Will you Donate to a College Student’s Trunk this Year?

The trunk party is a tradition that started in the Black community. As the first generations of the descendants of enslaved Africans were preparing to attend college, their community, comprised mostly of butlers, maids, & sharecroppers, was not going to let their young people leave for college empty handed.  A large trunk would be placed at the front of a college-bound student’s church beneath the altar & every member of the community would put something in the trunk they believed was needed to survive & be successful in college. Trunks typically would be overflowing with clothes, bedding, toiletries, school supplies, food, and cash. 

Trunk parties continue to this day, especially in communities where “it takes a village” to send a child off to college. You can be part of that village by donating here.  Let’s show our college bound young people that their community is there for them & whatever they need, we will do our best to provide.

AIM High exists to honor the legacy of the trunk parties started over a century ago. Each day AIM High’s mission is not just to fill its students’ trunks with the basic necessities of life, but to also place in their students’ trunks academic, financial, & social-emotional support. We know that keeping those trunks filled guarantees graduation.  That hard work fills our days, every day.

AIM High is only able to do this amazing work because of the generous donations made by a global community that supports this work. Your donations… past, present and future.  As 2021 comes to a close, and students have persevered through another daunting school year, we ask that you donate to AIM High, so students’ trunks will always be full of life transforming necessities. 

And when those young people cross that stage with their college degrees, we know that your contributions to the AIM High trunk helped get them there.  Thank you!!!

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Depite Covid, AIM High students still graduated in 2021.  Take a look.

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