Made for Students – Run By Students
We’ve made great progress in overcoming COVID-19, but we still feel its impacts in our daily lives. As we are getting used to going back to our daily pre-pandemic lives, it is easy to forget the lessons we learned throughout the pandemic, like being grateful for what we have. Because of this we wanted to give back to the community …
The Youth members Ayra, Jai, Kanishka, Nainitha, Pranav, Rakshan, Rakshita, Rishi, Varsha, and Vrishank shared facts about India with the audience and led the National Anthem. In a short span of 74 years after independence, India became the second-fastest-growing economy in the world. A few of India’s many accomplishments are: one of the largest railway networks, the world’s largest milk …
The pandemic has impacted our lives in an unprecedented way. It has significantly disrupted social life and the global economy. The Urbana STEMM and EKAL youth wanted to create awareness among their peers, and at the same time keep our common areas clean and safe. Some of us, such as Azhan, Reshma, Anushka, Niharika, and Dhruv took a lead and …
Around three billion batteries are thrown away each year, in the US alone. Batteries contribute to water and air pollution on a large scale. In fact, battery waste is responsible for polluting at least 600,000 liters of water. Improper disposal of batteries fills the water with lead, mercury, arsenic, cadmium. That’s where Recycle My Battery steps in. The student-led organization …
This year was the worst year for all of us. Like a tsunami, the pandemic drowned us all from the stock market crashing, COVID-19 getting worse, people losing their jobs, and their homes. The 2020 pandemic taught us how to cherish every moment that we have together and to help others. We took these lessons and wanted to give back …
We started a local School Supply Drive to support about 290 families in Frederick, Maryland, who may struggle with finishing their back-to-school lists. Through the utilization of social media and various outreach resources, we established a system where people throughout the Urbana and Monrovia community could go to their closest drop-off location/bin or we could go to their houses to …