Hello <span data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip" fr-original-style style="background-color:rgb(248, 248, 255);border:1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255);border-radius:4px;color:rgb(42, 42, 196);padding:1px 8px;font-size:11px;display:inline-block;margin:0px;overflow-wrap:anywhere;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit">First name, We are very grateful for your support of our cause. This generous donation greatly helps advance our mission. If you would like to advance our inspiring impact further, please invite friends to support us financially as well.  Introductions to exciting nonprofits in our target markets are always appreciated! Be Happy!Jack Potvin jackpotvin50@gmail.com

Our Why - A fundamental belief that volunteering is the missing multi-vitamin for modern youth wellness! Project Happy Program Accomplishments ✅ Receive 501c3 tax-exempt Nonprofit Certification✅ Hire an accomplished full-time Executive Director &amp; talented team✅ Build &amp; launch an innovative <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/project-happy/id6464057274?platform=iphone">mobile app</a> connecting students &amp; nonprofits that’s universally loved, already used by over 1,000 NH youth.✅ Recruit &amp; onboard 40+ exciting local Nonprofit partners, posting hundreds of opportunities✅ Receive NH Department of Education endorsement as NH’s Student Volunteering Hub ✅ Manchester School Board &amp; District approval + <a href="https://www.mansd.org/article/1984916">partnership</a>, Mayor Ruais Endorsement✅ Speak in person with 2,000+ New Hampshire students about the benefits of community involvement, service and happiness ✅ Youth Service Movement kick-off hosted by the Mayor (Feb '25), attended by 20 key educational &amp; community leaders!✅ Successfully facilitated thousands of hours of youth service! Next Wins - Your Donation Unlocks 🔜 Fuel Project Happy’s growth for the 2025-2026 school year by raising $100k (anchored by Sponsors &amp; Partners)🔜 🔜 Facilitate 10,000+ hours of youth volunteering through Project Happy byJuly 2025. Grand Vision - Inch by InchTake our learnings &amp; momentum from Manchester, to bring our Movement across New Hampshire accessible to ~60k high school students. Through much program development &amp; expansion, an average of 17 hours per student of annual service achieves a State-altering 1 Million Hours of Good! This movement will fundamentally uplift our youth, nonprofits, &amp; connect our communities like little else could. Achieving Project Happy's manifest destiny of empowering a generation of Americans to buy into their communities, &amp; live more fulfilled lives ❤️ <hr />More InfoProgram Summary: Project Happy is a profound, proven solution to meaningfully address New Hampshire’s statewide youth wellness crisis! While uplifting entire communities ☀️<ul><li>The devastating youth unhappiness epidemic<ul><li>Suicides are 2nd leading cause of death among US teens (Boston Childrens)</li><li>1 in 5 high schoolers had a major depressive episode in the last year (NIH)</li><li>40% of high school students experience persistent sadness or hopelessness</li><li>Teens spend an average of 8½ hours on screens daily. A full work-week (Fortune)</li><li>This is not just normal teen anxiety or “a part of growing up”.... it’s a tragedy!</li></ul></li><li>Volunteering is the missing multi-vitamin for youth wellness 🇺🇸<ul><li>Doing good &amp; helping others boosts fulfillment! Volunteering reduces stress, ignites passion, increases confidence + connectedness, combats depression, prevents feelings of isolation, and gives a lasting sense of purpose. </li><li><a href="https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2025/01/07/21st-surgeon-general-issues-parting-prescription-for-america.html#:~:text=Vivek%20Murthy%20writes%2C%20%E2%80%9CAs%20I,that%20are%20essential%20for%20fulfillment.">The US Surgeon General agrees </a>- The widespread missing link for Mental Health &amp; the unhappiness epidemic among young people Nationally, is a stifling lack of meaningful community connection, involvement, &amp; service in their lives.</li><li>Community Service is a key to Proactive/Preventive Wellness &amp; Inspired Youth!</li></ul></li><li>The Existing Youth Service Gap… and how we’re solving it!<ul><li>However, less than ⅓ teens volunteer whatsoever, and far less serve consistently<ul><li>New Hampshire has no resource for our students to find passion-aligned local community service opportunities. They are encouraged to call around and figure it out, which unsurprisingly, often doesn’t happen. </li></ul></li><li>In fact, New Hampshire’s volunteer force is aging out (average age is said to be 60!)<ul><li>This is a massive problem for our State’s 6,000+ nonprofit organizations.</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> The Solution: We’ve successfully built &amp; are now rapidly scaling, NH’s only student volunteering hub! <ul><li><a href="https://www.projecthappy.world/">Project Happy</a> has become the go-to platform (mobile app) for our State’s students to get deeply involved in their community through volunteering, providing hundreds of exciting &amp; passion aligned opportunities to choose from. We are sparking an energetic, positive movement of youth community engagement, service &amp; wellness across our great State.</li><li>Initial primary focus in the Greater Manchester &amp; Lakes Region communities (8k+ students)</li><li>Endorsements from 12+ NH Principals, the Department of Education, Mayor of Manchester Jay Ruais, among many others.</li><li>After perfecting our partner community playbook in these two key communities, our vision is to scale Project Happy Statewide. Inspiring thousands of American youth to see themselves as service-minded &amp; community connected individuals… fueling a new National Model for Youth Wellness, right here in NH!</li><li>See our <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13FJ83srlYuuJCL9GpEbj4DlwyIGYZWLNz2cXrmz_R6Y/edit?usp=sharing">Full Deck</a></li></ul> A Look at Our App (available on iOS &amp; Android)<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1734232673/mqa4tcq3r5z0jk08am9z.png" style="width:525px;display:block;vertical-align:top;margin:5px auto;text-align:center;position:relative;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%" />Passionate Quotes from Nonprofit Partners &amp; Students<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1734232698/b0i74nuyjzvfp4plnwab.png" style="width:551px;display:block;vertical-align:top;margin:5px auto;text-align:center;position:relative;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%" /> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJdjCzVXdyE">Quick worthwhile watch</a> - 90s video at the Feb '25 Youth Service Movement Kick Off, hosted by Manchester Mayor Jay Ruais <hr />We are grateful for your generous support to fuel a high-impact '25! - Jack Potvin, proud Founder<ul><li>Please consider making a tax deductible donation through this page today!Thanks for helping us make a great thing happen.<ul><li>Side note, when checking out - Simply change the default Zeffy platform fee to 0, this way there will be no fee!</li></ul></li><li>Contact: <a href="mailto:Jackpotvin50@gmail.com">Jackpotvin50@gmail.com</a></li></ul>

Project Happy 501(c)3

Continuing & Expanding the Youth Service Movement - across Greater Manchester!

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