YMCA offers annual Spring Break College Tour

The 2025 spring break tour will run March 23-28.

This is the fourth year Marathon Petroleum Corp. awarded a grant to YMCA of Central Stark County to provide the opportunity to minority students interested in the STEM fields. This year’s trip will include educational and enrichment activities with stops at the International African American Museum, Boone Hall Plantation and Gardens and the historic beaches of Charleston, South Carolina.

There are 30 spots for students to participate in the tour – 15 males and 15 females. Cost is $175, due by March 8. Participants must attend pre-tour workshops on Saturdays from Feb. 22 to March 15, presented by A.S.P.I.R.E. Today, Inc. For tour registration information or to sponsor a teen, visit https://www.ymcastark.org/HBCU-tour.

Marathon Petroleum Foundation and other local community organizations sponsor the tour. Workshops are presented by A.S.P.I.R.E Today, Inc.

The Y Minority Achievers Program is a college and career readiness program that helps minority teens set and achieve educational and professional standards by exposing them to diverse career options in the building trades and STEM fields.