Just Imagine
Giving Fun — and Opportunity — to Inner City Youth
Abby Sondak traces so much of her personal growth back to summers she spent at overnight camp: intrepidness, confidence, independence, and appreciation of a wider world. “I wouldn’t have traded those years for anything. I’m passionate about giving others that experience,” she says.
As an educator working with inner-city youth in DC, she’s well positioned to give it to those who arguably need it the most. Just Imagine, the organization she founded, provides summer camp scholarships to underprivileged children and teens, exposing them to dramatically new environments, challenges and trajectories.
But Just Imagine goes even further, treating camp as more than a one-off experience. Instead, it’s the start of a long-term relationship that includes life-skills and college-prep workshops, and even campus tours … all creating paths for successful journeys through life, for those starting from the back.
Our funds underwrite scholarships for summer camp, and some administrative expenses.
What Good People at Just Imagine Are Saying
“The rest re-energized me physically and mentally, and reminded me of the importance of taking care of myself so that I’m able to continue taking care of others.“
— Abby Sondak, Founder and Executive Director
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