Katharine Diane McCallum spotlights some exceptional undergrads who created non-profit organizations in between classes and football games.

1. N O N - P R O F I T S C R E AT E D B Y C O L L E G E
S T U D E N T S
K A T H A R I N E D I A N E M C C A L L U M

2. N O T O N LY A R E Y O U A D J U S T I N G T O T H E I D E A O F B E I N G
“ O N Y O U R O W N ” B U T Y O U ’ R E A L S O B A L A N C I N G Y O U R
N O W - B O U N D L E S S S O C I A L L I F E W I T H S C H O O L W O R K
A N D C L A S S E S , V O L U N T E E R I N G , S P O R T S A N D E X E R C I S E ,
A N D A J O B O R W O R K S T U D Y P R O G R A M . A L L W H I L E
D O I N G Y O U R O W N L A U N D RY A N D D I S H E S !
C O L L E G E C A N B E T O U G H

3. C O L L E G E S T U D E N T S A R E S O M E H O W F I N D I N G T I M E T O R A I S E A WA R E N E S S
F O R S K I N C A N C E R , T E A C H C H I L D R E N I N N I G E R I A H O W T O U S E C O M P U T E R S ,
A N D F E E D T H E H O M E L E S S I N B E T W E E N E N G L I S H L I T. M I D T E R M S A N D
H O M E C O M I N G G A M E S !
H O W E V E R

4. – B O N O
“When the story of these times gets written, we
want it to say that we did all we could, and it was
more than anyone could have imagined.”

5. L E T ’ S TA K E A L O O K AT S O M E A W E S O M E N O N -
P R O F I T O R G A N I Z AT I O N S T H AT W E R E S TA R T E D B Y
S O M E I N S P I R I N G P E O P L E D U R I N G T H E I R
U N D E R G R A D U AT E Y E A R S

6. H AV E Y O U E V E R S AT I N Y O U R
C A M P U S D I N I N G H A L L A N D
M A R V E L E D AT A L L T H E F O O D
T H E Y H AV E ? H AV E Y O U E V E R
W O N D E R E D H O W M U C H
P R O B A B LY G O E S U N E AT E N AT
T H E E N D O F T H E D AY ?
B E N S I M O N T H O U G H T A B O U T
T H I S W H I L E H E WA S A S T U D E N T
AT T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F
M A RY L A N D , A N D S A W I T A S A N
I N J U S T I C E .
A N D S O , I N 2 0 1 1 , H E F O U N D E D
T H E F O O D R E C O V E RY N E T W O R K .
F O O D R E C O V E RY N E T W O R K

7. – B E N S I M O N
“Huge amounts of leftover food from campus dining halls and
sports events were being thrown away. At the same time, one in
eight people in the D.C. area were struggling with hunger, not
to mention that the food from the UMD dining halls was sitting
in landfills, contributing to global warming,”

8. Now with chapters from Maine to Seattle, the Food Recovery Network operates in a way that allows
students to volunteer while also giving back to their community. Each night, as participating campus dining
halls close, student volunteers pick up donated leftover food that would have normally been thrown out.
The food is then brought to nearby shelters and food banks.
Registered as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, the Food Recovery Network has also received social
entrepreneurship awards, outside seed money, and has expanded to numerous academic institutions across
the country. They’ve also started a partnership with select private restaurants who donate leftover food to
feed those in need.

9. PAT I E N T 9
F O U N D AT I O N
In 2010, Cole Winarick was a
freshman at the University of
Delaware while his father
began undergoing an
experimental treatment for his
melanoma. Cole’s father was
the ninth patient in his phase
of the clinical trial being
conducted at the Dana Farber
Cancer Institute in Boston,
inspiring the name behind the
non-profit.

