Kenny Hubbard
Kenny helped make school activities more inclusive by funding supplies for an integrated gym class and supporting a school event.
Small acts. Lasting impact.
Bring The Ev Effect to Your School
Recognizing Kindness. Empowering Students. Creating Ripples.
Let's Start a Ripple!
Every school has students who make a difference without ever expecting recognition.
The student who notices someone sitting alone. The one who stands up for a classmate. The one who goes out of their way to make someone feel welcome.
What if we not only recognized those students, but gave them the opportunity to turn their kindness into something even bigger?
That's what The Ev Effect is all about!
Through our Everson Guild Middle School Spirit Award and $500 Pay-It-Forward Grants, we celebrate students who demonstrate kindness, compassion, and acceptance while empowering them to make a difference in their schools and communities.
How Does It Work?
Recognize Kindness
Participating middle schools identify students who demonstrate kindness, integrity, empathy, and a genuine concern for others. These aren't necessarily the students who receive the most recognition. Sometimes, they're the ones making a difference in quiet, everyday ways.
Empower Students
Each selected student receives a $500 Pay-It-Forward Grant to create a kindness project of their choosing. With guidance from a school mentor and support from The Ev Effect, students have the opportunity to turn their ideas into action.
Watch the Ripples Grow
Through their projects, students develop leadership, problem-solving skills, and empathy while discovering that they have the ability to make a positive impact on the lives of others.
And the best part? Every project is as unique as the student who creates it!
Kindness in action
Real Students. Real Ripples.
Lynn Gude
Lynn chose to support the person who helps student-athletes stay healthy and cared for, giving back to the school community.
Redha Asghar
Redha helped create garden boxes in the school courtyard, making room for the school community to grow together.
Growing One Ripple at a Time
The Ev Effect is a 100% volunteer-run Michigan nonprofit with a mission to inspire kindness, acceptance, and community giving.
Our goal isn't simply to reach more schools. We want to build lasting relationships with the schools we partner with, creating opportunities to recognize and empower students year after year.
As we continue to grow, we're thoughtfully exploring new school partnerships while making sure we can continue supporting the schools already involved.
We believe every school has students who can create incredible ripples of kindness. And we'd love to learn more about yours!
Let's Start a Conversation!
Are you a teacher, principal, counselor, or school staff member who would like to learn more about bringing The Ev Effect to your school?
We'd love to hear from you!
Complete our short interest form, and we'll reach out to connect, answer your questions, and explore what a future partnership might look like.
Submitting an interest form doesn't enroll your school in the program. It's simply the first step in getting to know one another.
Our students don't just receive kindness. They create it.
Let's Start a Ripple! — Interest Form
All fields are required except the final question.