WHAT IS TURN?
Hello, we are Alexandre Beliard and Zoe Silverman, students from the LFNY. During the period of confinement due to COVID 19, many of our friends and classmates took initiative of starting new projects to help the cause. We were so impressed by everyone’s hard work, and that is why we started TURN, Together Unite Resources Now. TURN is a platform designed to unite all the different student actions so that they can grow from one platform to become stronger. Our platform includes various initiatives regarding education, health, creativity and more. This platform will create a unified community of various projects with the same goal. TURN West Coast is for projects based for states located in the west of the USA. We want local based projects to get the most attention they can get. This branch is ran by Lila Vandenberghe and Rodolphe Le Feuvre from Lycee Francais Los Angeles.
Bonjour, nous sommes Alexandre Béliard et Zoé Silverman, élèves au Lycée Francais de New York. Pendant la période de confinement due au COVID 19, beaucoup de nos amis et camarades de classe ont pris l'initiative de lancer de nouveaux projets. Nous avons donc lancé TURN, Together Unite Resources Now. TURN est une plateforme conçue pour unir toutes les différentes actions des étudiants afin qu'elles puissent grandir et s'épanouir. Notre plateforme comprend diverses initiatives concernant l'éducation, la santé, la créativité et d’autres. Cette plateforme créera une communauté unifiée de divers projets ayant le même objectif, éduquer, informer, aider et divertir. Cette division est dirigée par Rodolphe Le Feuvre du Lycee Francais de Los Angeles et Lila Vandenberghe du Lycee Francais de Los Angeles.
FINDING THE PROJECTS
Browse through our variety of projects! Either find them below in alphabetical order -- click on the name of the project to take you to its page. Or find the tabs at the top of our page and find the projects by category!
AI4Sight is a voice-activated app that uses ML to make navigation and performing daily tasks easier and safer for the visually impaired community. The app has 8 features: image classification, local optometrists locator, eye health information, barcode scanner, live weather data, current date and time, and a community forum.
Applied Computing Foundation has been exciting and empowering students and communities with coding, we’re bringing coding to the non-geek level. Daily coding with real projects for your needs and purposes is the core DNA of our Applied Computing Foundation mission.
The mission of MAC is to provide a platform for students to apply their theoretical coding knowledge into building an application. We design a new challenge every month and hold free weekly classes open to the public. Today, too many students are so talented in programming, but they have so few opportunities to actually implement their skills!
Arts for Relief was created to foster a community of artists and viewers who are all interested in creative expression, raising awareness, and donating to credible funds for mental health. To achieve this, participants are encouraged to sign up to showcase their artistic skills/talents so that donors may request certain content from certain participants. Artists’ talents are posted on our Instagram page for all to see.
We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization striving to provide students of low income communities educational resources and opportunities. With our test prep book drive, we were able to give over 100 free SAT/ACT/AP books to students and raised over $2500 for other resources and opportunities. We have given presentations to over 125 elementary students. Our aim is to empower students through distributing resources and giving them educational opportunities.
Bored of Boredom is a not-for-profit organization created to help parents and children by providing free group classes and individual tutoring through Zoom during (and beyond) the COVID-19 pandemic. We provide classes in both academic and recreational subjects, and currently have over 900 students and 300 tutors in our program. Volunteer application on website!
Bottles of Hope’s charity model is simple, we collect used plastic bottles from a local hotel and take them to a community support centre where we employ and train disadvantaged workforces to assemble our solar lamps. These are then distributed to low income families who find it difficult to connect to the national power grids and those families struggling with power cut prone monsoon season in Southern India. In future we plan to expand to other regions in India and in South and East Asia.
Our aim is to encourage young girls into the world of STEM! Women are underrepresented in STEM fields and there is a huge gender inequality which we aim to do our bit to change!
Code 4 Tomorrow (also known as C4T) is a youth-led, 501c3 nonprofit organization that aims to educate students about coding and engineering principles. Having recently launched our 2020 Summer Series, we virtually taught a variety of courses including Python, Java, and more. C4T’s mission is to provide a bridge that connects students worldwide to their future by linking professionals and executives to mentor students, and providing a dynamic, driven team of high-schoolers to teach them!
