News

What we have been doing

Workshops, the supply drive, and press coverage, most recent first.

Delaware Secretary of Education Cindy Marten holding a supply kit with SkillSphere students at the Dover Middle School campus.

August 2026

Supplies delivered in Dover, with the Secretary of Education

SkillSphere handed 45 packed supply kits to students at the Middle School of Innovation and the Middle School of Excellence on the Dover Middle School campus. Delaware Secretary of Education Cindy Marten joined the team at the table, with the Capital School District superintendent and other Delaware education leaders. The kits came from a statewide drive that collected more than $4,000 in supplies for 13 Title I schools.

WBOC-TV, WDEL, and WMDT 47abc covered the day, and Bay to Bay News ran a feature on the drive.

Fund the next drive

Updates

By date

Sep 2026 Report

2025 to 2026 Impact Report

The year in numbers: $2,500+ raised, $4,000+ in school supplies, 200+ students reached, 13 Title I schools, six programs, twelve student leaders, and six news features. The report also lays out the BPA curriculum and the plan for Pennsylvania.

Download the report (PDF)

Aug 2026 Supply drive

The SkillSphere team behind a table of packed supply kits at the Dover Middle School campus, windows and balloons behind them.

45 kits handed out in Dover, 13 schools reached

The in-person delivery at the Dover Middle School campus is the story above. Across the drive, kits went to students at 13 Title I schools through the Delaware Regional Dream Center. WBOC-TV covered the day on August 24 and WMDT 47abc on August 25.

Jul 2026 Supply drive

Boxes of donated school supplies stacked and ready for packing.

Supplies handed to the Dream Center

Everything collected through June went to the Delaware Regional Dream Center, which coordinates distribution to Title I schools across Delaware.

Mar to Jun 2026 Supply drive

Two SkillSphere students holding a donation box in front of a mural.

Statewide collection drive

Collection boxes at partner businesses, public libraries, and schools across Delaware and Pennsylvania, including Garnet Valley High School, plus a GoFundMe that raised $420 toward bulk purchases. More than $500 was raised for the drive in all.

Host a box or fund the next drive

May 2026 Fundraiser

Flyer for the 6v6 volleyball tournament at the CSW gym, $7 per player, cash prizes.

6v6 volleyball tournament

A tournament fundraiser in the Charter School of Wilmington gym, $7 a player in teams of six, with cash prizes.

Apr 2026 Fundraiser

Tropical Smoothie Cafe fundraiser flyer for Serve and Supply and SkillSphere, April 2026.

Fundraiser night at Tropical Smoothie Café Elkton

An all-day fundraiser with Serve and Supply Foundation: 20% of net sales went to the school supply drive.

Dec 2025 Competition

Flyer for the SkillSphere marketing competition: compete nationally, grades 6 to 8, $175 prize pool.

Marketing competition

Our first national competition, for grades 6 to 8. Students made a 30 to 60 second promotional video for a product, service, or idea, alone or in a team, with a $175 prize pool.

Dec 2025 Fundraiser

Double Good popcorn fundraiser flyer, December 2025.

Double Good fundraiser

A four-day online popcorn fundraiser. Everything raised went to skill-building resources for students.

Dec 2025 Workshop

A SkillSphere robotics workshop in progress at Code Ninjas.

Robotics with LEGO SPIKE

Middle school students built and programmed driving robots with LEGO SPIKE kits at Code Ninjas Pike Creek.

Nov 2025 Fundraiser

Chipotle fundraiser flyer: Do good with burritos.

Fundraiser night at Chipotle Middletown

Our first restaurant fundraiser night.

Oct 2025 Workshop

A Zoom grid of SkillSphere team members and students giving a thumbs up at the end of the Marketing Foundations workshop.

Marketing Foundations, on Zoom

Our first workshop, run over Zoom. Students learned ethos, logos, and pathos, then designed product flyers in Canva and pitched them to the group.

Mar 2025 Founded

SkillSphere Foundation founded

Started by Delaware students Devkrishna Manappattu, Ridhun Gujja, and Yashas Chittimalla to bring free business and technology education to students whose schools cannot fund it.

Follow along

We post photos from every workshop and delivery on Instagram.

Follow @skillsphere.intl