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Stories – Youth Philanthropy
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Grace and Maxwell Help 11 Kids!
Grace and Max
Grace attends the Betsy B. Winslow Elementary School. She cleaned out her closets, attic and garage and encouraged her brother Max to do the same.
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The power of one multiplied by three!
We talk a lot, about the power of one. Today we are talking about the power of three; Alexia, Kelvin and Victoria.
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On the first Saturday in April, it was blustery, rainy and promised snow! Saturdays are a busy day for us, there are usually over one-hundred student volunteers at the factory helping us inspect, process and organize tons of donations. In the middle of what we like to think of as controlled chaos, in come Alexia, Kelvin and Victoria with a ton of their own donations. They had collected all this wonderful stuff for local children in-need as a part of their SKILLS USA competition at Greater New Bedford Vocational Technical High School. -
Ashley Donates Her Doll Collection
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The Amazing Ashley!
Ashley attends Dartmouth Middle School.
She donated her entire collection of dolls, dollhouses, furniture and accessories from her “Sweet Street Collections”
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4-Year Old Austa Shares Her Birthday
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4 Year Old Austa Shares Her Birthday Presents
Four year-old Austa taught us a thing or two about sharing!
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A story of great hope for this generation of children
Cardinal Spellman Students
This week we met sixteen students from Cardinal Spellman High School in Brockton.
Photos from our day are here
We talked as a group about child poverty, the importance of education and graduating high school. We talked about giving, philanthropy, making a difference, social justice, big citizenship, the power of one, the power of a group and then we went to work. These sixteen students inspected, cleaned and processed enough great stuff to allow us to help three dozen local children in-need. How great is that?
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Our Student Intern, Jason, is in South Africa and Needs our Financial Help Now!
Jason Woolf
Jason spent his senior year at Dartmouth High School, as our Social Entrepreneurial Intern. He then went on to Watson University, NYU and is currently at University of Cape Town.
We think Jason is a bright and shining light and a most perfect example of giving and service. Jason has also become a “For Real” Social Entrepreneur.
This project is important to Jason and we’re committed to help him start-up and launch – please help us, to help him. We’ll pass along 100% of all monies raised!
Check out Umbiyozo.org to learn more about Jason’s project and to make an online donation.
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Inspired by Caitlyn
Last Saturday morning we met a most remarkable girl, who did a most amazing thing!We asked her Mom for details: “Caitlyn is a third grader at Pulaski Elementary School and she recently celebrated her 9th birthday. Caitlyn decided that she wanted to ask her friends to donate toys or clothing to GiftsToGive rather than receive gifts for herself. Through volunteering at Gifts to Give with her family, Caitlyn has realized the importance of giving to others”
Caitlyn says: “There are so many needy children with no special toys. I am lucky to have more than I ever wanted. These children are very brave. I wish that these toys will give them a happy surprise on their birthday!
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Listening to Madeline, truly a great hope for her generation!
A small but mighty group of Moses Brown Freshmen and Seniors spent part of their day with us, last week. We asked Freshman Madeline to write about their collective experience.We talk a lot about service learning; to have this remarkable high school freshman reach the enduring understanding that she has, inspires us to be better and do more!
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Michelle Collects 49 Winter Coats!
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The Amazing Michelle!
Fourteen year-old Michelle, organized and collected 49 winter coats!
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Kids Will Be Kids – But Not Always!
Sometimes … kids will be kids and sometimes kids will be philanthropists!We hosted a terrific group of students this week, from our neighborhood school, The Albert F. Ford Middle School in Acushnet. One hundred-eleven 7th graders. They arrived full of energy and curiosity and left tired, proud and with an enduring understanding of how very lucky they were. Tired from all the work they did. Proud of what they accomplished and with a new sense of their place in the world, of their responsibility to themselves and to help others.
We asked if one of the students would report back to us about their experience. Here is what student Elizabeth Teixeira had to say –
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A Bright and Shining Light!
Thomas, Allison and Sierra
Thomas, Allison and Sierra are students at U Mass Dartmouth. They’re also representatives for Greek Life on campus. We’ve partnered with the Greek Life Council at UMD to help us connect middle school students to giving and service. We’re starting with their working together on Saturdays at the factory.
Thomas Leman, Student leader had this to say – “Today, we were able to take a few short hours and work at something that’s making life easier for children throughout the SouthCoast. As Greek life students (Phi Sigma Sigma and Chi Phi), we know how fortunate we’ve been to get to college and find familial support in our organizations. We now have a chance to help those less fortunate than us and to be that support for the young boys and girls who volunteer at GiftsToGive. We can be examples of hard work and perseverance to empower other student volunteers to do well in school and life. We look forward to being repeat volunteers and mentors to influence and foster greater success for local youth!”
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Student Nathan Turner – Outstanding Volunteer Acknowledgement
Nathan Turner receives the Gold Presidential Service Award
Nathan Turner is not your average young man. Nathan was acknowledged by President Obama for the President’s, Gold Volunteer Service Award.
Nathan has completed over 3,000 hours of volunteer community service. We’re so proud of Nathan. Nathan is a Junior at New Bedford High School and has been volunteering with us since he was in the 6th grade at the Roosevelt Middle School.
Jim Stevens, CEO and Founder of GiftsToGive said “ Nathan inspires us to do more and to be better. He is truly a bright and shining light and a most perfect example of giving and service. When we talk about young people making a difference, we talk about Nathan Turner!”
The New Bedford City Council honored Nathan on January 22 (See video below)
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