Building Leadership Around Sustainable Transformation (BLAST) is a program designed to inspire and equip high school students to become environmental leaders. Your sponsorship will support student-led projects as part of the BLAST competition and summer internship program. BLAST projects teach beneficial work skills and give students a voice in the local community. By sponsoring BLAST, you will be inspired by the vision of young thinkers, entrepreneurs, inventors, and leaders. Please consider helping them make a difference! Visit our website to learn more about the students and projects your funding supports.

Thank you for supporting our community's young environmental leaders!

Sponsor Benefits:

These benefits are for three upcoming events:

BLAST Competition Ceremony: April 23, 2026
BLAST Student Community Presentation: July 20, 2026
Fix-It Fair: August 1, 2026

Sustaining Sponsor - $5,000 or more!: All of the benefits of Oak Forest sponsorship, plus the opportunity to join the judges' panel for the April BLAST Competition Ceremony.

Oak Forest - $2,500: Same as Oak Tree benefits, plus your logo posted on Fix-It Fair publicity.

Oak Tree - $1,000: Same as Sapling benefits, plus your logo posted on youth community presentation publicity.

Sapling - $500: Same as Acorn benefits, plus a quarter-page ad in the BLAST Competition program.

Acorn - $250: Your logo or name posted on the Accelerate Climate Solutions website and social media. Your name listed in the BLAST Competition program.

We are happy to discuss a benefit package that works for your organization!

Thank you!

If you would prefer to donate by check, please mail to Accelerate Climate Solutions, 4 Olympus Dr., Naperville, IL 60540. (Please note our new address!)

We are a 501c3 organization and all donations are tax-deductible.

BLAST Competition students and mentors

BLAST 2026 Sponsorship