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Applied Computing Foundation FIC Launches Junior Chapter! 📣🍀 We are THRILLED to introduce our Future Impact Challenge (FIC) Junior Chapter for the very first time, while our teen (high school chapter) will launch again for the fourth year in a row!   Registrations open on January 1, 2025. Here is a first glimpse of our junior chapter: https://lnkd.in/gm3MDk_t In the journey of innovation and making this earth a greener (and better) place, we believe that age is just a number! Our youngest innovators deserve the space and podium to present their ideas boldly, build early, impact fast, and inspire the rest. 💛 Stay tuned via our Discord server! https://lnkd.in/dipMQuri Pre-registrations are open until Dec. 31. https://lnkd.in/gjVik9t7 . . . . #sustainability #leadership #event #experience #entrepreneurs #team #technology #community #experience #science #acf #appliedcomputing #appliedcomputingfoundation #innovation #genz #changemakers #coding #education #funding #teenfounders #learnbuildapply #learn #build #apply #ethicalinnovation #event #entrepreneurship #teenentrepreneurship #entrepreneurs #fic #futureimpactchallenge #learning #strategy #energy #engagement #creativity #fic #futureimpact #startupcommunity #startupecosystem #collaboration #impact #youthforchange

🎺 Future Impact Challenge Is Live Now! 🎺 With students joining in from the USA, Korea, India, Africa, Panama, Canada, and several other countries, FIC has been testimony to the powerful force that Gen Z brings to the forefront of sustainable entrepreneurship. REGISTRATIONS Are NOW Open. https://lnkd.in/d54zGJsc See you there! 🌍💚 Stay up-to-date with all the latest details through our Discord server. 📣 https://lnkd.in/dipMQuri . . . . #sustainability #leadership #event #experience #entrepreneurs #team #technology #community #experience #science #acf #appliedcomputing #appliedcomputingfoundation #innovation #genz #changemakers #coding #education #funding #teenfounders #learnbuildapply #learn #build #apply #ethicalinnovation #event #entrepreneurship #teenentrepreneurship #entrepreneurs #fic #futureimpactchallenge #learning #strategy #energy #engagement #creativity #fic #futureimpact #startupcommunity #startupecosystem #collaboration #impact #ficlaunch

🌎🌿 Future Impact Challenge- Join the Movement! 🌿🌎 The Future Impact Challenge is here! Are you ready to tackle global challenges, drive meaningful change, and innovate for a brighter tomorrow? 🚀 In this video, we unveil the vision behind the challenge and how YOU can become a part of this transformative journey. Whether you're a passionate innovator, a problem solver, or someone eager to make a difference, this challenge is your platform to shine. https://lnkd.in/gPt4UX43 🌱 What is the Future Impact Challenge? 🌱 Future Impact Challenge is an international tech entrepreneurship competition hosted by ACF from Silicon Valley to empower students to build a more powerful, sustainable, and equitable future for all! ☘️ . . . . #sustainability #leadership #event #experience #entrepreneurs #team #technology #community #experience #science #acf #appliedcomputing #appliedcomputingfoundation #innovation #genz #changemakers #coding #education #funding #teenfounders #learnbuildapply #learn #build #apply #ethicalinnovation #event #entrepreneurship #teenentrepreneurship #entrepreneurs #fic #futureimpactchallenge #learning #strategy #energy #engagement #creativity #fic #futureimpact #startupcommunity #startupecosystem #collaboration #impact

Happy Holidays From ACF! 🎄🕎☃️☘️ Dear ACF Community, While you deck the halls with boughs of holly, light a menorah, or serve the feast at a local soup kitchen, we hope you can take the next few days to have jolly times with your loved ones. Applied Computing Foundation is here to send some good cheer your way! ❤️ The holidays are a wonderful time to introspect on the year bygone, count our blessings, slow down, and fill our hearts with hope while creating a vision board for the new year. We hope this season of manifestation and possibility inspires you to be kinder to yourself! For ACF, there are big things on the horizon for 2025, and we cannot wait to share them with you! Until then, let's keep empowering our communities. What's Your 2024 Winter Break Like? Whether it's a family tradition, a skiing holiday, a snowman-building competition, chilling by the beach, or simply spending some time off the screen and resting, what does your winter break look like? Share your story with us in the comment section below, and the best ones will get featured on our LinkedIn! We hope you have a great time with your loved ones, no matter how you spend the season.  . . . . #team #technology #community #experience #science #acf #appliedcomputing #appliedcomputingfoundation #sustainability #innovation #genz #changemakers #coding #education #learnbuildapply #learn #build #apply #ethicalinnovation #entrepreneurship #teenentrepreneurship #entrepreneurs #collaboration #leadership #startup #impact #startupcommunity #startupecosystem #stem #steam #holidays #holidayseason #winterbreak #holidaywishes

