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Fall is in the air and we have been very busy matching donors with donees and impacting so many lives. Over the past several months, we have been able to send school supplies to over 100 teachers in Title 1 schools (and counting), provide a home health aide for someone suffering from ALS, added two more scholars to our College Prep Program, more homes in Central Valley California have access to safe, clean water through our Clean Water Program and so much more. Our Donors have helped us change lives. Read on to learn more.

Spring has sprung and we are excited at the prospect of what lies ahead in 2022. Over the past few months and with the help of our generous Donors, more high school seniors have received college scholarships, and several high school juniors received grants toward college counseling and test prep, our H.E.L.P.I.N.G. Homeless Backpack Program has gone national, an ALS patient will receive much needed home health care services, more homes in the Central Valley of California have access to safe, clean water and so much more. Our Donors have helped us change lives. Read on to learn more.

How do you measure a year? No doubt the past one has been incredibly challenging in so many ways. Despite this, we at one2one had a busy summer and are excited for what’s to come this fall. With the help of our generous Donors, we have proudly granted camp and college scholarships, donated a new, more technologically advanced dance prosthetic to a teenage cancer survivor, assisted healthcare workers, aided a military veteran family, and so much more.

Over a year into the pandemic, American life continues to be upended, but with the help of the vaccine rollout we are hopeful that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. We remain heartened by the fact that people like you continue to rise to the occasion. At one2one USA, Donors have been focused on specific communities and causes, mobilizing to help individuals in need. We have disbursed over $1.2 million in the past year to those in need, and are currently focused on helping those who have lost a loved one to gun violence, are suffering with ALS, cannot afford their own college prep costs, are struggling with being a single mother, and are in need of clean drinking water, just to name a few.

Since April, and with the help of our generous Donors, one2one USA has granted over $1,000,000 to individuals in need American life has been upended by the pandemic, but we are heartened by the fact that philanthropy is rising to the occasion. Since mid-March, Donors have been more focused on specific communities and causes, often mobilizing to help individuals, which is where one2one USA excels to meet those demands.

Would it surprise you to know that twenty-one million U.S. residents do not have reliable access to safe water, including mining-ravaged Appalachia and places like Flint, Michigan? We are excited to announce our partnership with Zero Mass Water, a tech startup that creates Hydropanels that produce water using just sunlight and air. A few weeks ago, one2one Donors stepped in to fund the installation of 24 Hydropanels at a local food bank in Kimball, WV, helping to secure a source for clean, safe water for the approximately 150 families served by the food bank who are desperate for it. These panels can produce the equivalent of up to 7,200 standard 16.9oz bottles of water every month, and over its 15-year life will offset over 1.3 million single-use plastic water bottles that would have cost over $160,000 and had a negative effect on the environment.

We are always looking for new ways to introduce our customized approach to others, and recently engaged in the corporate philanthropy sector. Working together with the HBO CSR and Global Distribution teams, we were able to connect over 200 employees with individuals in need, expanding our model like never before.

Donors often come to one2one with the hope of donating to a cause inspired by their own personal experience. Recently, we worked with donors - a husband and wife - who came to us with a specific cause in mind. The husband’s sister had suffered from Diabetes and, as a result, lost two of her limbs. Together, with one2one USA, the donors were able to create a customized Charitable Program that allowed them to help someone that faced the challenges of needing better quality prosthetics.