17-year old microgrant recipient Anya from Pennsylvania used her award to launch an ongoing summer camp through STEM You Can! an organization that offers free science programs to encourage girls to join STEM fields. Anya is in the process of training eight female peers at her high school to bring the camp to new locations including Illinois and Indiana. Each peer volunteer will commit about 20 hours to volunteering in order to run the camp.

Karma for Cara Foundation awards microgrants to youths 18 years of age and younger who spearhead exceptional service projects in their communities. 14-year-old microgrant recipient Angelina’s project, Soaps for Floats, was a one-day fundraising event in which people donated soap bars, body wash, laundry detergent, dish soap, and other toiletry products in exchange for an ice cream float. Event attendees were also able to purchase the ice cream floats with money in lieu of a soap donation. The money raised was donated to a local food pantry, and all donated items were distributed to low-income individuals who were unable to purchase these specific items with food stamps.

Karma for Cara Foundation awards microgrants to youths 18 years of age and younger who spearhead exceptional service projects in their communities. Mackenzie & volunteers with her nonprofit Code Read spread a love of reading and provide kids in low-income communities with books of their own at home. Code Read partners with schools, and students earn “book bucks” from teachers for good behavior which they can then use to purchase books from Code Read.