Work So Far


By the end of 2011, through 29 excruciating months, The Foundation will have raised awareness of, encouraged volunteerism for, and issued more than $150,000 in grants to more than a dozen organizations important to Stone and to Holt.  Hundreds of people have engaged and worked in creative and compassionate ways.  


With your help, The Foundation has:  supported blood cancer research; contributed to green home repairs for low-income homeowners in DC; helped to protect the environment surrounding America's National Parks; served the large homeless populations in Washington and in Houston; sponsored children with muscular dystrophy at summer camps in Chicago and Washington; aided building projects around the world; staged blood drives that benefited approximately 200 people; supported earthquake relief in Haiti, contributed to wildlife preservation worldwide, and helped disabled Americans, including veterans.


All of this is done in loving memory and in honor of Stone and of Holt -- in our heartbreaking attempt to keep their boundless spirits still boundlessly at work in

this world.

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How We Are Supporting:    The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society We Kare-eokes *Washington* have supported the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.  Holt helped create the very successful Pennies for Patients fundraiser for LLS, a huge tradition now at Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda, Maryland. LLS, in turn, created the Holt Weeks Trailblazer Cup Award to encourage more creative and enthusiastic volunteerism in Washington DC metropolitan area high schools. To Read More We Kare-eoke *Washington* 2009 We Kare-eoke *Washington* 2010 Rich Preyer’s Appalachian Trail Hike was another very meaningful source of support -- a portion of the funds raised from supporters of his hike was sent to LLS.  Rich spoke about his experience at An Evening with Greta. **** Environment America Also at We Kare-eokes Washington, the Foundation has supported Environment America.  Environment America has recognized Stone's role -- through his intensity and hard work with Douglas Brinkley -- in helping to preserve the Christmas Mountains in Texas.  Environment America created the Stone and Holt Weeks Recruiting Award to encourage hard work and intense devotion recruiting others into their Fellows Programs. To Read More We Kare-eoke *Washington* 2009 We Kare-eoke *Washington* 2010 Rich Preyer’s Appalachian Trail Hike also provided another very meaningful path of support -- a portion of the funds raised from supporters of his hike was sent to Environment America. And Rich spoke about this gesture at An Evening with Greta. **** Rebuilding Together of Washington D.C. At We Kare-eokes Washington, the Foundation has supported Rebuilding Together.  Holt worked on DC-based Rebuilding projects throughout his high school years, as Stone worked on Habitat for Humanity projects. Rebuilding Together has created The Green Hammer Award in memory and honor of Holt and Stone.
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We Kare-eoke *Wasington* 2009 We Kare-eoke *Washington* 2010 **** 
American Red Cross One of the missions of our Foundation is to combine compassion and creativity.  Community Cupcakes, created to honor Luke Carter-Schelp, chose our Foundation in February, 2010 to benefit from its American Idol-like fundraiser at Walter Johnson High School.  During the evening, we announced that our Foundation would donate all the proceeds, plus an additional grant, to the American Red Cross for Haiti earthquake relief.  We asked that the grant specifically help the youngest victims.
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**** Partners in Health Holt’s friends at Eckerd College staged a Crisis Kitchen throughout three nights over two entire week-ends for Haiti earthquake relief.  We supported their compassionate and original idea with a significant contribution.  All their proceeds went to support Partners in Health in Haiti.  We also announced this at the Community Cupcakes event.
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**** The Beacon in Houston At We Kare-eokes Houston, the Foundation has supported The Beacon, a huge volunteer-driven day center established by Christ Church Cathedral Health and Outreach Ministries. The Beacon provides meals, clothing, and other services to people living on the streets of Houston. Stone began as a volunteer at the center, and pulled Holt in during their summers there together. The Beacon has created.....          To Read More We Kare-eoke *Houston* 2010 We Kare-eoke *Houston* 2011 **** Habitat for Humanity Friends in the neighborhood where Stone and Holt grew up, staged a neighborhood home tour.  All proceeds plus more from the Foundation were presented to Habitat for Humanity.  Both boys volunteered with Habitat. To Read More Tilden Woods House Tour 
