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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, Sabrina. Sabrina founded “Artful Start”, which provides art program to children who have special needs.

1. What inspired you to start “Artful Start”?
I was inspired to found Artful Start after volunteering at Camp CAMP, a sleep-away camp for children with special needs. At CAMP, I learned about the many problems that people with special needs face in society.

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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, Grace, an 11-year-old who organized the sewing of curtains for the new transitional housing at the YWCA in her community.

1. What inspired to start this project?

I was really interested in sewing because of sewing camps at Wheeling Country Day School and my mom was on the board at YWCA….

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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, Kaitlyn, a 14-year-old who created healthy treats for dogs at the Paws and Think Shelter.  The treats will be used during the Youth Canine Program, where students who are struggling academically and behaviorally in school learn to train dogs.

1. What inspired you to start “Treats for Training?”

At school, I got to choose which elective class I wanted to take, and I thought learning how to write a grant would be a useful skill….