Gizelle

Rise Up For Youth student, Gizelle, received a $500 mini-grant from Youth Service America (YSA) to plan and execute a community service project. She said of her project:
"My project was giving people cleaning products like Lysol Clorox wipes bleach; I also put in other things that people could use. I chose to do this project because I saw that the prices of products kept increasing and I knew that not everybody could afford this. So I got products that are commonly used to disinfect/clean. The project went pretty well! I was not expecting so many people to come because of the rain and snow, but a lot of people did show up. Everybody was so grateful to get something and it felt nice that people appreciated the work I put into this."

Gizelle's Youth Champion, S'ambrosia, added, "[Gizelle's project] went really well today. She probably won't say it, but she added some of her own money to the YSA grant to make sure she could buy enough products for people. She made a big sacrifice and definitely deserves recognition!"

YSA is a nationwide nonprofit that seeks to increase volunteering and civic engagement opportunities for young people. As part of their work, they created the Youth Service Zone program to fund communities across the country in their efforts to increase youth volunteerism and build up youth leadership.

Great job, Gizelle, and thank you for Rising Up for our community!