Ask HN: Give the gift of coding to a high school student

Hi all,

We started https://hackclub.com three years ago after I dropped out of high school to build the program we wish we had as students - one that fosters hackers and a love for thinking.

In the years since, we've been fortunate to see this grow into a real program impacting thousands of students each week. We now have chapters in 221 high schools across 35 states and nearly 20 countries.

I know this is a bit non-traditional for Ask HN, but to kick off the summer we're asking our community to give back to the next generation by making a contribution to Hack Club. Hacker News has personally had an outsized impact on my life since discovering it my freshman year of high school and it would mean the world to have the HN community give to Hack Club.

Every $3 given supports a student for a month. Our students have gone on to host historic hackathons (https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Hack-the-Fog-mak...), start startups, and build nonprofits that are impacting hundreds of lives - and we're still just getting started.

Thank you for your consideration. Happy to answer any questions about our work.

This is awesome. I’m a proud supporter of Hack Club and wish it was around when I was in high school.