To do so, Madilyn and Hanna will expand on the Unified club that was started at their high school this year by getting elementary and middle school students involved in a one-day event for the community. Their belief is that this event will help young people and the entire community to recognize that everyone is important and will promote friendship between people of all abilities.

Over a period of six months, Madilyn and Hanna will lead a multi-step project that begins with the expansion of their current high school club with the goal of cementing community traditions – for example having the school participate in Special Olympics Polar Plunge and Sub for Santa. The second step for Madilyn and Hanna will be the establishment of a Unified club at the two middle schools in their community and the recruitment of youth from those schools to participate in and lead those clubs beginning Fall 2022. Madilyn and Hanna’s project will culminate in a field day event that gets the entire community involved and makes everyone more aware of inclusion. With this project, Madilyn and Hanna are bringing their vision for inclusion to life: by supporting youth in becoming more unified at a younger age, it will only become easier to be integrated moving forward.