A youth-led program where students explore social issues, engage in service, and collectively decide how to allocate program funds to support a selected community cause.

• Demonstrate youth leadership by shaping program initiatives
• Apply advocacy skills to address community needs and causes
• Explore social service career pathways through guest speakers
• Participate in a culminating family-inclusive recognition ceremony

Audience: Grades 6–12, college students, youth groups, faith communities

Participants take on roles of individuals navigating a month with limited financial resources, making decisions around housing, food, employment, and unexpected expenses.

• Develop empathy through realistic financial and emotional challenges
• Practice budgeting and trade-off decision-making under constraint
• Recognize personal assumptions and biases related to poverty
• Identify ways to support and advocate for vulnerable communities

Audience: General community, teens, college students, families, businesses

Participants learn the Japanese art of repairing pottery with gold, exploring themes of healing, transformation, and personal growth through hands-on creative practice.

• Understand Kintsugi philosophy — imperfection as beauty and resilience
• Apply basic Kintsugi techniques to repair a ceramic piece
• Explore personal challenges through guided reflective practice
• Develop self-compassion by reframing setbacks as sources of growth

Audience: Schools, faith communities, businesses, community groups

Prepares individuals to respond effectively to life-threatening emergencies. Covers CPR, AED use, choking management, and team-based rescue for adults, children, and infants.

• Perform high-quality CPR for adults, children, and infants as single rescuer or team member 
• Use an AED safely and relieve foreign body airway obstructions 
• Demonstrate effective team dynamics during multi-rescuer resuscitation 
• Earn 2-year BLS certification via written and hands-on skills evaluation

Audience: Healthcare professionals, first responders, caregivers, teachers, school staff

Guests draw tickets assigning them to different income levels and receive meals reflecting that reality—a powerful glimpse into inequities related to food and resources.

• Experience unequal resource distribution firsthand 
• Understand hunger’s connection to systemic social and economic factors 
• Engage in meaningful dialogue about fairness and global disparities 
• Feel motivated to address hunger and inequality in the community

Audience: Schools, faith communities, businesses, community groups