Code the Future is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit created by rising high school juniors in the Bay Area with a mission to educate and empower students with a passion in STEM. Our team will be hosting a free and virtual 3-week long Scratch programming camp next week, which is super exciting! We are currently developing curricula for an HTML/CSS camp coming soon. Ultimately, Code the Future believes that all youth, regardless of their backgrounds, deserve to be educated in STEM and be provided an opportunity to expand their horizons.
This past year, Kian Tayebi and Lila Chitayat founded Creative Sanctuary through WIT. Creative Sanctuary is a non profit organization dedicated to providing refugee children with opportunities to access creative outlets of expression that many of us were privy to as young students- namely, art. Before the Covid-19 crisis, they had scheduled regular art activities with the kids at a refugee center we work with, but were forced to pivot due to the unusual circumstances. They recently hosted an art supply drive, in which they assembled art kits for 24 refugee families and their children including pencils, colored pencils, erasers, paintbrushes, pencil sharpeners, notebooks, markers, toilet paper, soap, homemade masks, handwritten notes, and an instructional booklet with ideas for art activities.
Everyday Med is focused on sharing information about new medical discoveries and mysteries in our world and medical procedures, equipment, etc. to interested students and youth during the COVID-19 pandemic. We will also be connecting with doctors, nurses, or others in the healthcare/medicine field to learn more about their careers through Q&As and share it with others. During this COVID-19 pandemic, Everyday Med will also show others how COVID-19 has affected certain careers and what healthcare professionals are doing at this time. It will also explain how COVID-19 has affected medicine in general. We know that many students do not have the opportunity to volunteer in hospitals or shadow people in medical professions, so we hope, as an alternative, this organization will provide you with information you could have learned from those experiences!
EYB is a student-led organization that strives to provide free workshops, lesson plans, tutoring, and competitions in fields related to business, entrepreneurship, and economics to youth in the US. Volunteers will help lead workshops, create curriculums, and tutor in their chosen subjects. Our organization is completely virtual, and we are accepting international volunteers as well.
f.e.jewelry is an initiative created by Fania Pupko (17 yrs) and Eliana Pupko (11 yrs). Before quarantine began, Fania and Eliana’s mom had bought supplies for handmade jewelry to use for Eliana’s birthday party. Due to corona, Eliana was never able to throw her party, but that didn’t stop the sisters from using the supplies as a hobby to entertain themselves which later on turned into a business. These two sisters are based in San Diego, California and they sell rings, bracelets, anklets, necklaces and are soon adding keychains.
The importance of health and fitness is something everyone should acknowledge. During this time of a global pandemic, we understand that it is not so easy to get up and get moving. Our organization helps with this by scheduling fitness/dance lessons which help people to get moving. The benefits of exercise range from brain health and memory, to skin health, better sleep, etc. This is why our organization is trying to help as many people as possible by joining the lessons to get 30 ish minutes of exercise.
Also, donations towards our organization go to something called Project Cure which helps to send medical supplies to 3rd world countries that need more medical help.
Fit4Grit Academy’s mission is to spread fitness, self-defense, and confidence virtually globally using martial arts. We hold video lessons, virtual classes, and virtual seminars, led by our verified instructors with backgrounds in martial arts and fitness from around the world. We are open to all students ranging from elementary school to college, and hope our program helps them start their martial art and fitness journey.
FOURALL Magazine is a virtual magazine (known as a “zine”) and social media platform for anyone identifying as a Gen-Z creative, artist, activist, student, and more.
GEMCO is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving world health and making healthcare accessible to all through advocacy, education, and direct action. We raise awareness of the issues facing the vulnerable populations pertaining to medical care in our community, and in certain areas of the world due to the limitation of their healthcare systems or lack thereof. We research and publish through social media regarding policies and events that allow inadequate healthcare systems to exist and persist. Beyond just fundraising, we want to be able to educate others on why these issues are present in society and how pressing matters such as politics or climate change affect healthcare locally and internationally.