Also during their senior year, Holt’s friends at Eckerd College devoted their Quest for Meaning class to working through The Foundation to benefit Habitat for Humanity.  They provided hours of service and organized campus fundraisers to raise awareness, volunteers, and donations for this Foundation and ultimately, Habitat for Humanity. To Read More Date Night Auction **** Muscular Dystrophy Association Camps For two years, the Walter Johnson Fashion Club has chosen our Foundation to benefit from its extremely creative fashion shows. We have used the opportunities to support the MDA camp where Stone volunteered -- and a Washington-area camp, as well.  We have sent fifteen campers to two different camps for summers, 2010 and 2011.  We have also sponsored Giant Cupcake Days at the camps. The MDA camps created The Stone Weeks Rock Star Award to recognize outstanding commitment to their counselors.
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**** Inova Blood Donor Services Holt led Walter Johnson High School’s blood drive during his senior year.  By making it fun and the coolest place to be, Holt doubled student participation from the previous year.  To carry on this work we have sponsored Vampire Blood Drives.  We have teamed with Sandi Bourget of Inova, who worked with Holt and remembers well his exuberance. We are joining with Inova Blood Donor Services to create an award to encourage more blood donations in Washington DC area high schools. To Read More Vampire Blood Drive - 2010 Vampire Blood Drive - 2011 **** Push America Stone was a founding father of the University of Delaware’s Theta Nu chapter of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity.  In cooperation with  The Foundation, the chapter has staged We Kare-eoke Delaware.  The event benefits Push America, Pi Kappa Phi’s national outreach project that serves the disabled.   To Read More We Kare-eoke *Delaware* Another chapter of Pi Kappa Phi, at American University in Washington held a Wheelchair Basketball Game to benefit Push America and the Wounded Warrior Project. During halftime they presented a volunteer award, named in honor of Stone and Holt, to a Washington area Pi Kappa Phi brother. To Read More AU Wheelchair Basketball Game **** World Wildlife Fund The Art for New Collectors Exhibit sponsored by friends and hosted by The Washington School of Photography benefited our Foundation. We granted all of the proceeds, plus an additional grant, to the World Wildlife Fund, an organization that Stone belonged to. We are working with the World Wildlife Fund on creative ideas to shine more light on WWF and on our Foundation.  To Read More Art for New Collectors Exhibition **** The Water Ministry As they were growing up, Holt and Stone came to know and care about the homeless people in Washington DC, through St. Columba's Episcopal Church. The Foundation made a grant to The Water Ministry, St. Columba's lunch, laundry, and shower service for people without homes. **** The Audubon Society -- Woodend When they were young, Stone and Holt loved the programs, classes, and camps of this environmental education institution. The Foundation is working with The Audubon Society's Woodend in Maryland, to sponsor nature sanctuary opportunities for city school children in Washington DC. **** interPLAY Both Holt and Stone shared an intense love of music, and always cared deeply about disabled and disadvantaged people. The Foundation is supporting this Maryland - based musical opportunity for the mentally disabled by sponsoring participants in the InterPLAY orchestra. **** Schools and Universities Meaningful awards and memorials have been established at these educational institutions. **** The William Holt Weeks Leadership Award at Walter Johnson High School.  We have supported several other Scholarship Awards at WJ -- in memory of student Celine Silver, and teachers Karl Savage and Carolyn Berger-Ott. We have also donated to the Access2College Fund created to honor former principal Dr. Chris Garran. A memorial space -- a boulder dedicated to Holt and memorial benches to Holt and Stone -- is at the entrance to the tennis courts. ** The Stone Taylor Weeks Award for Excellence in the Study of History at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School. Two memorial benches were dedicated to Stone and to Holt at the front of the school. **  A memorial bench to Stone and Holt was established in the garden at the entrance to The James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy on the campus of Rice University. ** A memorial bench for Stone sits under a memorial oak tree for Stone and Holt on the University of Delaware campus, at Old College on Main Street. ** Eckerd College created The Holt Weeks Tennis Sportsmanship Award and a memorial boulder at the tennis courts to honor Holt. 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