20 | Winter 2018 “People are the only ones capable of transforming society.” me start a program at my school called Greensboro Day School Cares (GDS Cares). My knowledge of philanthropy allowed me to receive a grant connecting my school and medicine, by visiting sick children in the local hospitals. My interest in philanthropy developed when I participated in the College Launch program at Wake Forest University. I participated in the College Launch Program as a volunteer at the Second Harvest Food Bank. Volunteering at the food bank helped me to understand the difference between charity and philanthropy. I learned about the population of people who need food aid. My participation included packing boxes of cereal, canned vegetables, and a variety of other packaged food. I learned about the importance of consumable options that would prevent families from not accessing an array of food. I was able to gain a true understanding of the power of a person’s circumstances that can have an impact on their capabilities. For example, I am from New Jersey where food accessibility is high because stores are within walking distance and accessible transportation, but when I moved to North Carolina, I learned how the accessibility of stores is low in some areas due to a person’s incapacity to commute to stores. Volunteering at a food bank was a real-life scenario, learning how charity differs from philanthropy, instead of reading a textbook version demonstrating examples of how people actively work to provide families with food. I became motivated by this experience and desired to do something philanthropic. On August 30, 2018, I launched a philanthropic program called GDS Cares. The mission of the program is “to enable members of the Greensboro Day School community to spread Bengal love through the presentation of a Bengal stuffed animal, our School mascot to sick children in the hospital, as an expressive way to inform members of the community that GDS cares.” I received a grant from my school’s philanthropy council to fulfill this mission. I brought this program to Moses Cone Hospital’s Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and Brenner Children’s Hospital of Wake Forest Baptist Health. GDS Cares is extremely important to me because the stuffed Bengals represent a physical embodiment of the lessons I learned, the knowledge I have gained from the food bank, and my desire to create social change that would have a lasting effect. In conclusion, I learned that programs for social change can vary from state to state and based on the needs of individuals and families. When I lived in New Jersey, public transportation helped individuals and families with access to food shelters; compared to food banks in North Carolina, where individuals and families are impacted by limited access to public transportation to food banks. This was my first experience learning about individuals who were not homeless and did not have access to food. I am grateful for my high school experience awarding me the opportunity to determine how to help others and contribute to positive social change. My plans for GDS Cares’ future is to pass on the program to an heir who has a passion for medicine, helping others, and making a positive long-lasting impact on our community. In addition, I plan to actively support GDS Cares to find other ways of expanding the mission to those in need. Walking For A Cure By Cameron Hanley ’25 The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) was founded on May 28, 1970 by Lee Ducat and Carol Lurie.  They are a nonprofit organization that helps people who are living with Type One Diabetes get the medications needed in order to control their glucose levels. Left uncontrolled, glucose levels can lead to very serious health conditions. On January 26, 2018, I was diagnosed with Type One Diabetes (T1D). T1D is a condition where the body’s pancreas Tommy Webb, Ed Billingslea, and Cynthia Mae-Hunt ’19 and Dr. Burke Thompson, father of Grayson Thompson ’14.