Fix it with Five, a student led and funded grant dedicated to creating systemic change was founded at Saint Michael's College in 2010. It is the mission of Fix It With Five to promote systemic and permanent change through an annual grant to a local community-based organization demonstrating this same commitment. By withdrawing $5 from each of Saint Michael's College's 2000 students, we've created
an annual $10,000 grant. Following the Saint Michael's College mission of social justice, this student-led and student-funded program aims to alleviate a condition leading to the degradation of human dignity. Through the grant process, Fix it with Five seeks to heighten awareness about pressing social problems which ultimately affect us all and to educate both the college and surrounding communities about organizations working in constructive ways to strengthen our community. Since 2010, Fix It With Five has awarded four local nonprofits the $10,000 grant. Our recipients have been Spectrum Youth and Family Services, the Committee on Temporary Shelter, the Boys and Girls Club of Burlington Vermont and the Visiting Nurses Association. and each have applied the $10,000 grant to a distinctly different project to benefit the community.