We are a leadership based podcast looking to spread motivation and empower young individuals to initiate their passions and be future leaders. We use our personal experiences to serve as a way to show how one can develop leadership skills and we use our voices to support causes through fundraising.
Hack the Cloud is composed of high school students who are passionate about sharing the opportunity to learn about computer science and make it accessible to anyone, anywhere. Hackathons are the best hands-on way to learn code while working together with a group to create something new and imaginative with technology. In March 2018, we made history with Hack the Fog 1.0, San Francisco’s first high school hackathon. We now want to bring the experience to everyone during this time of quarantine. Hack the Cloud our virtual hackathon has just opened registration! Join us for the weekend of July 11th to have a chance to win some amazing prizes and attend workshops and talks from tech professionals!
Founded in the Pacific Northwest, Here N Queer is dedicated to sharing and destigmatizing the experiences of LGBTQIA+ people. Additionally, Here N Queer spreads information about LGBTQIA+ topics in order to educate others. By partnering with people from all around the world, Here N Queer hopes to make the world a more accepting place.
Inpsyc is a platform created to provide relaxing psychology insights for our audience during the COVID-19 pandemic. With our psychology & self-care insights, you can feel relaxed and discover more about yourself as an individual. We hope you enjoy it!
InternX is a university recruiting platform for internships and full-time opportunities, that is free for students and recruiters to register and use. Students make a profile on InternX. Recruiters filter through students to find the exact, qualified candidates that they want to meet during career fairs (virtual or in-person). Students get to pick a time during the fair to meet with the recruiter that reached out to them, increasing quality connections and efficiency.
Kids 4 Niños is a charity organization dedicated to helping children located just outside of San Jose Del Cabo, Mexico. We fundraise in order to buy toys and school supplies that go directly to these children. Kids 4 Niños is currently helping out Casa Hogar, an orphanage in Cabo.
Our non-profit is called Life’s Little Things. Our organization is dedicated to providing care packages and reusable cotton masks to homeless shelters and food pantries in Arizona. We tailor these care packages to each shelter’s needs and have included products such as food products, personal hygiene items, and more. We wanted to show that any little donation can make a difference for those who are unable to provide for themselves, especially in these tough times.
Kits with Kindness is a non-profit organization that packs first aid kits and hygiene kits to distribute to the homeless populations of the Chicagoland area. We aim to save lives and lower the risk of infections and disease amongst impoverished communities.
We are Masks4Arizona, a nonprofit organization made up of high school students from Tucson. We work to raise money to purchase and donate surgical and KN95 masks for hospitals, first responders and other places in need of masks. We also provide daily updates about Arizona’s battle against Covid-19 to keep the public informed. In our first campaign, we raised $2745 which enabled us to purchase 2200 masks for hospitals and retirement communities in the Tucson area.
Medical Wonders is an organization that focuses on teaching and advising students and the youth about astounding medical procedures, devices, equipment, and more! Through the use of education and awareness, this organization focuses on everyone having equal access to the medical field. It unifies people from all different backgrounds, stories, and hobbies under one common theme: medicine.
At Medicine Encompassed, we are a student-run nonprofit aiming to promote awareness and increase accessibility for those interested in future medical careers through various mediums. With a team of STEM-oriented individuals that are also passionate about biology, we are seeking to demonstrate the wide scope of what medicine encompasses. Recognizing the importance of expanding the medical field, our organization believes in accepting people from all backgrounds under one common interest. By bridging the gap between medicine, underrepresented minorities, and students from low-income backgrounds, our team of like-minded individuals is dedicated to creating more resources and opportunities in all medical fields.
Our mission is to provide a collaborative environment for students to learn about topics in social medicine, as well as highlight important news and women in medicine.
MedSoc Talk is here to encourage future leaders to be educated about the social and economic disparities in medicine in order to enact necessary positive change within the field.
