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Maryland's Special Needs Students Need Your Help

Tax deductible
According to the 2019 Kirwan Commission’s independent report, Maryland needed to invest $3.9 Billion into the school system due to a lack of resources. Special needs students have not fully realized these funds and continue to struggle. With COVID-19, there was an even greater need to support the families of special needs students due to a lack of in-person instruction and resources to support continuous learning at home.


Hi, I am Akhil, ambassador of Arts-n-STEM4Hearts, and Youth Leader Champion of YSA/Hillshire Snacked. I am leading a project that supports Sustainable Development Goal (SDG4)- Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.

What most students like me take for granted is very hard for special needs students to achieve. Witnessing firsthand students in special needs schools practice life essential skills was challenging, but it was even harder to see them lacking proper resources. With your help, we can change the situation one school (Longview) at a time, helping special needs students get their desperately-needed resources.




  • YSA believes that youth, communities, and our democracy thrive when we all work together for the common good.
  • YSA is a leading global nonprofit that activates young people, ages 5-25, to find their voice, take action, and acquire powerful civic and 21st Century skills as they solve problems facing their communities.
  • YSA supports its activation campaigns with grants, training and resources, and recognition programs for young people and their adult champions.
  • Youth-led projects use Awareness, Service, Advocacy, and Philanthropy (ASAP) strategies to create social and environmental change.


Your help of any dollar amount is very much appreciated and totally tax deductable!

Thank you!

Fundraising team (4)

Akhil Kumar
Organizer
Germantown, MD
Arts-n-STEM4Hearts Foundation
Beneficiary
Mukesh Kumar
Team member
Ruchika Nijhara
Team member
Sarah Starr
Team member

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