In June, 2025, OFY awarded its first scholarships to the initial two winners of the Shirley and Walter Massey Scholarships, Jaiden Santiago and Sergio Garcia. Both were recent graduates of World Language High School in Little Village and have been participants in OFY’s What’s Up with Manhood program since their freshman year. Jaiden attends Truman College and Sergio attends Daley College. The scholarships this first year are $2,000 per recipient and can be used for any college expense. Shirley and Walter recently gave a large gift to Options that will help provide future scholarships to attend the City Colleges of Chicago. Next June 2026, with 175-200 teenage boys participating in What’s Up with Manhood and 50 graduating seniors from four high schools, we hope to increase the Shirley and Walter Massey scholarships awarded.
