News & Updates

The latest from our projects and deliveries.

Summer 2026

Delivery to My Sisters' Place

Volunteers delivering a cart full of backpacks packed with school supplies to My Sisters' Place

Backpacks stuffed with notebooks, pencils, and supplies, delivered to My Sisters' Place in White Plains as part of this year's backpack drive.

Fall 2026

Backpack assembly day

Volunteers assembling backpacks surrounded by boxes of notebooks, pencils, and calculators

Our volunteers sorted notebooks, colored pencils, calculators, and supplies, assembling backpacks for this year's drive.

Winter 2026

Buenos Aires School Supplies Delivery

EDUCAR Lighthouse volunteers in front of Escuela Primaria Nº 11 in Buenos Aires, Argentina

School supplies delivered during the holiday break to 3 schools in Buenos Aires, Argentina — including Escuela Primaria #11 (Manuel Rodriguez Fragio) and Escuela Primaria #2 (Jose Hernandez). Another delivery is organized for February, as families get ready for the new school year in March.

Summer 2025

School Supplies Delivery

Volunteers delivering boxes of school supplies at El Centro Hispano

We are distributing backpacks filled with school supplies to Centro Hispano for the new school year.

Winter 2025

Southern California Wildfires Fundraiser

Our winter fundraiser supported communities affected by the Southern California wildfires. $1,350 raised.

2024 & 2025

Helping Hands Cusco

Students doing schoolwork in a classroom in Cusco, Peru

School and recess supplies donated to Helping Hands Cusco, Peru (Summer 2024).

Summer 2025: Educar Lighthouse donated to Helping Hands Cusco to fund the construction of a new classroom, bedrooms and bathroom for on-site volunteers — helping the organization achieve self-sustainable status.

Summer 2024

School Supplies Fundraiser

DollarDays wishlist of school supplies for the Summer 2024 fundraiser

We partnered up with DollarDays to receive donations of school supplies to be distributed in Summer 2024. The campaign was a great success!!! We raised $1,525.98.

The donations received purchased: 120 backpacks, 144 highlighters, 48 boxes of chalk, 48 calculators, 96 boxes of 12 colored pencils, 48 boxes of #2 pencils, 96 spiral notebooks, 192 boxes of crayons, 288 rulers, 480 pencil sharpeners, 48 protractors.

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO OUR DONORS!!!