Backstory

Cecilia's firm belief that even a single person's actions can have an impact on making the world a better place was what founded the Sending Support Society.

Since elementary school, she was always an active participant in community service activities, but in sixth grade, she decided it was her time to step up. Having never felt so in touch with everything going on in the world through social media, from the xenophobic hate movements to the increasing death rates due to COVID-19 on the news, she created the Sending Support Club to emphasize the basic, human ideals the world seemed to need most at that time: kindness, generosity, and compassion. Her mission was to unite her community through good deeds by sending hundreds of emails to collaborate with various service organizations, volunteer at food shelters, meet with company heads to sponsor charities, and do public outreach and awareness for fundraisers or causes. Meeting virtually or in-person as the pandemic changed what school looked like, this team of dedicated youth sent donations and cards/posters/videos of appreciation as 'support' to organizations supporting those most in need, as well as the everyday heroes who took the time out of their lives to help them.

By the end of Cecilia's time in middle school, the club had collaborated with multiple local hospitals, orphanages, soup kitchens, animal shelters, anti-poverty networks, and environmental organizations. After handing down the Sending Support club to her younger sister, Giulia, Cecilia decided to expand her club at the start of high school and found a non-profit organization, the Sending Support Society.

Today, this organization has raised $80,000+ and volunteered 250+ hours, alleviating worldwide struggles one step at a time from Basking Ridge, NJ.