We are the 2019 Citizens Bank Champions in Action!! We are so grateful to Citizens Bank for this $35,000 award and also the promotional and other support provided by their amazing employees and NECN/NBC10/Telemundo! For our organization, this is a huge boost and helps us spread the word about what empowered youth can accomplish! Thank you to all of our participants, partners, staff, board and supporters for making it possible for us to do the work we’ve been doing and get us to this point. It’s an exciting time for Aaron’s Presents!!

Our 2018-19 Application is now ONLINE!! Choose the English or Spanish versions under the “Apply” menu at the top of this page to start filling it out. We’re so excited to be able to offer a Spanish version this year, thanks to our new Programs & Operations Coordinator, Valerie Galvao! We hope that these online applications will make it easier for some of you to do an Aaron’s Presents project even if we are not at your school or after-school program regularly. There are 3 parts: Part A, Part B and Parent Permission. Can’t wait to hear form you!

Check out our new Alumni Engagement page and see all of the companies and summer programs that have partnered with us to offer enriching opportunities to many of our Alumni! Please get in touch if your company would be willing to host a small group to speak and learn about your company and career paths over a lunch meeting. Or, if your summer program would like our help in identifying phenomenal candidates with low access to enrichment opportunities.

Thank you to The Lenny Zakim Fund for supporting us for a third year!

Thank you to all of you who have supported our end-of-year fundraising efforts!! We could not carry out this work and support all of the kids who want to participate if it weren’t for you. We are also thrilled and grateful to have the support of the Rogers Family Foundation, the Forest Foundation and, for the second year in a row, the Saab Family Foundation!

Thank you to our most recent Supporters: The Mifflin Memorial Fund, supporting projects done by kids in the Merrimack Valley, and Rover.com (find a pet sitter or dog walker here!), sponsoring an animal-related project!

We are beyond thrilled to have received a $100K for 100 Grant from the Cummings Foundation!! This will provide critical funding to enable us to continue empowering more and more kids who want to make an impact on others, with a specific focus on Lawrence and Lynn.

We were honored to have been named a Finalist for Massachusetts Nonprofit Network’s 2017 Nonprofit Excellence Awards! The celebration at the State House on June 5th with other government and nonprofit leaders was incredibly inspiring!

Aaron’s Presents is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that offers 1) hands-on, individualized mentoring, 2) materials/services and 3) logistical help to any child in 8th grade or below who want to carry out an idea that benefits at least one other person, animal or the environment. We follow the children’s vision as they create and lead a memorable, meaningful and fun experience by practicing kindness, empathy and generosity.
 
In the process they discover the value of their ideas and unique qualities and their ability to make the world better exactly as they are at every age and stage. Ours is a new approach to “community service,” because we’re asking kids to start seeing giving not as an occasional obligation but as their larger purpose.

Inspiring kids to give of themselves for the good of the world.

We envision a world in which all children learn to seek happiness, healing and purpose by tapping into who they are and reaching out to help others with empathy, generosity and passion.