Pull up a chair.
Join a chapter as a student, start one at your school, or bring your group in as a partner. Most people start with one message.
Join a chapter.
For students near one of our chapters. You don’t need experience to start.
- Maryland
- Virginia
- New Jersey
- Drives
- Collecting gifts, books, and supplies for the people our projects serve.
- Fundraisers
- Gift drives and community fairs that raise the money for each project.
- Projects
- Picking the next need and planning it, from the first idea to the last receipt.
Bring LeadUp to your school.
No chapter near you? Start one. We talk it through with you, share how our chapters plan drives and fundraisers, and put you in touch with students who have done it.
Tell us about your schoolA few friends who want to help.
You don't need a big group to start.
A way to meet at school.
Many schools ask for a club sponsor. A teacher who says yes is a good start.
One message to us.
Tell us your school and what you'd like to do first.
Work on something with us.
For schools, community groups, and organizations. Host a drive with a chapter, or bring us a project you want students on. We’ll tell you honestly whether we can do it.
That is how the library at the INOVA Peterson Life with Cancer Center happened: $5,000 for the renovation and 400 books. See the INOVA project
Propose a projectWrite to us.
Tell us who you are and what you have in mind. A student, a parent, a teacher, a group with an idea: all of it lands with the LeadUp coordinators, and we answer by email.