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Yolanda Ding

Scarborough, ON

Yolanda Ding is a community leader in Scarborough, Ontario. She is passionate about education and empowering young students in their learning journey. She enjoys working on building inclusivity in neighbourhoods, especially by raising social awareness for those with developmental disabilities.

Sweet Spring Cares

Sweet Spring Cares is a care package program that provides resources to elementary school students and their families in lower-income communities in Scarborough. These packages include stationery items, empowering prompts/activities, and more. The intention is to motivate students through their learning journey with fun and hand-made designs, as well as provide some financial support to parents by reducing education-related costs of school supplies.

About this Project

Communities Served

My project will involve and/or impact the following communities:

  • At risk youth & children
  • Refugees & newcomers
  • Persons with disabilities
  • Multi-barrier populations

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

When it comes to community impact projects, the UN has created 17 Sustainable Development Goals. These are the Sustainable Development Goals associated with my project.

  • SDG 10: Reduced inequalities
  • SDG 12: Responsible consumption and production
  • SDG 17: Partnerships for the goals

How the project works

Sweet Spring Cares packages and distributes school supplies to elementary school students and their families in lower-income communities in the Scarborough and Leslieville communities in Toronto. These packages include stationery items, empowering prompts/activities, and more.

Project Impact

This year, Sweet Spring Cares was able to achieve a bigger impact than our initial #RisingYouth project as we expanded outside of our neighbourhood community in Scarborough. We were able to expand to the Leslieville community in downtown Toronto - distributing a total of 100 school supply packages. Specifically, we were able to collaborate with “Do Good Donuts”, a small baking business that employs those with disabilities.

Project Mission

Our goal is to support elementary students of lower-income families by providing them with educational resources. We also hope to inspire creativity and promote inclusivity through these resources.

Project Team

My team consists of myself, my younger sister Spring, and our mother.

  • Yolanda Ding
  • Spring Ding
  • Ivy Hu

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