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Karma for Cara Microgrants help fund exceptional service projects led by youth 18 and under working to better their communities. Read about our microgrant recipient, Samantha, a 16-year-old who created Snack Sacks. Snack Sacks provides children who qualify for free or reduced lunch programs with food over the weekend.

1. What inspired you to start “Snack Sacks”?

Last year, in working in the drama production Annie with local elementary school Golden Springs Elementary, I saw a young Golden Springs student stuff three or four bags of Animal Crackers in his backpack….

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Karma for Cara Microgrants help fund exceptional service projects led by youth 18 and under working to better their communities. Read about our microgrant recipient, Jai, a 7-year-old who organized a group of volunteers to help maintain a large, historical property in his town.

1. What inspired to start this project?  

My grandma said it was good to help other people who need help.  The owner of the property can’t take care of the land anymore and she helped a lot of people in the community so we should help her now….