For several years, a group of Round Rock High School students have been helping fellow students experiencing homelessness through Project Red, raising over $10,000 and engaging more than 100 student volunteers.
For several years, a group of Round Rock High School students have been helping fellow students experiencing homelessness through Project Red, raising over $10,000 and engaging more than 100 student volunteers. Project Red is a student-based nonprofit founded in 2022 by two high schoolers looking to give back. Andrew Vu, cofounder of Project Red, recalls that the idea came to him and his friend one afternoon while they were sitting in his garage – the friends quickly wrote it down on a napkin they had nearby. That napkin has since grown into a group with over 100 student volunteers joining forces to help those in need, raising more than $10,000 over the past four years to fight student homelessness, together. At its inception, Project Red was created as a way to provide aid to Ukrainian refugees by gathering supplies for care packages. After their initial idea to help refugees, they