Examples of Grassroots Volunteer Campaigns
Annie Wignall started her own organization at age eleven, called Care Bags Foundation. It provided some basic items like toothbrushes and age-appropriate games and books, to disadvantaged, homeless, or abused kids. Local agencies distributed the bags to eighty towns, all over her state of Iowa.
Joshua Marcus was the CEO of his own company at age fourteen. He started Sack it to You! which raised $250,000 to purchase school supplies and backpacks for needy students in Boca Raton, Florida.
Eleven-year-old Stacey Hillman read an article in the newspaper about the dangers police dogs face, and how there were bullet-proof vests available for the dogs but the police department could not afford them. She started Pennies to Protect Dogs. In two years Stacey's organization raised over $100,000 — which was enough for bulletproof vests for 158 K-9 dogs.
Zachary Ebers came up with the idea for Breakfast Bonanza at age fourteen. His organization collected over 5,000 boxes of cereal for food pantries all over St. Louis, Missouri.
Twelve-year old Charlie Shufeldt, of Atlanta, Georgia, and his friends Owen Boger and Josh Silfen, founded Free Bytes, an organization that collects used computer equipment. They donate the equipment to non-profit organizations who can't afford to buy it new, and then high school students volunteer to restore the equipment for its new owners."