SOO....Save Our Oceans

Save Our Oceans Project The students developing this project attend The Foundation Academy and are currently working on the TFA sponsored Jacksonville Science Festival. The Science Festival is a yearly event that the students produce in their PIBL (Project Inquiry Based Learning) class, which incorporates language arts, social studies, visual and performing arts, along with science. The event is completely non-profit and is meant to educate the community through student initiative. It lasts three days and there’s no cost to attend. The students cover many facets of science every year with projects on mechanical science, psychological science, and of course, marine science, just to name a few. This year in particular the festival will be held at the FSCJ south campus for two days and at the Museum of Science and History in downtown Jacksonville for the final day. There you can vote for your favorite booth (the winning group gets a cash prize). The students involved with the festival also have opportunities to earn scholarships through their hard work on their projects for the festival. The festival is entertaining for all ages, with many of the booths featuring hands-on interactive elements, which are completely designed by the students. In fact, unlike most science festivals, the students, rather than adults, are the experts. SOO -- the Save Our Oceans project -- is a class effort. Students research various organisms such as Sea Turtles, Great White Sharks, Polar Bears, and Right Whales, and the threats they face. The purpose of the Anti-Bottle campaign is to raise awareness of threats caused by carbon-based products and the masses of trash in our oceans. more

Sophia and Olivia Twirly Girls

Sophia and Olivia will perform an exciting baton routine and raise money for important causes. more

Strong Minds

Chosen Few youth initiative concept is initiated by ten young Basotho youth who would like to take their rightful place in the social order. In a nutshell, the concept comes from the pride of being Basotho, whose love for the country has opened their eyes to its youth misfortunes and ignorance. It is a concept that is born out of the concern regarding the life that is inhabited by Basotho youth recently. It is a social development programme that intent to address all the needs of youth and promote the spirit of togetherness amongst Basotho. MISSION STATEMENT The mission of Chosen Few is to inspire pro-social friendship, strong interpersonal skills and instill a sense of hope in the future for youth by establishing a strong network of support within different scope, making sure that they are supported in all aspects of life. AIMS and OBJECTIVES The aim is to improve wellbeing of children, youth, and communities by producing actionable and evidence based for policy and practice. The overarching objective is to promote poverty reduction, gender equity and equality, eradicate stigma and discrimination surrounding HIV/AIDS, and mitigate further HIV/AIDS pandemic spread. Chosen Few believes in goal of living no one behind. The aim is to raise visibility of programme to assure that referral resources will use the services/project and youth and adults will volunteer to run the programme. The aim is to give youth a chance to expose their talents, build their self-efficacy and confidence, set mechanism for their expressions as active participants and decision makers, and foster mutual respect and complementary of efforts between adults and youth. The marketing strategy will be to sell this new resource to the government and private institutions by having a strong network of youth that can be easily mobilized to accelerate adolescent and youth agenda, and expand space for networking across disciplinary, sect oral and geographical lines. This will be accomplished by coordinator who will serve as referral source for the programme. The brochures will be developed to sell the benefits of the programme to both potential partners and participants. The project will be delivered by Chosen Few Support Network Team (a strong group of experienced volunteers) available on full-time basis. We handle resources responsibly, equitably and use them cost-effectively while maintaining good quality. We are completely candid, clear, and forthright in all communication. Adhering to the rules and regulations is a priority for a successful project. more

Success is Contagious (SIC)

