Senior Emma Hitchcock Wins Tom Tom Youth Summit Prize

Big congratulations to Tandem Friends senior Emma Hitchcock, whose Art for the Heart project won the top prize in the Tom Tom Youth Summit’s Social Innovation category in a competition at The Paramount yesterday. There were two main categories in the Youth Summit: Social Innovation and Business Innovation. Emma, who partnered with senior Zadie Lacey from Monticello High School, won the Grand Prize in their category with their Art for the Heart project, which provides art therapy sessions to area homeless women. They received a $100 microgrant and the opportunity to participate in the Summer i-lab program at UVA for two weeks to further develop their project/idea. There were six other Social Innovation pitches competing, and many more that did not make the cut to present in the finals.

Check out a news pieceon the Summit: http://www.newsplex.com/content/news/Day-three-of-Tom-Tom-kicks-off-with-Youth-Summit-479424813.html
Following the Youth Summit at The Paramount, Tom Tom returned to the IX Art Park for its Makerville Project Expo, where students showcased various projects that were presented during the summit. Tandem students Elie Bashkow, Evelyn Brown and Zeke Weiss played music, actually kicking off the event as the band Badger Dash. Students Wyatt Henneman and Charlie Kennedy shared information on our junior-year trip to South Dakota and raised an additional $110 for the Oglala Lakota College scholarship fund.

Many other Tandem Upper Schoolers attended the yesterday’s events. Over 600 area students attended.
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