New Youth Philanthropy Boards Selected in Each County
High school students will award $35,000 in grants to nonprofits
Fifty-three high school seniors, juniors and sophomores will experience the triumphs and challenges of being philanthropists this year through the Delaware Community Foundation’s Youth Philanthropy Boards (YPBs).
The YPBs include students from public, private and parochial schools. The DCF gives the New Castle County student board $15,000 and the Kent and Sussex County student boards $10,000 each to award to local charities. The students work together to choose a focus area, solicit and review grant applications, conduct site visits and decide how to distribute the money to have the greatest impact.
Grant applications will be available at delcf.org/grants in early December and will be due in January.
“The Youth Philanthropy Board program does more than give kids the chance to make a difference,” DCF President & CEO Stuart Comstock-Gay said. “It gets them out into the community to experience firsthand the impact their work has on people’s lives.”
This year’s participants are:
Kent County
Michael Blose, senior, Dover High School
Nick Crawford, senior, Smyrna High School
Josh Donophan, senior, Lake Forest High School
Brenna Geidel, senior, Caesar Rodney High School
Samra Iqbal, senior, Caesar Rodney High School
Puiyee Kong, senior, Casear Rodney High School
Justin Lunn, junior, Lake Forest High School
Jordyn McFadden, senior, Smyrna High School
Melissa Mesidor, senior, Milford High School
Mekayla Petion, junior, Calvary Christian Academy
Matthew Sacks, senior, Milford High School
Chloe Spinoza, junior, Dover High School
Aleah Truitt, junior, Polytech High School
New Castle County
Nana Aboagye, sophomore, Mt. Pleasant High School
Michaela Acheampong, sophomore, Howard High School
Gabriella Adams, junior, Ursuline Academy
Lauren Bolarinwa, sophomore, Tower Hill School
Camryn Brost, junior, Cab Calloway School of the Arts
Chazz Chamblee, sophomore, homeschool
Ava Courtney, senior, Archmere Academy
Joshua Green, senior, Tatnall School
Samantha Harrington, junior, St. George’s Technical School
Jamie Marshall, senior, Appoquinimink High School
Temitayo Oshatola, senior, Middletown High School
Izzy Paris, senior, St. Andrew’s School
Naiya Patel, junior, Charter School of Wilmington
Evan Quigley, senior, Salesianum School
Deepak Rana, senior, Freire Charter School of Wilmington
Arnav Sehgal, junior, St. Andrew’s School
Abigail Stone, senior, Delaware Valley Classical School
Avery Zwickert, senior, St. Mark’s High School
Sussex County
Martina Ambrosino, senior, Seaford High School
Mirta Angel-Gabriel, senior, Laurel High School
Abby Betts, senior, Cape Henlopen High School
Vicky Chan, senior, Indian River High School
Daykhi Conquest-Carey, senior, Sussex Central High School
Claire Eden, junior, Delmarva Christian High School
Michael Fagundes-Rocha, senior, Sussex Central High School
Christian Hodges, senior, Delmarva Christian High School
Taylor Jenkins, senior, Seaford High School
Chelsea Littleton, junior, Laurel High School
Hussain Mahdi, senior, Cape Henlopen High School
McKenna Miller, senior, Indian River High School
Rachel Pogwist, senior, Sussex Technical High School
Ana Rial, junior, Sussex Academy
Miyah Sow, junior, Sussex Technical High School
Rudra Soni, senior, Delmar High School
Ashlyn Toppin, senior, Laurel High School
Doralynn Ventura-Lopez, senior, Sussex Academy
Johnson Ventura-Lopez, junior, Sussex Academy
Weston Williams, senior, Greenwood Mennonite School
Danielle Young, junior, Sussex Technical High School
Kathy Zhang, senior, Worcester Preparatory School