm. The price of admission includes food, drinks, games, appearances from Jaguar Legends, and live entertainment from and .

If you don’t have tickets, you’ll want to grab them today to make sure you don’t miss out on this one-of-kind tailgate experience, all for a great cause!

Use promo code “Tony71” to purchase general admission tickets for $71!

Visit www.bosellifoundation.com for more information and to get your tickets! 🩵🐆🖤

A big thanks to the for allowing our teacher fellows to attend the big game! It was a memorable evening watching the Jags secure the AFC South Championship! DUUUVAL!!!! 🐆🏈🏆

As 2022 comes to a close, we have much to celebrate. Our largest cohort of teacher fellows, expanding our mentoring program in detention centers, and collaborating with new partners to broaden our impact, to name just a few. One of the most significant highlights was watching our founder, get inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame, a well deserved honor! What a year this has been!

We are grateful to work alongside such an inspiring group of educators dedicated to creating more equitable schools for students to thrive, mentors committed to bringing hope to young men, and like minded organizations investing in our city.

Thank you to the teachers, mentors, partners, and organizations who helped us make a difference in Jax. We couldn’t do this work without you. Cheers to 2023 and to another successful year to come! 🥂 🐆📚

A big thanks to the Jacksonville University men’s basketball team for inviting boys in our mentorship program at the Hastings Youth Academy to spend time with them this week. The boys got to know the players, played a few games in the new practice facility, and took a tour of campus. The team did a great job making the boys feel welcome and helped open their eyes to future possibilities.

Thank you and for your help in planning this and to for giving boys from HYA an experience they will never forgot. We look forward to partnering with you in the future to continue to make a difference! 🐬🏀 💚

This week we started another round of our mentorship program at the Hastings Youth Academy. Thanks to our partnership with the Department of Juvenile Justice, we are able to offer our program to more sites, empowering more young men.

We are grateful for our team of facilitators who make this work possible and for those who recently joined our team to help us expand. It is encouraging to watch these men give hope and support by being present and in their willingness to listen to participants as they share.

Thank you , Roy, Hamilton, and Warren for joining us in this important work and for investing in the lives of deserving young men! We are grateful for each of you and all that you do to make this a special experience for our participants.

Finishing the year strong with a session on how to build student’s confidence and motivate them to engage in the learning process.

We also celebrated making it to the semifinals in the 2023 Teacher of the Year process. We’re cheering her on as the finalists will be announced this coming Wednesday!

Topics of this month’s discussion with teachers in their second year of our fellowship included ways to implement student’s culture in our classrooms and strategies to build trust.

This group is intentional to build a classroom culture where students feel safe and supported and we love hearing how they are excelling as a result!

Tonight our teacher fellows focused on repositioning relationships with students as the key in helping culturally and linguistically diverse learners authentically engage in the classroom.

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” - Maya Angelou

Tonight we had the privilege of leading the first session in the JPEF Teacher of the Year Bootcamp series. Fostering inclusive classrooms where all students feel like they belong was the focus of our time together. Thank you to for allowing us to be a part of such a great event and for your leadership in the education arena in Jax!

We have partnered with for several years through our teacher fellowship and are grateful to be a part of all they are doing to support and celebrate teachers. We look forward to continuing our conversation together around becoming more culturally responsive educators in November!

This week our team had the privilege of attending the Building Resilience: Breaking the Stigma of Mental Health Summit put on by the Department of Juvenile Justice. Service providers from across the state gathered to share strategies for successful programming to better serve system-involved youth. We enjoyed connecting with others who share a similar passion for empowering young men in the justice system.

A big thanks to Mr.Starke for believing in our mentoring program and for helping us expand to serve more young men across Florida. We are grateful for the opportunity to partner with him and his team!

This weekend we celebrated our founder, the Jaguar’s first draft pick and now the first Hall of Famer.

Congrats for all you have accomplished! We are so proud of you and loved celebrating you this weekend!

A very special evening celebrating the impact of The Boselli Foundation, the teachers we serve and the young men we walk alongside in mentoring.

The boys from Duval Youth Academy, who recently completed our mentorship program, stole the show and were a testament to the difference we have been able to make thanks to the facilitators who join us in this important work.

A big thanks to Jeff and Susan Curry from for being the most gracious hosts for our event and for their continued support of all we do. Lastly, none of this would be possible without and , our co-founders. We appreciate their commitment to children and families in Jax and for all give to others!