The Our Home Project is designed as a simple, approachable resource for people who want to be involved in environmentalism, but may not know where to begin. Designed to open up the environmentalism movement, both our website and social media platforms provide the public with simple, feasible ways to be more eco-conscious as well as educational resources. Our talented team of international teen writers craft articles about the environment to further awareness and create conversation.
Panda Learning is a student-led non-profit organization that primarily offers free webinar-based online STEM courses for students in grades 5-12. We make education fun and interactive for younger students to stay engaged and active while learning about future high school subject topics to get them ready ahead of time! We run on a seasonal basis so right now we are currently running our summer program and we will then open up once again during the winter to start the holidays and of course for the spring!
Our student-led YouTube Channel is dedicated to publishing PSAs that are created around societal issues to educate our people! We thrive to help others understand what is going on in the world and that not everything is picture-perfect. There are problems in the world, big or small, that need to be addressed and brought attention to- even if it is through short videos.
Our organization is called the Policy Initiatives Institute. Our mission is to educate the public in a non-partisan manner about policies that affect our day-to-day lives while striving to change those lives for the better. Concurrently, we wish to guide legislators in their quest to best serve the people through proposing legislation of our own. While we are based on the East Coast, we have built an international audience and an international team with a goal to take student activism and civil discourse to a new level to ultimately change the system for the better.
The Purple Hydrangea Project is a student-run organization whose mission is to increase mental health support for youth by spreading knowledge on resources, coping mechanisms, and communication skills. We engage in various in-person and virtual community outreach projects, including organizing toy drives for children with emotional disabilities and presenting behavioral health lessons at elementary schools.
Respublica International is a youth-led International Relations and Politics Publication. We want to create a global community of students who are interested in learning about foreign affairs. We have members from over 16 countries, an advisory board of graduates and students from universities like Oxford, Georgetown and King’s College. We are part of the United Nations Major Group for Children and Youth. Help us grow by becoming a member.
SARACTIVISM is a platform that strives to educate the public (primarily the youth) about current social issues in a meaningful and interactive way, by putting out engaging, informational graphics as well as music and art that conveys their message of equality to their audience.
We are five highschoolers near the Seattle area that came together with the vision to give back to our communities. We decided to make handmade care packages that include items such as, toothpaste, toothbrush, lip balm, body bar, sunscreen, razors, bandaids, lotion, and deodorant. We included these items because these are the items that many of us use without a second thought, and people don’t usually donate to shelters. We hope to give back to the community that has given us so much!
Sci4Teens is an international organization that hosts workshops and science writing contests to encourage teens to get involved with STEM and science communication. Make sure you join our Community Slack (link in bio) in order to get information about upcoming workshops, networking opportunities, the contest, as well as an opportunity to advertise your own organizations!
SigmaHacks 2.0 is a non-profit, online hackathon open to anyone and everyone. It will be held from July 24 - 26 this summer, and we plan to host the event for over 300 participants. With the world facing an unprecedented challenge in the COVID-19 pandemic, people all around the globe have been affected like never before. We thank those on the frontlines, from doctors and nurses to sanitation workers, who are doing everything they can to keep the world running as smoothly as possible. We want to help in any way we can — which is why we’re calling on the creators, hackers, and innovators of the world to band together and help those in need. Just hack away, and let us help you bring your ideas to life!
SLTC plans to donate books to libraries, elementary schools, hospitals, and shelters. We also want to hold workshops at local libraries where we would read to children to plant a seed of interest so they're motivated to take that extra step to grab a book and well, read it! We hope to achieve this goal with the help of our community, and most importantly, you!
With the Covid-19 pandemic going on, SLTC plans on holding book drives, and then donating them to local homeless shelters and children’s hospitals. SLTC has educated students about gaps in literacy as well the importance of it through their Instagram account and website. Being educated on the matter is an important step we all can take toward supporting the spread of literacy. We’ve also supported other non-profits that reach at risk populations during the current pandemic.
STEM Enrichment Youth (STEMEY) is a global high school student-led nonprofit organization that aims to inspire middle and high schoolers to pursue and explore STEM by providing free online interactive activities in the form of multi-speaker events, lecture series, classes, and competitions.
