The PIPs for School (P4S) program “helps you to set everyday goals that help the environment,” explains a University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS) student participant. “You feel accomplished at the end of each day.” Nearly 3,000 UCCS students joined in the P4S program, which started in August 2019 and…

As the pilot year of the PIPs for School (P4S) Scholars program, hosted by RIVER FUND NY, the poverty-fighting Community Based Organization (CBO) in Queens, wraps up, and we ready ourselves to triple the number of Host Partners and students in the program, we’re pausing to take stock of how…

What if you could earn gift cards by streaming your favorite shows and movies on Netflix and Disney+? Well, thanks to ThinkHuman.tv (TH), a proud PIPs Partner, students in classrooms all over New York City will be earning PIPs’ currency of good for engaging in social-emotional learning (SEL) modules while…

Cale Kennamer, an ecology student at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS), aims through his studies to learn ways to “mitigate and even reverse some of the human-mediated effects of environmental change.” …

Originally from Guyana, South America, Kavindra lives in New York City and attends CUNY Queens College, studying economics. His hopes for the future? In the short term, it’s to get his degree, maybe even a master’s. “The college degree is really important these days,” he says. “Not even just a…

For 26-year-old Kevin Persaud, being a PIPs for School (P4S) Scholar is one of the many, many hats he wears. A master’s student at the City College of New York and aspiring medical student, Kevin works in a laboratory to develop novel bioactive molecules for viral or cancer therapeutic solutions…

Eighteen-year-old Chrisber Vasquez is a high school senior at the High School Academy for Careers in Television and Film, but with a dream of helping others on a scale that’s “bigger than me;” he plans to study mechanical engineering in college. “I’m becoming a mechanical engineer because I have in…

Sammi Zheng was the first PIPs for School (P4S) Scholar at RIVER FUND to take enough PIPs-worthy actions to unlock the full $1,000 grant that a student can receive in a year — this despite starting late. “I was really behind compared to everyone else,” she explained. “But I realized…

Dawn Lugo is a sophomore at Long Island University Brooklyn, studying to become a nurse — a dream of hers since early high school. “I feel that nowadays a college degree is a must,” she elaborates. …