{"id":2170,"date":"2015-09-11T13:31:54","date_gmt":"2015-09-11T13:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bulletinbottle.com\/blog\/?p=2170"},"modified":"2025-07-01T17:24:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T17:24:07","slug":"college-students-nonprofit-buy-a-water-bottle-give-a-water-bottle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bulletinbottle.com\/blog\/college-students-nonprofit-buy-a-water-bottle-give-a-water-bottle\/","title":{"rendered":"College Student\u2019s Nonprofit: Buy a Water Bottle, Give a Water Bottle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theheartening.org\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2171 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bulletinbottle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/11076211_1616150258616138_3774677199997475764_n-300x293.png\" alt=\"11076211_1616150258616138_3774677199997475764_n\" width=\"300\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bulletinbottle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/11076211_1616150258616138_3774677199997475764_n-300x293.png 300w, https:\/\/www.bulletinbottle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/11076211_1616150258616138_3774677199997475764_n.png 618w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>When Sasha Meyer was a high school senior in Southern California, she worked at a homeless shelter. The shelter was unable to provide enough water bottles to satisfy the needs of its clients, so Sasha decided to help.<\/p>\n<p>She got plastic water bottles, wrote kind quotes and messages on them, and distributed them on her own.<\/p>\n<p>Sasha wanted to continue her project when she left for college at the University of Notre Dame, so when she was a freshman she presented the idea to the University\u2019s social impact club. They approved it, and her nonprofit organization, The Heartening, was born.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>For every $10 reusable water bottle that The Heartening sells, another is donated to a homeless person in need. Water resistant stickers with water-themed messages, such as \u201cLive a life well-filled,\u201d are affixed to each bottle.<\/p>\n<p>Sasha, now a sophomore, wants The Heartening to eventually have a presence on other college campuses.<\/p>\n<p>Want to learn more about\u00a0The Heartening? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theheartening\">Like them on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theheartening.org\">visit their website<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>We applaud Sasha for her drive to help others! If you know of children or young adults making a difference, let us know. We love to tell their stories!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Sasha Meyer was a high school senior in Southern California, she worked at a homeless shelter. The shelter was unable to provide enough water bottles to satisfy the needs of its clients, so Sasha decided to help. 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