Student Scholars
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Tithi Mehta’s project highlights language barriers in civic participation, emphasizing the need for multilingual resources like translated voter information. Challenges include high translation costs and limited funding for nonprofits. Collaborations with organizations like LWV Princeton aim to improve accessibility through community outreach, flyers, and youth-led translation efforts to make voting more inclusive.
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Shouraya Pendgaonkar's project MercerConnect addresses nonprofit outreach challenges by creating a centralized, free volunteer hub across Mercer County. Nonprofits submit mission and needs, which are reviewed before public listing. This simplifies volunteer access, promotes student-led initiatives, and enhances community engagement under the motto "One County. One Cause. One Connection."
For the 2024-2025 program, students from 10 local school districts were handpicked by the ONE Project Board based on the issues they chose to address to support in their communities. They were assigned mentors and trained to take on the project work that lasted many months.
The presentations highlighted the hard work and discipline that these scholars brought to their projects. Browse through the amazing work that our scholars accomplished! The scholars and their projects are listed in no particular order. Click on each project title to read the detailed project report.
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Claire Hua’s project focused on supporting animal shelters through raising awareness via social media and education, conducting fundraising crafts, and organizing events at Princeton Public Library. She created a school club with 136 members, crafted blankets and mats, partnered with shelters, and planned impactful outreach to improve shelter funding, space, and adoption rates.
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Vaishnavi Khot researched local restaurants’ food safety, supported Share My Meals’ expansion, and developed a donor prospect map, contributing to hunger relief by rescuing surplus food and guiding future outreach efforts. She demonstrated leadership, persistence, and community focus, building resources for sustainable impact and future growth in food recovery and donation.
The project establishes discreet kindness stations in schools providing self-care items to reduce stigma, build community, and promote empathy. Initiatives include expanding into a kindness closet, hosting fundraisers, and creating essential kits for teachers. Supporters include student leaders, schools, and organizations, aiming to foster kindness, inclusion, and stronger student connections across schools.
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Addison Bozarth launched a project donating books and kits to promote early identification and inclusive learning for students with learning differences, coinciding with Disability Awareness Month. Over 35 books and a design kit were donated to Robinson Elementary, aiming to reduce stigma, foster compassion, and create supportive environments; future kits are planned for other schools through a wishlist and contact info.
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Suhani Dhru’s project addresses foster children’s access to essentials like clothing, hygiene, and toys, highlighting their physical and emotional challenges, with less than 40% covered by federal support. The plan includes research, designing flyers, contacting organizations, and raising funds—currently $300—aiming to gather $200 at a fundraising event to support foster children directly.