DESTINATION IMAGINATION OF NEW YORK, INC. (http://www.nydi.org) is the New York affiliate of Destination Imagination Inc. (http://destinationimagination.org/): The world's largest non-profit, volunteer-driven organization devoted to creating educational programs in which student teams gain practical life skills through solving complex open-ended Challenges and presenting their solutions at Tournaments.

We are working to bring our program to low-wealth and under-served communities. The skills learned through participation in the DI program that translate to workforce readiness are also life skills, such as patience, working together for a common goal and respect for others and their ideas. Read less

Our community and school-based youth program begins in early fall when the year’s Challenges are issued. Teams of up to seven students organize, choose their challenge and work for months honing their solution. Volunteer team managers (parents, teachers or community volunteers) facilitate the group, but cannot give technical or other assistance. Teams present their solutions at local, regional and state tournaments, which narrow the field to about 15 teams from each state or international affiliate. These teams compete in the ultimate creativity showdown, Global Finals(http://globalfinals.org/) , each May.