…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, Devin. Devin started the Pleasantville Community Garden in 2014. Using land at St. John’s Episcopal Church and the help of close to 100 volunteers, they grew 500 pounds of fresh produce for local food pantries in their first year.  

1. What inspired you to create the Pleasantville Community Garden?
When I was 11 years old I was doing research when I found that 1 in 5 people in Westchester County are affected by hunger.

Karma for Cara Microgrants help fund exceptional service projects led by youth 18 and under working to better their communities. Read about our microgrant recipients Lydia, Gabrielle, Brooke and Emma from Girl Scout Cadette Troop 777.  The girls built two little libraries to increase access to books for students at Oak Hill Elementary school.

1. What inspired to start this project?

Lydia Coleman, Gabrielle Eastwood, Brooke Peterman, and Emma Nations, all 8th graders (2015-2016 school year) in Girl Scout Cadette Troop 777, wanted to work on a project that benefits the school community at Oak Hill Elementary School in Austin, TX….

…Karma for Cara Microgrants help fund exceptional service projects led by youth 18 and under working to better their communities. Read about our microgrant recipients, Ray and Rose. Ray and Rose founded the “Little Mozart Program” which provides free piano lessons to underprivileged children in their community.

1. What inspired to start this project?  
 After completing the highest level of piano exam offered by the Royal School of Music, both of us looked back on our entire piano experience and realized that while achievements like awards are good and all, we had achieved nothing.