Support The Learning Web, Ithaca NY

This fundraiser has ended. Thanks to all who donated to The Sophie Fund's campaign to support The Learning Web of Ithaca!

Welcome to The Sophie Fund’s 2021 Cupcake Button fundraiser! Each October, we work alongside student organizations to raise monies for a local nonprofit focused on community wellbeing.

This year the campaign is collecting funds for The Learning Web, an agency offering experiential learning, youth employment, and independent living programs to youth and young adults.

100% of monies raised will go to The Learning Web and specifically to its Supporting Strong Families project. The project helps youth with children learn new skills, acquire childcare equipment and supplies, and access needed resources.

The Learning Web strives to support local youth—from the homeless to the more fortunate—to make the transition to adulthood successfully, finish high school, develop a productive career path leading to gainful employment and self-sufficiency, and contribute in a healthy and positive way to better the greater Ithaca community.

Every year The Learning Web helps 600 youth, 200 of whom are homeless, through a variety of programs. Services are provided to ensure safe housing, assist education and training opportunities, develop career pathways through apprenticeships and employment, and help with parenting skills for young parents.

For more information about The Learning Web, go to The Learning Web website .

The symbol of the campaign is a Cupcake Button, because the fundraising takes place in the run-up to the annual Ithaca Cupcake Baking Contest hosted by The Sophie Fund. Click here  for information about this year's contest.

This year’s fundraising campaign is supported by many student organizations, including Cornell University's Cornell Minds Matter, Alpha Phi Omega, Reflect at Cornell, Phi Sigma Pi, Pre-Professional Association Toward Careers in Health (PATCH), and Cornell Circle K; and Ithaca College's IC Strike.

For more information about The Sophie Fund, go to The Sophie Fund website .