Stories & News
News from BASIC and stories from the students and families we work with.
Our History
Farewell Our Champion: Bill Wright, 1931–2019
He started with an airport and flight lessons for teenagers. When that ran out of runway he kept the mission and changed the vehicle, and BASIC has been giving scholarships ever since.
In the News
BASIC to Award $71,750 in Scholarships to 42 Borregans
The most ever awarded in a single year, a Q&A on where BASIC scholars go and how they do, and a nursing graduate's thank-you.
In the News
BASIC to Award $64,550 in Scholarships to 47 Borregans
Forty-seven scholars, eight named awards, and the story of a $2,000 scholarship in 1960s New York that changed the course of Jerry Goldsmith's life.
