For many educators, the inspiration to teach comes from a desire to make a positive difference in students' lives. As they seek to guide students toward their big goals through trying times, teachers need resources that strengthen social and emotional skills. Facing this very challenge, Allison Silverman, a teacher at Port Chester Middle School in Port Chester, New York, turned to the lessons in the Lead4Change program. Lead4Change is a free student leadership curriculum that provides opportunities for strong student engagement through collaboration, critical thinking, problem-solving, and reflection. Resulting student-led service learning projects can be submitted to the Lead4Change Challenge contest; each year, winning teams are awarded grants of up to $10,000 for their charity or school.