YEP celebrates first 2 grants to nonprofits

Students grant $10,000 to local organizations

  • Receiving their certificates for completing their first year in Youth Engaged in Philanthropy are, from left, Keelan Phillips, Jake Cattau, Piper Oswald, Kash Majerus, Macy Miller, Bryce Joseph, Morgan Calkins, Parker Smith, Jasmine Hansen, Kennedy Kleinschmidt and Emma Ellis-Sack.
    Receiving their certificates for completing their first year in Youth Engaged in Philanthropy are, from left, Keelan Phillips, Jake Cattau, Piper Oswald, Kash Majerus, Macy Miller, Bryce Joseph, Morgan Calkins, Parker Smith, Jasmine Hansen, Kennedy Kleinschmidt and Emma Ellis-Sack.
The students of Youth Engaged in Philanthropy (YEP) celebrated their first annual grant and capstone ceremony Sunday afternoon by presenting $5,000 grants to both the Banister Leadership Academy in Aurora and the Hampton Public School Foundation. Hamilton Community Foundation Outreach and YEP coordinator Lori Thiele introduced the ceremony as a time to recognize the 12 students who were the…

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