The Oak Ridge Hands4Hope Empower Club is excited to welcome you! We complete service-learning projects over the course of the year, using the Hands4Hope IPARD curriculum, under the mentorship of a Hands4Hope Staff Mentor. The Club is open to all Oak Ridge students. Oak Ridge offers two Hands4Hope Clubs; our sister club is the Oak Ridge Hands4Hope Inspire Club. We often team up for activities and support each other, but we do separate service-learning projects.
The 2026-27 Club has been formed for the year. We are currently working on identifying our area of need to focus on, and then we will identify a nonprofit partner to work with.
Schedule & Info
Thursdays: 12:22-12:52pm Room P-11
Leaders meet every other Thursday via Zoom at 4 pm
Essentials for Everyone
For their 2025-26 project, Oak Ridge High School Hands4Hope Empower Club made a huge difference through their food drive, collecting 777.3 pounds of food for the Hands4Hope Emergency Food Pantry.
Club Leadership
President – Amanda Chung
Vice President – Dyuthi Thella
Secretary – Avanti Ramamoorthy
Treasurer – Samara Hepler
Public Relations – Althea Garabedian
Club News
With the start of a new school year comes the season for students from El
Hands4Hope Clubs on 10 middle and high school campuses completed the final part of the
Past Years' Projects
The 2025-26 club made a huge difference through their food drive, collecting 777.3 pounds of food for the Hands4Hope Emergency Food Pantry.
The 2024-25 Club held a snack sale that raised $975 to purchase Roo Wraps for NICU babies with Sweet Dreams Foundation.
The 2023-24 club held a bug repellant and sunscreen donation drive to benefit the clients of Upper Room Dining Hall.