How EDSS Connects the Community
Acting as the bridge between schools, students, and local businesses, we coordinate student-empowered fundraising efforts that meet immediate school needs while building real-world skills.
Built to connect schools with community partners and supporters, EDSS ensures fundraising efforts are organized, supported, and impactful — creating lasting value for students and schools alike.
Our approach is built on three core principles:
1️⃣ Student Empowerment
Students gain leadership, entrepreneurial skills, and confidence through real responsibility.
2️⃣ Community Collaboration
Local businesses and supporters play a meaningful role in strengthening schools.
3️⃣ Lasting Impact
Organized efforts deliver resources where they’re needed most — with outcomes beyond a single event.
Why The EDSS Model Works
Traditional fundraising often relies on volunteers managing logistics behind the scenes. EDSS takes a different approach — placing students in leadership roles while the community provides support.
When students lead and the community supports, schools thrive. Join a shared effort that builds skills, confidence, and stronger youth across our communities.
This model succeeds because it is built on shared ownership:
1️⃣Students Lead
Students gain real responsibility, leadership experience, and confidence through hands-on involvement.
2️⃣Communities Support
Local businesses and supporters play an active role in strengthening schools and student outcomes.
3️⃣Schools Benefit
Organized efforts deliver resources, engagement, and lasting value beyond a single fundraiser.
Donut Drive & Thrive empowers schools to lead real student-led fundraising efforts with support from their local communities.
Students build:
When students lead communities grow stronger!
Where Students Lead and Communities Support
Founded in 2023, we partner with schools and local businesses to deliver student-led initiatives that create real outcomes.
These efforts support school programs, provide essential resources, and recognize students through initiatives like the Glaze the Way scholarship.
Our impact is driven by three meaningful outcomes:
1️⃣ Program Support
Helping schools fund and expand programs that benefit students directly.
2️⃣ Student Recognition
Celebrating students who demonstrate leadership and commitment to continued education.
3️⃣ Community Connection
Building stronger relationships between schools, local businesses, and supporters.
Our focus remains on sustainable, student-centered solutions that strengthen the connection between schools and the communities that support them.
Investing in Students Futures
The Glaze the Way Scholarship is an annual $1,000 award supporting graduating students pursuing further education in Information Technology or Culinary Arts.
The scholarship recognizes students who demonstrate dedication, leadership, and a commitment to building their future through education and skill development.
By supporting this program, you help open doors for students as they take their next step beyond high school.
Bring Meaningful Fundraising to Your Campus
We work alongside schools and PTAs to deliver student-centered fundraising experiences that build skills, strengthen community connections, and support real school needs.
Support Students. Strengthen Your Community
Sponsoring a Donut Drive & Thrive connects your business to visible, student-led impact while strengthening relationships with the schools and neighborhoods you serve.
Be Part of a Shared Effort
Your support helps expand student-led learning, fund school programs, and open doors through scholarships like Glaze the Way.