What We Do
As STEM fields continue to drive innovation and reshape our world, it is essential to ensure access to high-quality learning opportunities for all students. This project seeks to eliminate financial barriers and expand access for K-12 students from financially challenged backgrounds by providing support to attend immersive STEM camps within the College of Education at USF's St. Petersburg campus. Participants will engage in hands-on, future-focused experiences in areas such as coding, artificial intelligence, 3D printing, robotics and immersive media including augmented and virtual reality. They will be empowered with the skills, confidence and inspiration to become tomorrow's innovators and problem-solvers.
Your Impact
Investing in this project is investing in the future of innovation and opportunity. For many students from financially challenged backgrounds, access to high-quality STEM learning opportunities outside the classroom remains out of reach due to cost and limited exposure. This project seeks to remove barriers and open doors to transformative experiences that can ignite a lifelong passion for science, technology, engineering and math. Your support helps ensure that talent and curiosity — not ZIP codes or income — determine a student’s access to opportunity. As one parent recently shared, “This camp opened my child’s eyes to possibilities they had never imagined.” With your help, we can create more such stories and build
a more innovative future for all.
USF Faculty and Staff: You can give online through this site or complete this payroll deduction form (enter fund #PE0023, USFSP College of Education STEM Camp Student Support Fund) and email it to fscampaign@usf.edu.
What Your Generosity Will Do:
Funds raised for this project will be used to eliminate barriers to participation and provide a supported, enriching experience for students attending STEM Camps at USF's St. Petersburg campus. This can include providing support for enrollment expenses and covering associated costs, such as transportation to and from camp, daily meals and snacks, and camp supplies.
Additionally, funds raised for this project can be used to support camp gear, including but not limited to T-shirts, backpacks, notebooks, pencils and any additional materials required for participation in hands-on activities involving technologies like robotics, 3D printing and artificial intelligence. These funds aim to help campers, regardless of their economic background, engage fully in the STEM Camp experience by reducing financial burdens.
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ZIP code shouldn’t determine opportunity. By supporting USF St. Petersburg’s STEM Camps, you can give students from financially challenged backgrounds access to life-changing, future-focused learning. 🚀 usf.to/USFSPstem
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$25
Gear Up
A gift at this level can provide a student with camp supplies such as notebooks, pencils and STEM tools.
$50
Fuel Up
A gift at this level can help cover healthy meals and snacks for a student during camp.
$100
STEM Starter Pack
A gift at this level can provide a student with a full camp kit, such as a T-shirt, backpack and supplies.
$250
Help Open the Door
A gift at this level can sponsor half the cost of camp expenses for one student.
$500
Full Access Support
A gift at this level can sponsor the full cost of camp expenses for one student.
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