N O N - P R O F I T S C R E AT E D B Y C O L L E G E S T U D E N T S

K A T H A R I N E D I A N E M C C A L L U M

N O T O N LY A R E Y O U A D J U S T I N G T O T H E I D E A O F B E I N G “ O N Y O U R O W N ” B U T Y O U ’ R E A L S O B A L A N C I N G Y O U R N O W - B O U N D L E S S S O C I A L L I F E W I T H S C H O O L W O R K A N D C L A S S E S , V O L U N T E E R I N G , S P O R T S A N D E X E R C I S E , A N D A J O B O R W O R K S T U D Y P R O G R A M . A L L W H I L E D O I N G Y O U R O W N L A U N D R Y A N D D I S H E S !

C O L L E G E C A N B E T O U G H

C O L L E G E S T U D E N T S A R E S O M E H O W F I N D I N G T I M E T O R A I S E A W A R E N E S S F O R S K I N C A N C E R , T E A C H C H I L D R E N I N N I G E R I A H O W T O U S E C O M P U T E R S , A N D F E E D T H E H O M E L E S S I N B E T W E E N E N G L I S H L I T. M I D T E R M S A N D H O M E C O M I N G G A M E S !

H O W E V E R

– B O N O

“When the story of these times gets written, we want it to say that we did all we could, and it was

more than anyone could have imagined.”

L E T ’ S TA K E A L O O K AT S O M E A W E S O M E N O N -P R O F I T O R G A N I Z AT I O N S T H AT W E R E S TA R T E D B Y S O M E I N S P I R I N G P E O P L E D U R I N G T H E I R U N D E R G R A D U AT E Y E A R S

H AV E Y O U E V E R S AT I N Y O U R C A M P U S D I N I N G H A L L A N D M A R V E L E D AT A L L T H E F O O D T H E Y H AV E ? H AV E Y O U E V E R W O N D E R E D H O W M U C H P R O B A B LY G O E S U N E AT E N AT T H E E N D O F T H E D AY ?

B E N S I M O N T H O U G H T A B O U T T H I S W H I L E H E W A S A S T U D E N T AT T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M A R Y L A N D , A N D S A W I T A S A N I N J U S T I C E .

A N D S O , I N 2 0 1 1 , H E F O U N D E D T H E F O O D R E C O V E R Y N E T W O R K .

F O O D R E C O V E R Y N E T W O R K

– B E N S I M O N

“Huge amounts of leftover food from campus dining halls and sports events were being thrown away. At the same time, one in eight people in the D.C. area were struggling with hunger, not to mention that the food from the UMD dining halls was sitting

in landfills, contributing to global warming,”

Now with chapters from Maine to Seattle, the Food Recovery Network operates in a way that allows students to volunteer while also giving back to their community. Each night, as participating campus dining

halls close, student volunteers pick up donated leftover food that would have normally been thrown out. The food is then brought to nearby shelters and food banks.

Registered as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, the Food Recovery Network has also received social entrepreneurship awards, outside seed money, and has expanded to numerous academic institutions across

the country. They’ve also started a partnership with select private restaurants who donate leftover food to feed those in need.

PAT I E N T 9 F O U N D AT I O N

In 2010, Cole Winarick was a freshman at the University of Delaware while his father began undergoing an experimental treatment for his melanoma. Cole’s father was the ninth patient in his phase of the clinical trial being conducted at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, inspiring the name behind the non-profit.

T H E M O S T D A N G E R O U S F O R M O F S K I N C A N C E R , A N D A F T E R C O L E ’ S FAT H E R W A S D I A G N O S E D , H E R E A L I Z E D T H E D I S E A S E W A S S I G N I F I C A N T LY U N D E R F U N D E D . PAT I E N T 9 F O U N D AT I O N PA R T N E R E D W I T H T H E D E L A W A R E C O M M U N I T Y F O U N D AT I O N , A N D T O G E T H E R T H E Y W O R K T O R A I S E B O T H F U N D S A N D A W A R E N E S S F O R T H O S E L I V I N G W I T H M E L A N O M A , S K I N C A N C E R , A N D O T H E R R E L AT E D D I S E A S E S . C O L E P L A N S T O A L L O C AT E M O N E Y R A I S E D T O C R E AT E A M E L A N O M A R E S E A R C H G R A N T “ S O T H AT M Y FAT H E R ’ S E X P E R I M E N TA L T R E AT M E N T M AY H AV E A H I G H E R R E M I S S I O N A N D / O R C U R E R AT E A N D A LT O G E T H E R S AV E L I V E S . ”

T H E R E I S N O C U R E F O R M E L A N O M A

M E L A N O M A I N S K I N C E L L S

W H E N K E E F E R TAY L O R , O L AT U N D E O L AT U N J I , A N D Z A C H C O R R E A G R A D U AT E D F R O M T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F R I C H M O N D I N 2 0 1 3 , T H E Y W E R E R U N N I N G A N O N - P R O F I T O R G A N I Z AT I O N W H I C H H E L P E D T O E D U C AT E C H I L D R E N I N N I G E R I A T O B E T E C H N O L O G I C A L LY L I T E R AT E .

I N S P I R E D B Y O L AT U N J I ’ S C H I L D H O O D I N N I G E R I A , H E W A N T E D T O F I N D A W AY T O G I V E B A C K T O H I S H O M E , F I R S T H O P I N G T O B U I L D A S C H O O L , B U T W A S N ’ T S U R E H O W. A F T E R TAY L O R A N D C O R R E A J O I N E D F O R C E S W I T H O L AT U N J I , T H E Y R E A L I Z E D T H E R E W A S O N E T H I N G T H AT U N I T E D T H E T H R E E : T H E I R PA S S I O N F O R C O M P U T E R S A N D M A J O R S R O O T E D I N T E C H N O L O G I C A L L I T E R A C Y.

C O S N I G E R I A

TA P P I N G I N T O T H E I R S T R E N G T H S , T H E Y D E C I D E D C O S N I G E R I A PA R T N E R E D W I T H T H E I L E S A G R A M M A R S C H O O L I N I L E S A , N I G E R I A ,

A N D H AV E R A I S E D F U N D S T O S E N D C O M P U T E R S , H A R D W A R E , S O F T W A R E , A N D S C H O O L S U P P L I E S T O T H E S C H O O L , A S W E L L A S

C O N N E C T I N G T H E S T U D E N T S T O T E C H N O L O G I C A L LY L I T E R AT E T E A C H E R S .

“I grew up in a household that could not afford to send me to a high dollar soccer camp over the

summer, and at an early age I was able to recognize that this money was put away towards

other important necessities. I figured I would take the matter into my own hands, do my part to solve the hunger and soccer problem in my hometown,

and at the same time do something I love: teaching children soccer,”

– G A B R I E L W H A L E Y, F O U N D E R O F K I C K I N G 4 S O C C E R .

During his undergraduate years at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Whaley wanted to find a way to nurture children’s athletic potential without financial restrictions. He created Kicking4Hunger in 2006, which provides “a fun and educational soccer experience free of charge” and instead all they suggest, instead of payment (or even a registration fee) is a canned good donation to be sent to local food banks.

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T O L E A R N M O R E , V I S I T K A T H A R I N E D I A N E M C C A L L U M ’ S V O L U N T E E R I N G B L O G A T