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What is The Jenna Druck Foundation?
The Jenna Druck Foundation was formed in the spring of 1996 to honor the life and spirit of a very special young leader, Jenna Druck. Jenna’s life was taken in a tragic bus accident in India while traveling abroad on the Semester-At-Sea program. Her legacy foundation provides two award-winning programs serving thousands of people each year turning grief into hope and strength into leadership:
The “Young Women’s Leadership” Program
Over the years the Jenna Druck Foundations’ “Young Women’s Leadership” Program has touched and transformed the lives of thousands of girls. Our programs are designed to engage the community, identify young leaders, and provide year-round opportunities to support and train young women to become leaders of their own lives as well as in their communities.
Middle and high school women from hundreds of Southern California schools and communities receive training through this your-round leadership development program, participants receive their “Passport to Success” at the beginning of each year receive a stamp for each program event they attend on their journey towards earning the Young Women’s Distinguished Leader award:
“Spirit of Leadership” Conferences
Young Women’s Leadership Workshops
“Girl Talk” Sessions
Meet Jenna Druck
Jenna Druck not only loved life, she embraced it with every fiber of her being. Jenna was selected as San Diego’s Young Woman Entrepreneur when she was only nine years old. She spoke before adult audiences at age 14, co-founded a leadership camp for high school students and was a Presidents Leadership Institute Scholar at age 18. As president of her Pi Beta Phi sorority chapter, she won the National Spirit Award. Her potential was unlimited and her dedication was fierce. Jenna believed in and spoke of “Strength of Heart”, a combination of courage, compassion, and determination.
The genesis of the Young Women’s Leadership Program and the annual “Spirit of Leadership” conference was the high school leadership camp Jenna created and led with her friend Pilar. The Foundation’s Young Women’s Leadership Program strives to instill Jenna’s “Strength of Heart” and extend her love of leadership to all young women.
The Jenna Druck Foundation was established as a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization in 1996 to honor the spirit Jenna Druck exemplified during the 21 years that she lived as a leader in her own life and community. Learn more about The Jenna Druck Foundation.