SHS Students Form SEEDS Club to Work With Low-Income High Achieving Students

The following information was provided by SEEDS.

Launched this fall, several students founded a SEEDS Club to do fundraising and volunteer projects to support New Jersey SEEDS (www.njseeds.org). SEEDS is a nonprofit that works with motivated, high-achieving students from low-income families and transforms educational opportunities. Our three programs serve 5^th, 6^th, 8^th, and 10^th-12^thgraders in various regions across the state.

Since launching the club, the students have hosted a fundraiser at Bar Method, where they raised $500. In addition to the nearly additional $1,000 they have raised through other fundraising efforts, the students are hoping to have a bake sale in mid-April.

On March 22, the SEEDS club hosted a cooking class for elementary school girls. They raised $300 which they hope to use toward sponsoring a “Breakfast Brigade” for our Young Scholars Program and a general donation back to SEEDS. 

The students put together a letter for the parents of the elementary school students who attended and also shared a few talking points that they used to explain SEEDS to the students.

In addition to the nearly additional $1,000 they have raised through other fundraising efforts, the students are hoping to have a bake sale in mid-April and host a cooking class for several elementary school girls who live in their communities.