State: Georgia Field: Arts & Cultural Aw ...	The Children's Bilingual Theater The Children's Bilingual Theater is committed to bridging the language and cultural gaps in our community through the theatre arts and is dedicated to giving a diverse group of young people the theatre experience while offering the benefits of confidence and public speaking in a bilingual setti . . .   Read more
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State: D.C. Field: Arts & Cultural Aw ...	Inner Vision Inner Vision is based on three principles: See, Think, and Act. Youth are encouraged to look around their communities and “See” different incidents. Youth then “Think” about the source of issues that surround them. Youth then “Act” on their surroundings based upon their observations and their consid . . .   Read more
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State: D.C. Field: Arts & Cultural Aw ...	DreamCity DreamCity is an arts organization based in the nation’s capital that focuses on harnessing the voices, ideas, and dreams of young adults in the D.C Metropolitan area. We utilize the arts to empower our communities from within by instilling financial literacy and educational self- reliance withi . . .   Read more
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State: Massachusetts Field: Arts & Cultural Aw ...	Nature's Den "Natures Den" is an outdoor classroom for music, art, and theatre performances and other educational activities including play and recreation. Here at Leominster High and Center for Technology, our Venture has combined nature, art, and science studies and reached out to the community. Previously . . .   Read more
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State: New Hampshire Field: Arts & Cultural Aw ...	Rhythm & Rhymes Records Our venture is trying to break cultural boundaries with our talents in music. We want to bring our diverse population together. We've noticed that some people aren't very accepting and we want to change that. We want to expose other cultures and have people from different backgrounds join together a . . .   Read more
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State: California Field: Community Educatio ...	Latino Youth for Community Preparedness Our venture idea is to educate our community in ways that they can protect themselves and loved ones in the event of a natural disaster or in an emergency situation. Our focus would be to provide bilingual (Spanish and English) first aid and disaster preparedness trainings. We want to help people re . . .   Read more
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State: New York Field: Community Educatio ...	Get Right Get Right will work to ameliorate the iniquities that exist in today's legal system. Observing that too often, low-income citizens who are accused of crimes receive sub-par legal representation without any further help, we believe that addressing the topical problem without treating the underlying c . . .   Read more
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State: Louisiana Field: Education	All 4 U A venture that sells school supplies and snacks. The school supplies are items that are normally required in all schools. Having school supplies available up on demand insure that they will be purchase for classroom assignments and homework. . . .   Read more
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State: Florida Field: Education	Bridge Education Bridge Education is a non-profit organization completely led by students that provides high quality SAT preparation and college counseling services to students with demonstrated need. Our tutors work one on one with students to meet their unique needs. By preparing students for life after high schoo . . .   Read more
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State: California Field: Education	My Own Book Our venture is designed to give books to low income children who may not normally have access to books. We visit k-3rd grade classrooms and read the children a short story. Next we tell them about storytimes at the library and how easy it is to get a library card. Then, we lay out an assortme . . .   Read more
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State: South Carolina Field: Education	Operation Backpack "Operation Backpack" is a project geared to help elementary school students with achieveing academic success. My "Cream Team," if you will, provides backpacks filled with school supplies to students that do not already have them so that they are at equal advantage of excelling academically as . . .   Read more
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State: New York Field: Education	Write-Share-Learn-Care Write-Share-Learn-Care, a new initiative of H.O.P.E. (Helping Orphans Pursue Education), which raises money for orphanages around the world, including India and Sudan, is a pen-pal program that connects young Americans to children at these orphanages. The program aims to improve literacy and f . . .   Read more
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State: Texas Field: Education	Generation Education Generation Education is an organization dedicated to promoting education for children in need. We give school supplies and other educational gifts to children living in youth shelters. We also mentor them and help them discover their interests so that they can continue their education and impac . . .   Read more
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State: New York Field: Education	Extreme Entrepreneurship Education , LLC Extreme Entrepreneurship Education, LLC (www.extremee.org) is a media and education company dedicated to helping college students plan, prioritize, and pursue their own vision in life by utilizing the entrepreneurial mindset. We accomplish our mission through our events and speaking, books, and onli . . .   Read more
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State: Missouri Field: Education	Kansas City Wall of Fame and Shame As teenagers, who respect ourselves, we noticed that there is a serious problem with retailers marketing alcohol, other drugs and bad choices to teenagers. As proud Youth Service members, The Wall of Fame and Shame campaign was designed to alert our communities to what retail stores sell to our yout . . .   Read more
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State: New York Field: Education	Promoting Immigrant Voices in Education Our purpose is to further immigrant parents' awareness of their rights to translation and interpretation services in NYC public schools, in order to provide greater opportunities for meaningful involvement in their children's education. Through collaboration with individual schools, we hold communi . . .   Read more
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State: New York Field: Education	Team H.O.P.E. We are the Haven of Opportunities for Progress in Education (H.O.P.E.). H.O.P.E.'s mission is to enhance the lives of elementary school children who have been affected by domestic violence and who, therefore, live in shelters. Our team is composed of students from the Opportunity Programs at NYU. Th . . .   Read more
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State: New York Field: Education	Redemption, Inc. Redemption, Inc. is a community-based non-profit organization serving disadvantaged and underserved youth ages 13-19 within marginalized communities in urban areas. Redemption encourages the educational advancement of youth by promoting intergenerational learning, community involvement, and self-adv . . .   Read more
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State: New York Field: Environment	Garden Angels Our venture Garden Angels, a youth-run organization transformed an abandoned, trash-filled vacant park into a community garden. Garden Angels also paints murals throughout the community, organizes poetry readings and chess tournaments, and works to increase awareness about youth issues and env . . .   Read more
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State: California Field: Environment	Mission Recycling Committee The Mission Recycling Committee (MRC) adds to the efforts of improving the environment by advocating recycling. The focus is to establish a long lasting recycling program, to encourage recycling, and to spread recycling awareness to every student at the school. At Mission High, there is a requirem . . .   Read more
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State: California Field: Health	Running for a Reason Running for a Reason is a school-based club that combines non-competitive running and support for children receiving hospice care through Hospice of the Valley. The club is composed of teen runners and fundraisers and elite coaches. We meet weekly and have two raffle/bakesale events during each scho . . .   Read more
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State: California Field: Health	Simply Pure Water Our Venture aims to turn the disease-ridden water on which countless African lives depend, into potable drinking water. Many filtration systems can purify this water; however, the cost and complexity of these methods make them impractical for use in Africa. To be useful, a filtration system woul . . .   Read more
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State: California Field: Health	Umurima Garden Project Rwanda Our vision is to provide sustainable nutritional independence for HIV+ women through a unique combination of education, training, food production, and community support. In August Umurima gardens will foster supportive communities for HIV positive mothers, engaging them in ongoing discussions . . .   Read more
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State: Colorado Field: Health	Kinard Hats for the Homeless Kinard Hats for the Homeless is a venture dedicated to making good quality hats and scarves for those in our community who are less fourtunate then we are. During lunch and study hall, seventh, eighth, and ninth graders come together to work on cutting, sewing, and packageing hats and scarves. Our . . .   Read more
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