You can make a financial contribution to:

• Support the infrastructure: You can help us maintain computer equipment, or ensure new computers have all the needed technology updates and learning software. You can underwrite the cost of a site coordinator, or pay for security, custodial staff and other support personnel to keep schools open longer and on weekends.
• Strengthen the data management system: You can support the expansion of the data management system so that providers can track the success of the young people in their programs.
• Improve communications: With your help, we can reach out to more children and youth by adding interactive features to the Project My Time website and expanding a marketing campaign that includes public service announcements, ads, and reports.
• Support training: You can enhance program quality by underwriting staff training.
• Adopt a program: Our programs include a wide range of activities that can ignite young people’s interests. Want to support acting? Boxing? Art? Music? Dance? We’ll match you with a provider. You can adopt a grade and support its math programming or computer access. You can become a producer and underwrite an arts performance.
• Support a performance: You can produce a show—underwrite the costs of additional staff costs, scenery, costumes, music, and a performance location for one of our performing arts programs.

You can provide in-kind support:

• Donate materials: Does your business sell art supplies, school supplies, or sports gear? Can you provide snacks? You can provide equipment, books, CDs, or Project My Time-branded items for program participants.
• Donate services: Your computer technician can help us maintain and update our program computers.
• Mentor or volunteer: You and your staff can provide individual attention through mentoring or volunteering at a school or with a class. We will provide an orientation so your staff feels comfortable in this new role.
• Help celebrate our successes: Print students’ writing and host a party for the authors. Host a performance by young people at the end of a semester, or a family fun night.
• Give children a taste of the business world: Invite children to tour your office.
• Support program convenings: You can offer meeting space and refreshments for program providers to meet with parents, students and volunteers.

Project My Time is an initiative of the DC Children and Youth Investment Trust Corporation, supported by a generous grant from The Wallace Foundation.