PURE Youth Jersey City
Jersey City, NJ
PURE Youth, a leadership program, specifically aims to facilitate discussion and awareness of the impact that education has on society through numerous projects and fundraising. PURE Youth also supports projects from all program areas and causes PURE champions which gives the ambassadors an opportunity to understand the depth and breadth of the issue, solution and impact on the lives they are helping change.
The Jersey City PURE Youth Chapter was started in June 2021, during the COVID -19 pandemic, a time when the world learned the power of real heroes, and the importance of helping others. This is what led two high school students to gather a team of six ambassadors, who would donate their time and mind to this cause. This all-girl chapter’s first project was a virtual bingo night, where they raised money for vulnerable people in the Masaka region of Uganda. This money helped young women and girls gain the vocational skills needed to become financially and economically independent. They then started a project where they donated many supplies to a local old age home and an Afghan Refugee Center. The chapter’s ultimate goal is to help as many people as possible, making our world better little by little.
Projects
2021-2022
Summer Project
A virtual Bingo Night to help CCFU support vulnerable people in the Masaka region of Uganda.
Fall
Sold boxes of sweets during Diwali, to donate blankets, activity books, and diamond painting kits to Peace Care St.Josephs, and South Asian foods for the residents. of the Afghan Refugee Camp Welcome Home Jersey City.
Project 3:
We sold Valentine’s day goody bags to raise money for Pure Femme. We received a great response from the donors, who enjoyed the gifts, and were very happy to be able to spread happiness and help those in need.
Project 4:
For our spring project, we collected old and new sneakers, which we donated to the gotsneakers organization,who were able to properly dispose and recycle them. We also received funds for our donation and were able to use those funds to support PURE Femme.
Project 5:
We partnered with & pizza, a local pizza place in Jersey City to help support Pure Femme. We invited people to buy form & pizza and help us raise funds.
Project 6:
We held several online workshops in honor of Mother’s Day. We offered both poetry/ creative writing and arts and crafts workshops, where participants were able to create fun and unique surprises for their mothers.
Project 7:
We held a bake sale in our ambassadors’ residential buildings, where we sold brownies. It was a wonderful door to door selling experience, and we quickly sold out of the baked goods! We made over 300+ in profits to donate towards the PURE Femme project.
Project 8:
We held summer workshops with selections of yoga,arts and crafts,crocheting,creative writing, and molding ganesha. The classes were enjoyed by the students and were a great experience for the participating ambassadors!
Project 9:
On 9/11, the Jersey City chapter extended their gratitude to the police department by bringing them donuts and refreshments.
Project 10:
The Jersey City chapter held a halloween bake sale. We baked Halloween themed brownies and cookies , for which we received pre-orders and sold them door to door. We followed this up with several other bake sales in our community.
Awards, recognition, and special contribution
Directors received Silver Presidential Awards.
Team
2020-2021
Directors: Ashna Singh and Prisha Malhotra
Ambassadors: Sanjana Nanduru, Vinaya Vittal, Aryaa Karande, Suhani Gupta
2021-2022
Directors: Ashna Singh and Prisha Malhotra
Ambassadors: Sanjana Nanduru, Vinaya Vittal, Aryaa Karande, Suhani Gupta
2022-2023
Directors: Ashna Singh and Prisha Malhotra
Ambassadors: Sanjana Nanduru, Vinaya Vittal, Aryaa Karande, Suhani Gupta, Raghav Patil, Advit Singh
