Route 66 Drive-thru Fundraiser

At Hands4Hope - Youth Making A Difference, our mission is to inspire and empower youth in leadership and service. We do this by giving youth a platform to make their voices heard on issues affecting our community and provide them the opportunity to take action in their own way.

All money raised during this auction, in addition to the Bucket Bailout, will be matched by Ron and Darin Mittlestaedt through their RDM Positive Impact Foundation up to $50K and will be spent during the 2020-21 program year to facilitate, strengthen, and grow our programs, engaging youth who then impact our community in positive ways.

At Hands4Hope - Youth Making A Difference, we create a community of civic minded and socially responsible citizens for generations to come by inspiring and empowering youth in leadership and servce.

Youth involved in Hands4Hope create and plan their own projects to support local charities and address unmet community needs and gain valuable experience and skills along the way. Youth participate in three ways:
- On-campus clubs at 13 middle and high schools from Folsom to Placerville;
- After school committees that focus on implementing a specific project, such as our School Supply Drive and Toiletries Drive;
- Community Engagement Events to provide direct service through partner community organization, such as preparing and serving meals to people experiencing food insecurity, or providing after school homework help to children in low-income housing.

In the last 15 years, Hands4Hope youth participants have collected 56,585 pounds of food for the food insecure in our community, prepared and served 60,571 meals to the homeless and to those food deprived. They’ve collected and distributed 70,869 articles of clothing and blankets, 68,362 school supplies, 16,500 pounds of toiletries, raised $334,903 for local outreach projects close to their hearts, included 563 youth in leadership roles/camps, and engaged 9,000+ youth in 120,855 service hours.

Thank you for your support of Hands4Hope - Youth Making A Difference! For more information, visit www.hands4hopeyouth.org