Stick 2 You is a business that aims to promote teen wellness by selling stickers with encouraging messages on them for teens’ personal belongings. With the proceeds, I hosted a virtual teen wellness series with a few of my peers and I am currently working on planning my next teen wellness-inspired event! I created Stick 2 You because as a teen, I know that life can be very stressful and difficult during this stage in our lives and I wanted to create something that would hopefully alleviate some of this stress as well as help other teens.
We are the Minnesota chapter of Student Art Spaces, a youth-led nonprofit organization that elevates art equity in our communities by hosting cost free-events and opportunities. Our initiative is to uplift underserved young artists and increase diversity in the arts by advocating for less elitism in the art industry. Our current project, Artists 4 BLM, was launched in response to the death of George Floyd. We’ve seen the impact of racial injustice in our communities, and wish to offer a platform for artists to support the Black Lives Matter movement. We are currently calling for artists to submit designs that would be made into stickers, pins, face masks, etc. and sold with all proceeds going to NAACP Legal Defense and the Center for Black Equity.
Students collaborate with other students in order to form a community of volunteers and learners, exchanging roles and helping each other to polish their skills in the subjects they need help in and to share their expertise in the subjects they excel in.
Teachie is a platform created by students for students to help each other polish their skills.
The 4U Project is a non-profit, student-run organization committed to spreading love to individuals within hospitals and convalescent homes. Our main initiative is delivering homemade letters, which we hope will establish a sense of purpose and belonging amongst patients and senior residents. We believe nothing conveys more love than being told that a letter was sent “For You!”
The Covid NineTEEN Project is a teen-led, crisis relief project based in Los Angeles, California, that provides elementary school students with support during this pandemic and addresses educational inequality worldwide. They host free live sessions with fun, engaging activities every day from 9 AM to 5 PM (PST), as well as free one-on-one tutoring sessions offered in 14 different languages for the core school subjects: English, Math, Science, and History.
The Gift of Learning is a student-led organization that is dedicated to enriching students, in grades 1-10, across the nation through FREE online tutoring. By making our service free, students will have a better access to education during this difficult COVID-19 pandemic.
The Good Neighbor is an organization focused to help the homeless of San Diego meet their basic necessities. We hold pop-up shops in shelters with good quality products. Pop-up shops are a dignified way of donating since it allows the homeless to have a “shopping” experience.
TheMaskTask is a student-led, non-profit organization from the Bay Area devoted to providing the homeless, healthcare workers, and anyone else in need with hand-sewn face masks. We create packages containing fabric, thread, and elastic for our ambassadors to sew masks and include all necessary instructions. We use breathable, recycled cotton for our masks, and have already made hundreds for the community! We urge you to apply to become an ambassador to help fight against COVID-19 and make a difference!
After meeting through The Experiment in International Living, a month-long summer abroad program which focused on the study of international relations and the European Union, the founders bonded over their collective fascination and passion for learning more about foreign policy and world politics. Through meeting political members of the EU, it also came to their understanding that American news outlets do not cover world politics and foreign news as much as we would like. Many friends and family were amazed at how much they learned when we returned from the trip. This is why The Myriad's mission is to inform, educate, and inspire its readers through political writing.
We are The Proofreaders, a free established business meant for anyone who is in need of our editing services.
To amplify your voices and to showcase the best versions of yourself is our top priority, so we make certain that our annotations, feedback, and edits are worth considering.
Currently, we are based in Concord, California, and are accepting applicants internationally (whether you may be interested in a Team, Editorial, or Executive Position); and although these positions are unpaid, they have benefits such as helping others while receiving volunteer hours.
The Refugee Empowerment Project is built to empower refugees by giving them the resources they need to prosper on their own. REP’s grassroots efforts began one year ago when founders Sienna Nazarian and Lily Sind began hosting Community Orientations for refugees. With hopes of holistically responding to the needs of refugees, they have expanded their reach through their 4 programs and team curated with passionate young students from around the world. They have made it their mission to bring a sense of hope to refugee communities across the world, bring together their own communities in the fight for opportunities and justice, and make a real change in the way refugees, immigrants, and asylum seekers are treated and perceived. We are humans helping humans in times of crisis, who want to give these populations the resources and platform they have lacked.
