Passion Fair 2024
Students had the opportunity to explore and find new passions through interactive displays where they could create and learn.
Students had the opportunity to explore and find new passions through interactive displays where they could create and learn.
PASTA gave back to local families with a mini holiday store full of gifts for parents, siblings, and loved ones, and an activity booths for kids!
Students put together their very own businesses from start to finish, learning valuable skills such as how to handle money, market a brand, and communicate to the public.
Our chapters have raised hundreds of dollars by selling Holiday Grams, winter kits, and more!
During our 8 week camp, kids engaged in activities to help them learn skills to build and run their own businesses!
Our chapters created birthday kits for students with winter birthdays!
PASTA dropped off hundreds of friendship bracelet kits to Mobile Hope for people of all ages.
Our members shared thoughts and letters about their cultures to celebrate Hispanic Appreciation Day.
PASTA has started a free, virtual mentoring program: Penne Pals! Children from grades 2-5 get matched with trained mentors and learn with activities.
We’ve gone national! PASTA has launched chapters in seven other states and Australia.
Our chapters are making interactive videos to teach students different skills!
Our chapters created Unwind Your Mind Kits! Each kit has days of relaxing activities for kids at home!
During the COVID-19 pandemic, we created Passion Kits with many activity bags in one Kit to keep students entertained and inspired while at home.
Loudoun Chamber recognized PASTA as the Nonprofit Spotlight at their Young Professionals Networking Event in March 2020.
In 2018, we were one of 100 groups and people in Loudoun County nominated to share our story and how we have made a difference in our community.
PASTA was given the 2019 Outstanding Volunteer Award for a Youth Volunteer team in April 2019.
PASTA Talks is a program we created to bring students together so they can talk about topics that are relevant to various types of people.
All the chapters of PASTA got together to organize and create a magical Father-Daughter dance at Sugarland Elementary School. This is one of PASTA’s favorite projects!
PASTA members organized Family Field day so children could be engaged in fun activities while spending time bonding with their families. Each chapter worked to create a kid friendly activity!
The Nothing’s ImPASTAble tutoring/mentoring program matches elementary aged students with high school mentors for free academic tutoring and a genuine friendship. All tutors are qualified through our training program and are equipped with a tutor success kit.
Nothing’s ImPASTAble was awarded a grant of $1500 from 100WomenStrong which went towards funding for tutoring materials and essentials for the program.
The transition to college can be tough for everyone, so we created a KIT for incoming college students to help their peers on campus!
On February of 2020, 160 PASTA members showed up to school delivering handmade bags with snowflakes on them and candy inside to surprise another student.
One of PASTA’s premier projects, Eagleville is a village made of ten unique businesses where the kids picked their store details and built their businesses!
Our chapters hosted booths with everything from crochet and sculpting, to magic and guitar. With 30 unique booths to explore, we created an event that hosted over 250 students!
We hosted a leadership summit to educate over 100 PASTA members on the importance of personal branding. We flew in 10 speakers and mentors from around the country!
PASTA hosted 6 2-hour sessions for different skills and developed mentors to lead future PASTA members.