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Me & You is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to advocating for students from underrepresented communities and those experiencing homelessness. We partner with schools across the District, Maryland and Virginia to provide essential items and opportunities that support students in leading well-rounded lives. We work with teachers and school administrators to identify needs and mobilize fundraising efforts to meet them.
We are celebrating 10 years of supporting our community this year! Over the past decade, we have positively impacted the lives of thousands of students in the D.C. metro area. Our programs have delivered school supplies, clothing, meals, full-sized toiletry bags for students and their families, grocery store gift cards through COVID and beyond, and other items to support their lives at home. We have also provided access to technology for both in-class and virtual learning environments, and supplies for a school's community garden.
Outside of the school walls, our Experience Matters program expands learning beyond the classroom by offering students access to field trips and extracurricular activities that foster personal growth. We have provided opportunities for students to attend NBA basketball games, yoga, rock climbing, summer camps, an international learning program, and college tours.
Every year, in celebration of when we began, we come up with one ad hoc program to support outside of our regular programs. This year, we are launching two. We will be supporting a Lunar New Year celebration at a local middle school, and the Scholastic Book Fair at all participating schools.
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Me & You is a volunteer-based organization, neither its founders nor its board members receive any compensation. All proceeds raised go toward our mission.
OUR STORY
Our co-founders are Asian American females, whose families found their way to the United States decades ago in hopes of a better life. We are the children of refugees and immigrants. Some of our parents came from war torn countries, where opportunities did not exist, and where survival was the only option. Our families made their way to a foreign country with no money, no family and no grasp of the language, and made successful lives for themselves and their kids. We take those lessons with us.
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Me & You is an homage to our younger selves, to the struggles our parents went through, to the communities we grew up in, and it is hope that we can make change in our communities, and for the next generation, through our mission.
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