HOW WE GIVE BACK

National Day of Love® supports our communities through scholarships, educational sponsorships (including school supplies), and community outreach.

Meet our 2025 Community Partners!

Outreach Carol Stream
Outreach Carol Stream
North Bend Elementary School
North Bend Elementary School
Univ. of IL Urbana Champaign
Univ. of IL Urbana Champaign

How our partnerships work:

Our community partnerships are through The Banks Foundation, Inc. (The Foundation) who operates National Day of Love®. The Foundation partners with these organizations to provide scholarships, sponsorships, or community outreach. To learn more about our sponsorship programs and opportunities, visit The Foundation’s website at www.thebanksfoundationinc.org/community-partners.

Meet our scholarship winners! New scholarship winners will be announced Spring 2024.

Scholarship Winners 2025

Benidel Bakubile National Day of Love Scholarship
Benidel Bakubile
University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign
Elise Tejeda University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign National Day of Love Scholarship
Elise Tejeda
University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign

Scholarship Winners 2024

Josseline Javier
University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign
Sophia Witola Reyes
University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign
Tala Zeitouneh
The University of Houston,
C.T. Bauer College of Business

Scholarship Winners 2023

David Sullivan
University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign
Julie Ferrer University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign National Day of Love Scholarship
Julie Ferrer
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Diego Yepes
The University of Houston,
C.T. Bauer College of Business

Scholarship Winners 2022

Chanel Chineme
University of Houston,
C.T. Bauer College of Business
Yazmin Martinez
University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign
Christopher Mettelus
University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign

Scholarship Winners 2021

Kevin Dinh, 
The University of Houston,
C.T. Bauer College of Business
Arely Irra,
University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign
Isiah Lashley,
University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign

National Day of Love® Teacher’s Appreciation Winners from Humble ISD 2025

Jarne Steptoe
Endy Rubio
Jannell Collins

National Day of Love® Essay Contest Winners from Humble ISD 2025

1st – Mia Ibarra
2nd – Kaitlynn Ventura
3rd – Mayleen Villasana

National Day of Love® Adopt a School

National Day of Love® continues to support North Bend Elementary in Humble, Texas with school supplies and other sponsorships for our Adopt a School program.

Help us celebrate love by giving back in our communities.

Visit our page for giving ideas that may work for you. Anyone can participate! Enjoy spreading the love.

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