10. T H E M O S T D A N G E R O U S F O R M O F
S K I N C A N C E R , A N D A F T E R
C O L E ’ S FAT H E R WA S D I A G N O S E D ,
H E R E A L I Z E D T H E D I S E A S E WA S
S I G N I F I C A N T LY U N D E R F U N D E D .
PAT I E N T 9 F O U N D AT I O N
PA R T N E R E D W I T H T H E D E L A WA R E
C O M M U N I T Y F O U N D AT I O N , A N D
T O G E T H E R T H E Y W O R K T O R A I S E
B O T H F U N D S A N D A WA R E N E S S
F O R T H O S E L I V I N G W I T H
M E L A N O M A , S K I N C A N C E R , A N D
O T H E R R E L AT E D D I S E A S E S . C O L E
P L A N S T O A L L O C AT E M O N E Y
R A I S E D T O C R E AT E A M E L A N O M A
R E S E A R C H G R A N T “ S O T H AT M Y
FAT H E R ’ S E X P E R I M E N TA L
T R E AT M E N T M AY H AV E A H I G H E R
R E M I S S I O N A N D / O R C U R E R AT E
A N D A LT O G E T H E R S AV E L I V E S . ”
T H E R E I S N O C U R E F O R
M E L A N O M A
M E L A N O M A I N S K I N C E L L S

11. W H E N K E E F E R TAY L O R , O L AT U N D E
O L AT U N J I , A N D Z A C H C O R R E A
G R A D U AT E D F R O M T H E U N I V E R S I T Y
O F R I C H M O N D I N 2 0 1 3 , T H E Y W E R E
R U N N I N G A N O N - P R O F I T
O R G A N I Z AT I O N W H I C H H E L P E D T O
E D U C AT E C H I L D R E N I N N I G E R I A T O
B E T E C H N O L O G I C A L LY L I T E R AT E .
I N S P I R E D B Y O L AT U N J I ’ S
C H I L D H O O D I N N I G E R I A , H E
WA N T E D T O F I N D A WAY T O G I V E
B A C K T O H I S H O M E , F I R S T H O P I N G
T O B U I L D A S C H O O L , B U T WA S N ’ T
S U R E H O W. A F T E R TAY L O R A N D
C O R R E A J O I N E D F O R C E S W I T H
O L AT U N J I , T H E Y R E A L I Z E D T H E R E
WA S O N E T H I N G T H AT U N I T E D T H E
T H R E E : T H E I R PA S S I O N F O R
C O M P U T E R S A N D M A J O R S R O O T E D
I N T E C H N O L O G I C A L L I T E R A C Y.
C O S N I G E R I A

12. TA P P I N G I N T O T H E I R S T R E N G T H S , T H E Y D E C I D E D C O S N I G E R I A
PA R T N E R E D W I T H T H E I L E S A G R A M M A R S C H O O L I N I L E S A , N I G E R I A ,
A N D H AV E R A I S E D F U N D S T O S E N D C O M P U T E R S , H A R D WA R E ,
S O F T WA R E , A N D S C H O O L S U P P L I E S T O T H E S C H O O L , A S W E L L A S
C O N N E C T I N G T H E S T U D E N T S T O T E C H N O L O G I C A L LY L I T E R AT E
T E A C H E R S .

13. “I grew up in a household that could not afford to
send me to a high dollar soccer camp over the
summer, and at an early age I was able to
recognize that this money was put away towards
other important necessities. I figured I would take
the matter into my own hands, do my part to solve
the hunger and soccer problem in my hometown,
and at the same time do something I love:
teaching children soccer,”
– G A B R I E L W H A L E Y, F O U N D E R O F K I C K I N G 4 S O C C E R .

14. During his undergraduate years at
the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, Whaley wanted to find
a way to nurture children’s athletic
potential without financial
restrictions. He created
Kicking4Hunger in 2006, which
provides “a fun and educational
soccer experience free of charge”
and instead all they suggest,
instead of payment (or even a
registration fee) is a canned good
donation to be sent to local food
banks.

15. H T T P : / / K AT H A R I N E D I A N E M C C A L L U M . O R G
T O L E A R N M O R E , V I S I T K A T H A R I N E D I A N E M C C A L L U M ’ S
V O L U N T E E R I N G B L O G A T