What have we done so far? Our first program began in the December 2009 at Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics High School. In the past year and a half, Mohammed and Syed have actively worked with a group of sophomore students. This group was to be our experimental group for the program, in order to record results and flaws in the model of the program. The experimental group consisted of 25 students, of which 5 decided to drop out of the program. The 20 students who decided to remain have not only improved academically, with each student increasing by an average of 15 points on their GPAs, but also socially. The students are now active participants in clubs and organizations in and around the school. Furthermore, many of our students hold leadership positions in their respective clubs and organization. (Data will be presented should you be interested in our program). How do we do it? Our program is very simple to run. All we ask for from our sponsor school is a room afterschool and permission to borrow textbooks for the hours we are in session. We work closely with the guidance department to find a group of students who are failing classes and are in need of help. We then speak to each student and find out their weak points and what they need to improve on. An entrance application must be submitted for this program. Once we find our students, we begin our sessions. Our model is two-pronged. We use one day of the week to focus on academics and tutoring. The second day is used for skills and habits workshops (leadership training). We find the tutors and we deal with the compensation, therefore we take another burden off the school. What we are now working on is finding space on Saturdays and running daylong workshops and classes for our students. By doing so, we expect our data and statistics to improve even more than they already have. Who do we work with? Some of the many organizations we work closely with are: Children’s Aid Society (Our umbrella within schools), RandomKid (our 501c3 umbrella; the grantor under which we operate), Youth Venture (our seed grant sponsors), Do Something (consultation), Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (consultation/brother organization), iCivics, National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship, Core Multimedia Group, and Start Some Good. UPDATE: The organization we work with, Children's Aid Society, will be leaving the school beginning Fall 2011 and therefore, Scholars for Success is interviewing for a full-time organization position within Manhattan Center High School. Wish us luck and show the support guys! more

Summer camp on nature conservation

It is about making kids feel the pain it takes to conserve nature. It talks about nature conservation, bio cycle etc and etc. more

Super Storm Sandy

Right now i am at zero dollars to support super storm sandy. :( ....but thats alright. I am planning to donate all the money i raise to red cross so they can help the people on the east coast. Red Cross gives anything and basically everything they need; food,clothes, hygene kits, and more. i want every single person who was affected to get help. even if they just got one little scrape. I am going to start this project in my school. BUt my school is very very small. Plus i want to show this p[roject to so many more people. please donate! ;) thankyou oh so mucho if u do/did or didnt donate anything. <3333333 more

tae kwan do

In the talent show I will be doing a Tae Kwan Do form and an Arnis stick form. I have been doing Tae Kwan Do for over a year and I am excited to show it and support good causes. more

Taking care of the leaders of tommorow

I am an exchange student from Nigeria and i would like to help the children in my country who lose their parents in religious conflicts.i would love to raise money for their clothes food and their schooling. more

Talent for the world!

I am 10 years old and have always wanted to make a change! As a little kid I always wanted to do work but thought I couldn't do much! Well if your a little kid then this website is your chance to just ask your parents and you can donate! My goal is $75 and would love it if I could go over! Even if you just donate $1 it will still make a change! This project is a school fundraiser talent show! I will be singing to change the world! Thank you for your time and please donate by just clicking the donate now button! Thank you! ;) more

Teach India

We are not collecting funds, We are collecting stuff like Books, Stationary and need Volunteers for this Project. Education is the best known reserve to Mankind. It can be harnessed by anyone and everyone. It helps in upliftment of an individual as well as the whole society. It is the only key to development in each and every sector. In India, we have 16 IITs spread over 15 Provinces. The Indian Institutes of Technology (Hindi: भारतीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान, IITs) are a group of autonomous engineering and technology-oriented institutes of higher education. The IITs are governed by the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961 which has declared them as “Institutions of National Importance”, and lays down their powers, duties, framework for governance etc.[1] They were created to train scientists and engineers, with the aim of developing a skilled workforce to support the economic and social development of India. IITs are listed as societies under the Indian Societies Registration Act. We as the students of higher studies can unite to initiate a project to Educate Poor Children especially Girl Child, who don't afford schools or are made to work by their parents to earn for their living and support their families, across the respective regions free-of-cost or on marginal price in our daily spare time and counsel and prepare them for various competitive exams. Through PAN IIT, the common IIT council for all the 16 IITs, we can unite at a single place and can have discussions to the various problems faced through the implementation of the Project and get support by our distinguished Alumni. more