OnPoint for College Goes Above and Beyond to Help Their Students

Longtime UpMobility grantee On Point for college is known in the Mohawk Valley and beyond for helping nontraditional students get into college—but, just as importantly, they also help these students with a myriad of challenges that come after they are accepted. As discussed in an article in a January 2022 Washington Post in which On Point for College was mentioned, the challenges faced by underprivileged students can be hard to fathom by those who are more advantaged. 

Giovanni Harvey, a student mentioned in the Washington Post article, had his bags packed to start his new life as a college student but wasn't able to secure the $25 for a bus ticket from his home to campus. Luckily, an On Point volunteer arrived at his home to drive him and his few belongings the one hour to his university. He is now slated to graduate from SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Utica, where he founded a mentoring program  served as Student Body President.

UpMobility remains committed to partnering with organizations that advance education, and we are especially excited by those organizations like On Point who go beyond just giving students money to get into college. On Point for College realizes the layers of need in the populations they serve and they continue to iterate to meet those needs.