Sacred Heart’s Youth Action Committee (YAC)

About stHEART UP

Students of the stHEART Up program will engage in a fundraising campaign. This campaign will strengthen and highlight character, leadership, social justice campaigning, and social development and will raise funds for the organization.

This fundraising campaign will run for a 10 week period. Throughout this period, students will build and develop their own team within Sacred Heart, their community and receive constant support from Sacred Heart staffers managing the campaign in order to help them create different strategies for fundraising. Students will be encouraged to raise funds with corporate partners, special event fundraising and peer-to-peer asks.

While fundraising is important for the organization, the main goal is  leadership and social justice development for the stHEART Up student teams. Throughout this campaign experience, students will learn:

  • The art of public speaking

  • The importance of advocacy and social justice

  • The fundamentals of money management and social responsibility as a fundraiser 

  • How to speak and engage with corporate partners

  • How to develop and execute a project from start to finish

  • How to discover and highlight their strengths and skills to unlock the leader within

Timeline

Pre-Kick off Workshop:

Campaign Kickoff: February 1, 2024

Mid-Campaign Workshop:

Grande Finale Ceremony: April 5, 2024

It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Discover your potential and help improve lives, organize for justice, and inspire our community to love, serve, and share.