My name is Audrey Watson, and I was a camper at YEA Camp this past summer. I’m volunteering my time coordinating the efforts of the Sunrise hub in my community, a chapter of the global Sunrise Movement, which is a youth movement dedicated to stopping the climate crisis while providing a just transition for everyone. I’ll also be working on a new nonprofit organization that I co-founded with my friend: New Jersey Students for Sustainable Schools. This organization will work to help empower youth and guide them to use their voices in order to make their schools more sustainable and environmentally friendly. Please consider making a donation to support YEA Camp, a camp for young activists that really helped me find my voice and work on causes I care about!
Want to learn more about YEA Camp? YEA Camp is a social justice leadership camp that trains aspiring activists to make a bigger difference on causes they care about. Over the past decade, we've trained nearly 1,000 people to get more active in their communities and to take action to make our world a better place. While some organizations raise funds by running a 5K or selling cookies, YEA Camp wanted to do something mission-driven that encourages people to get more involved in activism and to celebrate it in community. That's why you're here, reading about our first ever Volunteer-a-Thon!
Why is this so important? YEA Camp granted financial aid to 51 of the 100 participants at camp this summer, including 17 who received full scholarships, and 8 who paid between $1-100. We funded $66,400 worth of financial aid for all of these amazing humans to be able to attend. This was only possible thanks to the support of donations to the YEA Camp scholarship fund. Your donation makes it possible for YEA Camp to say yes to just as many or more aspiring activists wanting to come to camp next year.
Thank you so much for your support!