Hey y’all,

Yesterday was Valentine’s Day, but we want to keep the love going by impacting the lives of those in our community. That’s why our Strength Through Service program is so important. The five campaigns that are a part of Strength Through Service will allow your actions to make a lasting impact long after you’ve dedicated your time and energy to making a difference!

If you want to take action, check out these campaigns to find out how to get started: Tackle Hunger, Power to the Period, Get The Filter Out, Comeback Clothes, and 5 Cans Challenge.

Take action to strengthen your community today! We can all make a difference in some way. Our campaigns can help guide you through each step so that you can make the biggest impact! And while helping others, you'll receive a certificate for your volunteer hours AND be entered to possibly win a scholarship. Let’s make 2022 the year where we DoSomething positive and impactful.

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Join us in strengthening our communities! By participating in one of our five campaigns, you can earn volunteer credit hours and be entered for a chance to win a $1,000 scholarship!

Check out what these DoSomething members have to say about our Strength Through Service program and how they’re getting involved!

“Coming from a family with a low-income social background in a country that lacks opportunity for those who want to grow, seeing my parent's example of being those who achieved more conditions than most of my relatives, made me learn the value of life and how uncertain it is. I believe I need to contribute to the community I live in, that's why I decided to participate in this campaign, to help not only people that don't have the same opportunities as I have today but to inspire some and make the world a more fair and better place, said DoSomething member Manuela S., 15.”

DoSomething member Nathan R., 17 said, “I learned during the pandemic how difficult things could be for members of my own community. Emails would come every day from local organizations sharing food or other need requests. It made me realize how tenuously some families and individuals are living and we need to support one another. I partnered with my mom who works at a preschool and she put the basket and information in the teacher's lounge for a week. Teachers were very generous and we took these items to the Clintonville Beechwold Community Resource Center. We researched this center and found that it serves our community by offering sack lunches as well as a food pantry and has a good reputation for service in the community over 50 years.”

“When I was little, my family used to live by a recycling center,” said DoSomething member Rebecca S, 17. “They would collect the cans they used and bring them there since they got paid for it. I was raised to do that, so recycling our cans and bottles was natural to me. Now, I’m aware that recycling can help our environment, and I want to live on a planet that is still healthy and well.”

Join Manuela, Nathan, and Rebecca to make an impact on your community!

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ICYMI… Erin Jackson from Team USA became the first Black woman to win gold in Olympic speedskating!!! 🥇

Let’s Talk About… how Indigenous groups in Colombia are helping to train young people to help protect and preserve the Amazon rainforest.

Today, we’re inspired by… Mikayla Smith who uses ASL to make her weather reports more accessible on TV She’s a college student at Oklahoma University and is also using her platform as a meteorologist to make a difference!! We love to see it!

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Smile Train, the world’s largest cleft-focused organization is looking to grant a $5k scholarship to two cleft-affected American high school seniors as a part of their College Scholarship Program. The application is open until May 13, 2022. Interested students will fill out the application (scroll towards the bottom of the page) and write a short essay on their academic achievements, extracurricular activities, and how being cleft-affected has impacted their lives. More about the scholarship criteria here.