Trinkets of Hope will assist teens in feeling supported and uplifted through implementing activities and community gatherings that teach and promote improved self-esteem and positive well-being.
Trinkets Of Hope
STEM Squad is a mentorship program designed to engage underserved K-8 students in hands-on STEM activities, sparking their curiosity and preparing them for future success in science, technology, engineering, art, and math.
This program is to help children with allergies feel accepted and safe while eradicating the stigma around food allergies. It aims to empower those without allergies to understand the potential severity of a food allergy and become a part of the solution.
Curiosity Crew seeks to share the fun of science through interactive, exciting and educational labs to enrich elementary school students’ education. The mission is to develop an after-school initiative where play has a purpose.
The mission of Hearing For A Change is to foster the love of audiobooks and build vocabulary, knowledge, comprehension and imagination for struggling readers to choose to listen to audiobooks daily. The goal is to create Hearing for a Change clubs at every high school in Palm Beach County to help more struggling readers. There are currently Hearing For A Change clubs at Olympic Heights Community High School, Spanish River Community High School, and A.W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts.
There are so many resources and programs that are youth centered but many youth do not have the access or understanding of how to tap into them. SparkED will create a digital platform that allows students to find programs and opportunities that meet their interests and provide experiences they can capitalize on.
Endgame Education is a chess centered organization that provides young people with exposure to the game, as well as tutoring for those looking to compete by hosting in person and virtual events. The goal of the organization is to expand the minds of youth through the problem solving and critical thinking that is needed to excel at the incredible game of chess.
The Social Cube will create a fun and safe space to prepare for college tours and job interviews and acquire vocational skills that will empower youth and young adults.
My Box @Home will function as the nonprofit side of an already booming business called My Box. My Box@Home will provide health and academic kits to students who have contracted COVID-19 and must quarantine at home during the school year.
Community Reads will teach children grades K-2 about diversity through literature. The program has three parts: live readings, activity of the month and lifelong learning.
Drop the Vape is a program that aims to decrease the number of teen vape users in Palm Beach County by establishing a new educational course for students caught with vape devices at school, offering a text-to-quit program for students hoping to stop vaping, and advocating for an increase in the proximity between vape shops and schools.
Bridging the Gap plans to work with elementary and middle schools in Palm Beach County to provide school supplies to underprivileged schools. “We hope to bridge the education inequality gap through our program in which we not only tutor students at these schools but, with funding, will be able to provide them with the supplies to truly succeed in their educational environment.”