200 poor students provided sweaters after a post went viral on social media

Anupama Das a teacher took the initiative to help students from economically backward families who were not able to buy sweaters during the winter season but Source: 200 poor students provided sweaters after a post went viral on social media – North East Business Mirror

New Students Volunteer across the City for Welcome Day of Service

First-year and transfer students worked in local parks and schools and learned about valuable community programs. George Washington University student volunteers busied themselves Saturday afternoon clearing weeds, pulling overhanging vines from a fence and removing old mulch from a Foggy Bottom dog park. Others picked up debris and swept a children’s park in the neighborhood near…

Las Vegas teacher brings back ‘Giving Closet’ to help students in need

Making sure children in need get help at school. A teacher at a valley elementary school is restarting her efforts aimed at providing snacks and other necessities so students can focus on learning. LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Making sure children in need get help at school. A teacher at a Las Vegas valley elementary school is restarting…

Tampa Bay student leaders earn summer internship, give back

Kate Martin and Cameron Siler-Nixon were chosen out of more than 100 high school applicants to be 2022 Bank of America Student Leaders. PINELLAS PARK, Fla. — It’s been a summer of leadership for a couple of Tampa Bay teenagers. In recognition of their hard work inside the classroom and out in the community, they were awarded…

Langley High student aims to connect D.C. students with books, berries

Helping students learn to read is gratifying and getting tasty treats as a reward makes it all the sweeter. Samantha Grayer, 15, of Great Falls is a rising Langley High School sophomore who last December founded “Berries for Books,” a non-profit that is holding a book drive this summer to bolster child literacy at a…

Bank gives $250k to help homeless youths through Promise House

The Regions Foundation, a nonprofit organization funded mostly by Regions Bank, granted $250,000 to Promise House, an organization here in Oak Cliff that provides critical services to homeless and at-risk youth and offers them  tools and resources to achieve longterm self-sufficiency. The contribution will specifically benefit Promise House’s emergency shelter and transitional living programs, according…

Meet ‘The Mutants’: The students who wear their autism with pride

Between about 8:00am and 9:00am they amble into the classroom at Aquinas College, in the Melbourne suburb of Ringwood. Chris Varney, founder of the I CAN Network, greets each student as they arrive for their fortnightly mentoring session.By the time the class starts, about 15 Mutants have assembled. If you’re worried by the name, don’t…

Student company “Lakeside Leisure” giving back to charity 

In Patt Rutt’s marketing class, it’s all about thinking outside of the box. “They brainstorm product ideas, do market research to see which one to sell,” said Rutt. “They sell stock for start up capital, break into departments and sell sell sell!” This Traverse City Central High School marketing class named their company “Lakeside Leisure”…

Tomball students work to give teacher with cancer dream vacation

A group of students at Tomball Junior High School wants to make sure a teacher they love lives out one of her dreams.Michelle Wistrand was diagnosed with Leiomyosarcoma, a cancer of the soft tissue, in 2015. She has missed school for treatments, but she has always been back. Her students knew about her disease. Last…