MILPITAS, Calif. (KGO) -- A student-run organization is proving that just because you are young, it doesn't mean you can't make a difference, even in a pandemic.
COVID-19 has created many issues for people looking to volunteer due to health and safety protocols, but these high schoolers from the South Bay are working their way around them.
The group, named SAMP after the Indian word "samp" meaning unity in Gujarati, looks to unite the community through acts of kindness and projects.
"During a time when things are so uncertain and we don't know what the outcome is going to be, I thought that it was important that instead of pointing out each other's differences, we come together as one," SAMP President and Founder Rajvee Patel said. "Our goal is to spread and encourage unity through a variety of community oriented projects. Our most recent project is called home for the holidays. We fundraised and collected donations to make and deliver care packages to eight local homeless shelters."