The Bridgewater-Raritan High School community recently saw the addition of a new club to its already broad selection: the Bloom Institute.

Founded by sophomores Amulya Bisaria and Saketh Bongu, the club is a chapter of a national organization that “coaches people to excel in their current role or helps them get ready for their next role,” according to Bloom Institute.

The Bloom Institute works with individuals, managers, executives and teams to help them reach their professional goals, work effectively within their organization and get to the next level. The youth wing of the organization works in a related role, helping students around the U.S. with employment experience and opportunities, as well as generally teaching them professional skills.

The co-founders stated that they “liked the idea of organizing events, especially after seeing other successful club-related events like the club fair and International Night.”

Bisaria shared that he discovered the organization through a competition they hosted over the summer.

“They encouraged the winners to apply as chapter directors, and I subsequently started the club at BRHS,” the co-founder said.

One of the first actions the clubs’ founders took was to form an officer board. It currently consists of Ayushmaan Mukherjee and Daksh Kumar as treasurers, Mohit Srinivasan and Arya Vaidya as webmasters and Jackson Franklin, Grant Dequina and Rohit Mudduluru as outreach officers.

The officers worked to get the essential features of the club running before winter break. This included the webmasters creating the club website, the treasurers planning a fundraiser and the outreach team establishing a social media presence.

The major plan the club has for the near future is to hold a career fair. Bisaria went on to explain the goal of holding a career fair.

“The fair intends to introduce students to unconventional career paths that aren’t typically emphasized in schools. That’s why we plan on inviting artists, musicians, restaurant owners, and others to present at our event,” Bisaria said.

Preparing for the career fair will involve selecting club members to form a leadership team for the fair; this team will coordinate logistics and funds, liaise with other clubs and more. 

An additional project that is currently being planned is a science fair, which will be hosted at the middle school.

Bongu explained the importance of an event like this.

“An event like this really inspires students to go beyond what they are taught in school, and we think this aligns perfectly with the organization’s mission,” the co-founder said.

In a joint statement from the founders of Bloom Institute, they said “Joining our club will allow you to gain awareness on underrepresented career paths. You can gain volunteer hours for coming to full club meetings, having officer positions, or taking part in one of the committees [on the leadership team that organizes events].”