On Saturday, October 22, 2016, students of the York Suburban School District Impact Foundation (IF) built an Impact Closet at York Suburban Middle School (YSMS). The high school and middle school students, with the help from the IF advisors, tore down old shelving and installed new industrial shelving and clothes hanging rods. The Impact Foundation also stocked the shelves with hygiene materials and school supplies.
By December 2016, the IF students will have constructed an Impact Closet in all six York Suburban buildings so every student in the York Suburban School District can learn without lacking the daily essentials for school and home. The students are able to build these closets using grant money received from the York County Community Foundation.
The Impact Foundation’s motto is students helping students. The Impact Foundation, formed in 2015, is a student committee of the York Suburban Education Foundation. Consisting of a student board of directors and student committee volunteers at the York Suburban High School, the Impact Foundation is focused on continuing York Suburban’s commitment toward educational excellence by educating and engaging students in meeting the needs of their own school community through philanthropic compassion.