❄️ Winter Is Here. Join ACF's “App Innovators Camp”! ❄️ Dec 30, 2024 - Jan 3, 2025 🗓️ ACF is happy to celebrate the spirit of warmth through our Virtual "App Innovators Camp"! After spending time with loved ones and enjoying all the good food, learn how to create a mobile app & launch it! ☃️ When? Dec 30, 31, 2024 & Jan 2, 3, 2025 (4-days) 10:00 am - 12:00 'o clock PT Class Overview 📍 Day 1: “App Inventor Storytelling Adventures!” Day 2: “ Game Master Challenger!” Day 3: “Share & Shine!” Day 4. “The Grand App Showcase!” This winter, be a favorite by gifting a unique app development experience to empower our future STEAM leaders and innovators. Use the code newyear25 for a 25% discount for the year (you guessed it) 2025! The offer is valid until Dec. 29, 24. . . . . #team #technology #community #experience #science #acf #appliedcomputing #appliedcomputingfoundation #sustainability #innovation #genz #changemakers #coding #education #learnbuildapply #learn #build #apply #ethicalinnovation #entrepreneurship #teenentrepreneurship #entrepreneurs #collaboration #leadership #startup #impact #startupcommunity #startupecosystem #stem #steam #camp #wintercamp #wintersteamcamp #stemcamp #winterstemcamp #steamcamp

☘️ Future Impact Challenge is just around the corner! ☘️ 🚀 Starting January 1, 2025 🚀 Calling all TEENS! Are you ready to innovate, collaborate, and change the world in 2025? 🌍 The Future Impact Challenge invites YOU to step into the future and design groundbreaking solutions for a sustainable tomorrow. 🌱 💡 What’s the goal? Create an invention or initiative that tackles real-world sustainability issues- from climate action to clean energy, waste reduction, and beyond. 🎯 Why join? ✅ Showcase your creativity & leadership ✅ Compete with the brightest young minds ✅ Win epic prizes and global recognition 🌟 🗓️ Save the Date Applications open January 1, 2025! ✨ It’s your chance to turn ideas into action. Let’s innovate for a brighter future. Are you ready? Pre-registrations are currently open: https://lnkd.in/gjVik9t7 . . . . #sustainability #leadership #event #experience #entrepreneurs #team #technology #community #experience #science #acf #appliedcomputing #appliedcomputingfoundation #innovation #genz #changemakers #coding #education #funding #teenfounders #learnbuildapply #learn #build #apply #ethicalinnovation #event #entrepreneurship #teenentrepreneurship #entrepreneurs #fic #futureimpactchallenge #learning #strategy #energy #engagement #creativity #fic #futureimpact #startupcommunity #startupecosystem #collaboration #impact #InnovationForChange #SustainabilityLeaders #TeensLeadTheWay https://lnkd.in/guMJ6Cvb

NSF Game Maker Award: Build & Play to Win! 🏅 Are you passionate about making games and shaping the future? Here's your chance to shine! ✨ Join ACF’s U.S. National Science Foundation National Data Science Alliance NSF Game Maker Awards class, where students can design their dream lifestyle game for the year 2100 while addressing humanity's and the planet's most urgent needs [A video game design competition for K-12 students with the theme ‘Life in 2100’] under the mentorship of passionate ACF game development coaches. https://lnkd.in/eYeSdjzK What’s Included? 💡 - Build games with Scratch, Unity, Python, Construct, RPG Maker, etc. under the mentorship of ACF game development Coaches. - Explore creative solutions for real-world challenges that humanity will face in 2100. - Compete in an exciting national competition to showcase your talent and get a chance to win a prize! Why Join? 💡 - Win up to $8,500 in various prize categories.  - Get featured in NSF publications.  - Winners will get the opportunity to connect with other young innovators and industry leaders in gaming.  - Showcase your game at an in-person event in Washington, D.C. (tentative) Spaces are limited. Sign up today to empower your student's creativity and passion for game design and development! . . . . #team #technology #community #experience #science #acf #appliedcomputing #appliedcomputingfoundation #sustainability #innovation #genz #changemakers #coding #education #learnbuildapply #learn #build #apply #ethicalinnovation #entrepreneurship #teenentrepreneurship #entrepreneurs #collaboration #leadership #startup #impact #startupcommunity #startupecosystem #stem #steam #gamedevelopment #award #nsfaward

