Feed a child

Preserve the wilderness

Stop sexual abuse

Shelter animals

How You Benefit

• Use your skills, talent, and creativity to:

• make a difference as we channel to nonprofits some of the $450 billion Americans spend each year on birthday, wedding, and holiday presents
• take on a leadership role, learn, and develop your skills
• make friends and build your network at your school and nationwide
• enhance your resume with a record of achievement and community service (this should qualify for school community service hours).

• We offer a great experience, but we are a nonprofit, and this is an unpaid position.
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About Changing The Present

We help nonprofits and schools capture some of the $450 billion Americans spend each year on birthday, wedding, and holiday presents.

We do that by making the experience of a donation, which you give in a friend's name, feel like a rewarding present and an appealing alternative to buying yet more "stuff." We provide:

• tangible charitable gifts (preserve an acre of the rain forest, fund an hour of cancer research, etc.)
• personalized printed greeting cards
• wish lists and registries
• gift cards, etc.

This slideshow provides an overview of our program.

Provide books for children

Support Mental Health

Combat blindness

Provide safe drinking water

Sponsor cancer research

This is Prestigious and Competitive

We seek students who:

• are enrolled in an American public, private, or charter high school.
• have an outstanding academic record and a proven history of leadership
• are active and involved in activities at their school and/or the surrounding community.
• commit to at least four hours per week--for the summer or for the full academic year. (If you can commit at least ten hours per week, please see our opportunities for interns and volunteers).

What You Will Do

Promote awareness of and participation in Changing The Present among students, teachers, and student organizations, while also promoting the concept of donations as a meaningful alternative to traditional presents.

You will:

• use social media, the school newspaper, newsletters, flyers, etc. to grow awareness of our program
• seek support from student influencers
• encourage student council, clubs, and teams to create charitable fundraising pages on the site, which help them raise more money and recognize them for all of their philanthropy
• invite the PTA, booster clubs, and other organizations to use our fundraising tools
• collaborate with school departments, teachers, and the administration
• encourage students to create profile pages and charitable wish lists or registries 
• start a Changing The Present club at your school (founding an organization looks great on a resume)
• invite local nonprofits, schools, and teachers to register, so they can capture new funding.

Our Campus Ambassador Manual

We will provide detailed instructions, message templates, downloadable flyers, digital graphics, and other marketing assets for your use. You will certainly have more ideas, which we welcome and encourage you to share with us and the other Ambassadors.