Scholarship winners, Top Row: Jenna Barett, Bonner Springs High School, Project: Spines of Hope; Kripa Gauba, Blue Valley West, Project: Zero Reasons Why We Should Struggle Alone; Sammie Magee, Home School, Project: Sammie’s Toy Drive; Kinslee Mitchell, Lee’s Summit West High School, Project: Menstruation Stations; Middle Row: Aashritha Musti, Blue Valley West, Project: Safe Reflections– Shining Light on Body Positivity; Sadie Sanders, Lafayette High School, Project: Tolly-Food-Trolley; Kai Somasegaran, Rockhurst High School, Project: One Bean at a Time; Bottom Row: Adelynn Stohs, Louisburg High School, Project: “Continue”: A Suicide Prevention Project; Claire Sullivan, Olathe Northwest High School, Project: Cards for Claire; Pranith Surapaneni, Blue Valley Northwest, Project: Words for Wellness; Sarah Ye, Blue Valley High School, Project: The Flow Forward Foundation

Meet Our TEN Scholarship Winners for 2024

The Dana & Parks Podcast

April 11, 2024
Segment starts at 2:00 and ends at 13:37.

You can make a ripple that changes the world!

WHO

All KC metro area high school seniors

WHAT

A kindness action + essay competition - five or more scholarships of $1,000 each will be awarded to graduating high school seniors

WHEN

The scholarship application deadline for the 2025 Program will be
January 10, 2025!

SevenDays^® Make a Ripple, Change the World Scholarship

Just one act of kindness has the power to start a RIPPLE to CHANGE the WORLD.

SevenDays^® believes the youth of our community have the power to make the world a better place through projects that promote ongoing kindness. Does your kindness project make ripples in the community? Does it encourage others to gain knowledge, change their mindset and have more kind behaviors? How is it continuing kindness once you have completed the project?

We challenge you to be a force for good. SevenDays^® has seven themes: Love, Discover, Others, Connect, You, Go, and Onward. We are looking for high school seniors who will take one or more of these seven themes and apply them to a lasting project that will start a ripple to change the world.

On April 13, 2014, Dr. William Corporon, Reat Underwood, and Terri LaManno were tragically murdered in an act of hate at the Jewish Community Campus and Village Shalom in Overland Park, Kansas. SevenDays^® was formed after this tragedy to combat hate and senseless violence crossing cultures, races, and religions.

Essays will be evaluated on the strength of the impact the project makes on the community, the creativity and/or originality of the project and the longevity of the project. Writing skills will be taken into account as they help convey the message effectively.

The scholarship application deadline for the 2025 Program will be January 10, 2025. (Please note, this scholarship is intended for students in the Kansas City Metro Area.)

Scholarship Details

Write an essay explaining your kindness project. This is a project that you conceived and led. We not only want to know what you did, but how it impacted you and your community, i.e. what ripples it is continuing to make. Your essay must meet the parameters detailed on the application.

High school seniors (grade 12) in the Kansas City metro area are eligible to participate. (This scholarship is intended for students in the Kansas City Metro Area.)
Scholarship applications will be due January 10, 2025.
Complete a Kindness project that makes ripples in the community.
Follow mechanics listed on the application.