Thank You For #GivingThroughImpact! 🙏 Through the lens of action, gratitude can often become a driving force to urge the community to make a positive impact! On #GivingTuesday, we encourage you to donate to Applied Computing Foundation so that we may keep empowering students in STEAM. 💛 You Give, ACF Strives, We All Impact! We believe in paying it forward tenfold. Since our inception, our students and leaders have impacted countless lives worldwide. - Events like Future Impact Challenge, Game Impact Challenge, and Scratch Sustainability Summit give a global platform to teens to share their ideas and drive change for sustainability. - Weekly free coding workshops like Monthly App Challenge to apply theoretical coding knowledge in building real-world products. - Projects like Empower! which teaches free coding, STEAM, and collaboration skills to students from rural USA school districts like the Central Valley, and beyond. Share Your #GivingTuesday story with us, and we will feature the best ones here! What inspires you to look ahead? How have you shown your gratitude through giving?  Whether donating to your favorite charity, mentoring a specially-abled child, tipping extra to your Uber driver, or simply giving a shoutout to a local community leader and empowering their cause, we want to listen to your stories and broadcast them. Donate On #GivingTuesday! https://lnkd.in/daD5bCmE "I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.” ~ Maya Angelou . . . . #team #technology #community #experience #science #acf #appliedcomputing #appliedcomputingfoundation #sustainability #innovation #genz #changemakers #coding #education #learnbuildapply #learn #build #apply #ethicalinnovation #entrepreneurship #teenentrepreneurship #entrepreneurs #collaboration #leadership #startup #impact #startupcommunity #startupecosystem #stem #steam #givingtuesday2024 #gratitude #impact

Grateful Greetings Galore! Happy Thanksgiving From the Applied Computing Foundation. 🍁 There Is a Lot to Be Thankful for at ACF! Our journey is incomplete without your constant cheerleading and unwavering support. While we take this week to celebrate with loved ones and be grateful, we dedicate this post to celebrate all the ways that our generous community has believed in ACF's cause to empower students to learn STEAM and make this world a better place! 🦃 Dear Parents, THANK YOU for trusting ACF to empower your kids with more than brick-and-mortar classroom learning! 🦃 Dear Coaches, THANK YOU for being our tremendous driving force and for your compassionate mentoring! 🦃 Dear Advisors, THANK YOU for being the most candid critics, farsighted stakeholders, and steadfast cheerleaders for our teens! 🦃 Dear Superfans and Donors, THANK YOU for advocating for ACF in every walk of life and ensuring we have all we need to strive hard! 🦃 Dear Interns and Volunteers, THANK YOU for setting the highest bar in teen leadership and taking the gavel of decisions into your own hands! 🦃 Dear Partners, THANK YOU for believing in our cause and manifesting a better future together. 🦃 Dear Students, THANK YOU for being open to challenges, learning together, and inspiring the true spirit of "learn, build, apply"! Give With Thanks https://lnkd.in/daD5bCmE P.S., Could you find the missing HTML tag on our Thanksgiving code snippet? 😉 The code is also posted below in the "Comments" section for the ease of screen reader users.  . . . . #team #technology #community #experience #science #acf #appliedcomputing #appliedcomputingfoundation #sustainability #innovation #genz #changemakers #coding #education #learnbuildapply #learn #build #apply #ethicalinnovation #entrepreneurship #teenentrepreneurship #entrepreneurs #collaboration #leadership #startup #impact #startupcommunity #startupecosystem #stem #steam #thanksgiving #gratitude #gratitudepost #thankyou

☘️ Bring Your Biology Project Ideas to Life! ☘️ Are you ready to turn your curiosity into an award-winning Science project? The Synopsys Science Fair is just around the corner (mid-January), and we’re here to help! Our amazing STEAM teachers offer 1:1 mentoring sessions to guide you through every step of your project: brainstorming ideas, experiments, presentations, and beyond! Why Join? 💡💡 - Gain hands-on research experience - Build critical thinking skills - Boost your college applications Don’t wait! Spots for mentoring sessions are limited. Sign up now and bring your biology project to life. Let’s make this your most exciting science fair yet! ⭐️ Sign up for Free Trial Class https://lnkd.in/gKBC_qCt . . . . #team #technology #community #experience #science #acf #appliedcomputing #appliedcomputingfoundation #sustainability #innovation #genz #changemakers #coding #education #learnbuildapply #learn #build #apply #ethicalinnovation #entrepreneurship #teenentrepreneurship #entrepreneurs #collaboration #leadership #startup #impact #startupcommunity #startupecosystem #stem #steam #biology #sciencefair