“Until I took this class, I never dreamed someone like me could think of college. My kids like telling their friends, ‘My dad’s going to college’.” Joe Robinson—Class of 2004

“I’ve read Wordsworth to my kids, Hemingway…I feel a whole new side
of my brain has been awakened.” Sherreallyum Allen—Class of 2005

“I do not want to end up working at McDonald’s…I want my dream of being a teacher, nurse, doctor to come true.” Leticia Martinez Lopez Aparicio—Class of 2006

“I think if the Odyssey Program received enough money to unlock its true potential of educating young and mature minds, it possibly could change to ‘Odyssey University,’ the most prestigious University in the nation.” Stanley Sallay—Class of 2007

Support the Odyssey Project

The Odyssey Project benefits from the generous support of many partners at UW-Madison and in the community.

Are you interested in supporting the Odyssey Project? If you wish to contribute financially to help defray the cost of tuition, books, supplies, tickets, transportation, and other expenses or to help our graduates keep going toward college degrees, please make checks payable to UW Foundation-Odyssey Project Fund 12543729 and mail to:

University of Wisconsin Foundation
US Bank Lockbox
P.O. Box 78807
Milwaukee, WI 53278-0807

If you wish to contribute online, please follow this link to the UW Foundation's secure site giving form:

https://www.uwfoundation.wisc.edu/giving/giving2.nsf/prefill?openform&seq=2172

If you wish to contribute to the cost of food and other basic expenses and immediate special needs students face along their journey, please contribute to the Odyssey account set up for us by the University League. Make checks payable to the University League Odyssey Fund and mail to:

Odyssey Project
628 Lowell Center
610 Langdon St.
Madison WI 53703

If you have services or supplies to donate, please call 608-262-3733.

Thank you for your interest in, and support of, Odyssey students!