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We have always believed that we could change our country and the world through volunteerism, community service and an entrepreneurial vision to build business ventures that will fund many charities and allow us to become philanthropist. At a very young age, we both thought that we could eliminate all the suffering in the country and in the world. However, my mother told us that if we truly wanted to effect change, we would have to start with ourselves, our family and our community; and that is what we did.
At the age of 15, in 2004, my younger sister and I founded a charity that we incorporated as Tea Party Charitable Foundation, Inc. to manage an Annual Mother and Daughter Charity Tea and Clothing Drive. For our annual event, we ask mothers and daughters to bring used clothing in good condition that we donate to a girl their age or size. Mothers, daughters, sisters, aunts, grandmothers and friends enjoy tea, poetry, entertainment and a variety of cakes while strengthening their relationships and contributing to a worthy cause. At first we thought that all we were doing was providing much needed clothing to under privileged girls, but we found that it has grown to so much more. By bringing people together in service of their community we empowered and inspired them with a new optimism. We learned that through community service we can not only help meet the material needs of those less fortunate, but that we could spark the spirit of volunteerism. One of the greatest gifts we have ever given anyone is the opportunity to experience the fulfillment that comes from helping your community and ultimately your country.
In 2006 our charity created the "Stepping Out On Faith Award" to honor women from the community in the areas of Community Service, Entrepreneurship and Special Achievement. We have also awarded book scholarships to deserving high school female graduates. Some of the organizations that have benefited from our charity's donations include Children's Orphanage (Monrovia, Liberia), Embrace Kid's Foundation (Somerset, NJ), FISH (Piscataway, NJ), Fountain Baptist Church Katrina Fund (Summit, NJ), and Spelman College (Atlanta, GA).
Respectfully,
Kiara Carty
Nia Carty
Co-Founders
Nia is currently a junior in high school and Kiara attends the University of Maryland, College Park Campus.
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