Projects

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Prajakta Uday Tambadkar

Mumbai, India: Helping Young Boys in my Community Quit Smoking

Creating awareness and inspiring young boys from my community to make better choices in life
Gulafsha Kamrulhodda Ansari

Mumbai, India: Giving Girls a Chance to Play

Empowering girls through the medium of Sport, in my home in Mumbai, India. Getting girls out of their community and giving them a change to play.
Emma Blackwell

Bringing Halloween to the Homeless

Halloween is a “kids’ holiday,” so, I made it the center of my project. Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. I wanted to help kids who might otherwise miss out on the fun. I collected 100 costumes and distributed them to families in need through the Interfaith Council for Homeless Families...
Maryssa Beare

Operation Save Second Base: Breast Cancer Awareness

Both my grandmas battled and thankfully won against breast cancer,so awareness is very personal to me.Teenagers don’t realize the importance of early detection,so I thought,“How better to reach them than a good t-shirt?” I planned to sell shirts at the start of the school year.However,I was...
Julia Donati

Give Me Five For Supplies

My project gave underprivileged kids involved in HOW (Housing Opportunities for Women) resources and supplies for the upcoming year. I couldn't solve homelessness, but I could help. I gave kids what they needed to succeed with over $1200 and 5 bags of school supplies by getting lots of people...
Erin Barry

Soles for Souls: 1000 underprivileged Haitians receive shoes for Christmas

After deciding that I would collect shoes for the people of Montrouis,Haiti, I passionately spoke to the students and parishioners of St. Patrick's to inform them of the tremendous need for shoes. Starting the next day, I received boatloads if shoes. I was in shock with the immediate and...
Michayla Herr Kayla Keck

Project Passback

Our Choose To Matter Project was a project to help kids who want to play soccer but cannot afford the proper equipment to participate in the sport. We helped collect and donate equipment for these kids.
Rachel Glenn

Soccer Sisters

I want to get the girls in the soccer program at my high school to help younger soccer players by being mentors to them. Having older girls work with the younger soccer players will help the confidence of the younger girls, will help them to become better players, and will keep girls involved in...
Julia Kenney

Lending A Hand for the Holidays

My "Choose To Matter" project was running a holiday gift drive for the YWCA Evanston/North Shore domestic violence shelter.
Andrea Stonehouse

Friends of the Poor

I planned on getting my friends and family to help me wash cars at my church. The funds raised will go towards buying prenatal vitamins for a nutrition clinic in Tamahu, Guatemala, funded by a non-profit organization called Friends of the Poor Inc. that my family has been involved with for many...

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Puma and Eurosport are proud providers of the 2nd and 3rd place prizes for the JFSLA Choose to Matter Contest!

Second place winner (in each of the four categories) will receive a $500 Puma shopping spree via Eurosport.

Third place winner (in each of the four categories) will received a $250 Puma shopping spree via Eurosport.