A Lifetime of Service
“My hope is that Project 351 Alumni become part of every aspect of society and that one day, the Mayor, the Governor, and the President of the United States are all Alumni of Project 351.”
Project 351 is a youth-led change movement that puts courage, compassion, and community first. Every day, and in all ways, we encourage this rising generation to embrace service to cause greater than self as a defining value.
At the close of each program year, Ambassadors are invited to join the Alumni community, which supports and encourages their leadership development in high school and beyond.
Alumni are a driving force of our organization. High school Alumni serve as mentors, team leaders, regional coaches, and role models for Ambassadors. College Alumni strengthen our mission as interns, project managers, and members of the Leadership Team and Advisory Board.
In return, we invest in their enrichment and training; provide platforms for service leadership; create regional and statewide opportunities for friendship, mentorship, and civic engagement; and lead forums with Service Heroes, civic leaders, and corporate citizens that challenge and encourage Alumni leadership. Alumni lead Spring, 9.11 Tribute, and Fall Service; and join Ambassadors for Leadership Reunion.
Alumni provide a renewable resource of inspiration and pride as they chart their own path as social entrepreneurs, nonprofit leaders, and movement makers.
The Alumni Organization
In our second decade, we seek to invest fully in the unlimited potential of our Alumni community — 3,753 strong as of January 1, 2021 — through our ALUMNI ORGANIZATION, a hub for unity, impact, and collaboration for all Alumni from the Classes of 2011-2020.
LEARN MORE: Alumni Org
alumni leadership council
At the end of each year, Ambassadors and Alumni are invited to apply to the Alumni Leadership Council (ALC), a select group of Project 351 Alumni that serve as team leaders and mentors for the incoming class of Ambassadors.
LEARN MORE: ALC
The Playbook Initiative
The Playbook Initiative, a special partnership between Project 351 and the Boston Celtics, is an anti-discrimination and bias-prevention program, led by Alumni Playbook Trainers through interactive workshops with middle-school youth.
Playbook Trainers gain skills in facilitation and mentorship, receive in-depth training and coaching from both Celtics and 351 staff, and become champions of change who model inclusion and support for social justice.
Learn more at: The Shamrock Foundation ~ The Playbook Initiative
myra h. kraft giving back scholarship
Throughout the year, Project 351 highlights leadership and scholarship opportunities that can advance our Alumni’s goals in academics and community. Project 351’s highest award is the Myra H. Kraft Giving Back Scholarship, a $20,000 investment of the Kraft family in the education of an exemplary Project 351 senior.
Mrs. Kraft lived a life of service, grace, and generosity. Her example inspires us to lead with integrity and to act with kindness and compassion. This Scholarship celebrates the extraordinary impact that one person can make in his/her community and our world, and honors their potential to be a catalyst for transforming lives and lifting communities.
We extend enduring gratitude to the Kraft family for their investment of faith and belief.