AYFEEO--Finalist in the @15 Community Impact Challenge

Introducing AYFEEO from Bellevue, WA. AYFEEO is one of the 15 finalists in the @15 Community Impact Challenge.




Inspired by the realization that not every child has access to the basic school supplies necessary for education and desiring to give back to their community, AYFEEO is comprised of high school students who run back-to-school supply drives to ensure that every child in the Greater Bellevue area – impoverished or not – has an equal, fair opportunity to learn and succeed in school. Locally, AYFEEO hopes to grow to completely supply elementary school children in the Greater Bellevue Area, and internationally, they hope to fund teaching salaries and school supplies in Guatemalan villages. Since its founding this past summer, AYFEEO was able to supply about 100 local elementary students and donate supplies and $750 to the Guatemalan village of Sarstun.




If selected as a Challenge recipient, AYFEEO would expand their organization by including members of other middle and high schools within their school district. By expanding to encompass every major high school in our district, we would be able to include and involve more of our peers in creating change within our community and abroad. As a result of having multiple “chapters” with separate budgets, AYFEEO would be able to hold multiple simultaneous drives and fundraisers as opposed to being able to hold a single drive at a time. With the increased funds, AYFEEO could not only raise more awareness locally about the need for equal educational opportunities and collect more supplies, but they could also broaden their efforts internationally and pay for a teacher’s salary in Sarstun for a year












Between March 15-April 2, 2010, you get to decide which five of the 15 finalist teams of young social entrepreneurs will each receive $5,000 and which five teams will receive $1,500 each to expand their local ventures. So be sure to cast your vote on at15 between March 15 - April 2, 2010.