Generation Uprise

❤️🖤WE CHOSE TO GO DEEPER

What started as a vision to provide 200–300 backpacks became something different.

As we prepared for this year’s Back-to-School Initiative, we saw how many incredible organizations and community partners were already stepping up to make sure students had backpacks and school supplies. We asked ourselves:

Where is the deeper need, and how can Generation Uprise help fill it?

So, we pivoted.

Instead of focusing on reaching the largest number of students possible, we focused on providing more comprehensive support to each student we could serve.

Our Uprise Scholars received:

👕 A school uniform or back-to-school outfit
👟 A new pair of shoes
✏️ Grade-appropriate school supplies
🧼 Hygiene essentials for our middle and high school students

Because being prepared for school isn’t only about what’s inside a backpack.

It’s walking through those doors with shoes that fit. Clothes you feel comfortable and confident wearing. The supplies you need in the classroom. And knowing that an entire community believes you deserve to start the year feeling prepared, confident, and supported.

Was it a bigger undertaking? Absolutely. But we knew there was a need, and we believed it was worth meeting.

We are incredibly grateful to every person who helped make this possible — whether you donated financially, gave supplies, volunteered your time, shared our posts, helped us shop, packed bags, or simply supported the vision. We could not have done this without you.

And we are especially proud to recognize BAE Financial Group, Presenting Sponsor of Generation Uprise’s 2026 Back-to-School Initiative.

BAE Financial Group’s investment helped turn this vision into action, providing critical funding that allowed us to meet students’ needs beyond basic school supplies. Their partnership is an example of what can happen when businesses choose to invest directly in the communities they serve.

To BAE Financial Group and every donor and volunteer who stood behind this mission: thank you❤️🖤

This is what community partnership looks like.

This is what investing in the next generation looks like.

And we’re only getting started.

Generation Uprise
From the Concrete, We Rise🌹

📚 Applications are now open for Generation Uprise’s 2026 Uprise Scholar Back-to-School Initiative!

From Texas to Louisiana, we’re investing in the next generation by helping students start the school year with the resources, confidence, and encouragement they need for a successful year.

Selected scholars may receive:
👕 School Uniform / Outfit
👟 New Shoes
📚 School Supplies
💌 Welcome Packet & Encouragement

Application Deadlines:
📍 Texas: Monday, August 3
📍 Louisiana: Wednesday, August 5

Applications are limited, and scholars will be selected based on need and available funding.

📲 Scan the QR code on the flyer or visit www.GenerationUprise.com to apply.

Event details will be shared directly with selected families.

❤️ From the Concrete, We Rise.

Hi Everyone! Generation Uprise is in the final stretch of preparing for our Back-to-School Event, and we could really use your help.

Our greatest need right now is funding for new shoes so local students can start the school year with confidence. We’ll also be providing essential school supplies, and every donation helps us serve one more child.

If you’d like to support, here are two ways to help:

💙 Greatest Need – Make a Monetary Donation:
https://donorbox.org/2026-community-impact-fund

👟 Prefer to purchase an item? We’ve added new shoes and back-to-school essentials to our Amazon Wishlist:
https://a.co/0a91lPIl

If you’re a business interested in sponsoring this year’s event, I’d love to connect and share our sponsorship opportunities.

Thank you so much for helping us make sure local students start the school year with confidence. Every act of kindness makes a difference. ❤️

Check out my list on Amazon

Imagine getting your child’s school supply list… and realizing you simply can’t afford it.

Not because you don’t work hard.
Not because you don’t care.
But because groceries, rent, and keeping the lights on came first.

That’s the reality for more families than most people realize.

This August, Generation Uprise is preparing for our 2nd Annual Back-to-School Event, where children will receive backpacks filled with school supplies—and, when possible, new shoes—to help them start the school year with confidence.

We’re asking our community to help make that happen.

There are two ways you can make a difference:

💵Make a monetary donation. Your gift allows us to purchase the supplies and shoes we’re still missing, help more families, and cover the costs of making this event possible.

❤️ Donate here: https://donorbox.org/generation-uprise-community-impact-fund

📚 Shop our Amazon Wishlist. Every notebook, backpack, pack of pencils, folder, and box of crayons brings us one step closer to sending another child back to school prepared.

🛒 Amazon Wishlist: https://a.co/0a91lPIl

No gift is too small.

Whether you give $10 or purchase a single item from our wishlist, you’re helping a child walk into school feeling prepared, confident, and ready to learn.

Together, we can remind every child who attends this event that their community believes in them and that they never have to face life’s challenges alone.

Thank you for helping us make our 2nd Annual Back-to-School Event one they’ll never forget❤️

Check out my list on Amazon

We’re officially on the board! 🖤❤️

Our very first donation toward Generation Uprise’s 2026 Community Impact Fund just came in!

Thank you to our first donor for believing in this mission and helping us move one step closer to providing backpacks, school supplies, meals, Christmas gifts, and homeless outreach across Texas and Louisiana.

Every gift matters. Every share matters.

In 2016, I started doing a Christmas giveaway out of my own pocket.

No nonprofit.

No sponsors.

Just me.

Because I knew there were families out there having to choose between keeping the lights on and giving their kids a Christmas.

Ten years later, families are still counting on it. And I’m still showing up.

What started as one Christmas event has grown into Generation Uprise — a 501(c)(3) nonprofit serving families across Texas and Louisiana with back-to-school drives, Thanksgiving meals, Christmas giveaways, and homeless outreach.

Every year, it got harder, but the need never stopped, so neither did I.

This year, I’m opening the door wider and asking for your support in a bigger way than I ever have before.

My goal is to raise $20,000 to fund four initiatives across both states in 2026. My first milestone is $5,000 by July 10th to launch our Back-to-School event for kids who need it most.

If 20 people reading this gave $250, we’d be there.

Whether it’s $25, $250, or $2,500, your generosity helps provide school supplies, meals, gifts, and hope to families who need it most. And if you can’t give, a share costs nothing and means everything.

Ten years in.

This is the year we rise together🖤❤️

Community Outreach Volunteers Needed

Volunteer and service hours available.

Remote opportunities available.

Great for high school students, college students, and individuals looking to give back.

Inbox if interested