The Rising Youth seeks to unite and educate the next generation of worldwide leaders through both Instagram and blog posts, which are effective platforms for modern-day teenagers.
From personal experience, I notice that many young adults are unaware and don’t genuinely care about the world around them, and as a strong believer in youth activism, I felt as if there was a need to be fulfilled: educating and involving Gen-Z.
TPN is dedicated to bring positivity to the community by providing for projects to youth and teens to engage in. This includes writing shoutouts or letters to certain groups of people. At the same time, TPN interviews people in the community to hear their stories and write our own history. TPN is a place where anyone can share their ideas and stories on any topic.
Some projects TPN has conducted include virtual teacher appreciation shoutouts during Teacher Appreciation Week, we have written over 50 letters to patients affected by COVID-19, we also post random shoutouts for people in our community to express their appreciation to their friends and or family. Our Slack community is still in beta but will be released to the public soon!
We are a social media account based in Tucson, Arizona, dedicated to helping people of all generations achieve their youngest, most beautiful brain. During quarantine, people are spending less time and energy being mentally active which could cause their brain to go into a "slump". By completing short fun games every day, we hope to encourage everyone to improve and exercise their brain.
We Rise Above is a student-led organization in Southern California that educates the youth about sexual harassment and domestic violence. With our program being implemented in over 25 schools in LA County, WRA has educated over 10,000 students in Southern California. We have dedicated our time to fight against sexual violence by engaging in our communities through different campaigns, awareness weeks, workshops, and informational flyers, brochures, and articles. Our organization works to provide resources for survivors or any person experiencing sexual harassment, and educating and encouraging the youth to fight against sexual harassment in any institution in order to make a change for future generations.
I launched the What Cause Inspires You podcast as a way for students to share the service they are doing in their communities. The podcast was initiated after my experience with cyberbullying and a want to bring awareness to the issue. As I work with more and more student-run non-profits and organizations, I am inspired by the change my own new generation is making and the impact they are leaving. The What Cause Inspires You podcast accepts exceptional and motivated youth, ages 13-21, who have gone the extra mile to make a difference in their community, whether it is collecting essentials for homeless shelters, educating about stuttering awareness and anti-bullying measures, or writing encouraging letters to mental health facilities.
Hey! I’m a college freshman studying a Bs/MD with some STEM experience background with a passion to share tips and information that can hopefully help others. You will find tips, information, and news for pre-med and future pre-med students.I hope in some time to create an opportunity for a researcher and editing position and try to open up an organization at my university.
You(th) Cook is a non-profit organization that provides healthy substantial meals to the homeless population across the Greater Seattle Area. It was co-founded by Anika Consul, Ananya Nandula, and Anisha Karnik in March 2020. They serve 100 people weekly and are actively involving more members of the community to help with their initiative. With unemployment rates increasing and food security decreasing, they saw the unique opportunity to take action and help in any way they could.
Youth Executive Leadership Program(YELP) is a non-profit which educates underrepresented students about leadership and public speaking skills through various workshops and projects. YELP has organized a project called "Project Inspire" which connects students from 6 different countries around the world as they submit a short story about their future lives, which will be compiled into a magazine and sold at local bookstores with the profits going to a literacy organization. If you would be interested in submitting a work or joining the Project Inspire team, please contact us through our website for more information.
Youth Medicine Today (YMT) is a student-led program. They strive to educate those interested in medicine. YMT shows different specialties every other week. They are going to start offering online events hosted by various doctors and medical students.
Z Game Changers is a one-stop platform for aspiring and established activists, advocates, volunteers, social entrepreneurs and nonprofits run by Generation Z. We are a Social Network for the Greater Good, where you can connect with like-minded peers and organizations across the world, join our Think Tanks, participate in free courses about environment, find volunteering opportunities and more. For organizations - you can list your openings with us and participate in virtual networking and workshops. We want to help everyone grow! Join us in this mission!