@sampoderSam Poder proposed the initial idea for Summer of Making, led logistics for Hardware Party, and is a 15-year-old Hack Club leader from Singapore.
Make something amazing this summer. At its core, that’s what Summer of Making was. We were there to support Hack Clubbers and it was all of you who made this summer special. We set a challenge and teen hackers from 129 countries took it on!
We partnered with GitHub to fund $50,000 in hardware projects. With GitHub providing the financial backing and both Adafruit and Arduino providing discounts and community support, we funded hundreds of hardware projects, making 1,950 electronics purchases on behalf of 268 makers, the average age of whom was 16. You can see many of their journeys on Scrapbook.
Did someone mention Scrapbook? 414 Hack Clubbers shared 5,628 unique creations on Scrapbook, a place for sharing project updates with the Hack Club community. It kept Snapchat-like streaks, and 
@caleb posted for 74 consecutive days! The most common post time was 11 PM. (If you’re interested, @lachlanjc wrote about how Scrapbook works.)
Beyond Scrapbook & our hardware grants, so much more happened this summer. We ran AMAs—chatting with six absolutely remarkable guests—the Scrapbook CSS contest, the first ever Hack Club CTF, Open Source Fiesta, a chess tournament, a scavenger hunt on Slack, and weekly Hack Nights. Personally, I learned Next.js, MDX, & Theme UI to make a recap site, which is now temporarily Hack Club’s homepage.
One of my favourite projects: 
Today (Monday, August 31st) we’re drawing the Summer of Making to a close. Here’s what’s next.
Hardware Party
Through the summer, we’ve grown a substantial community of hardware hackers on the Slack and we want to keep the spirit alive. To celebrate, we’ll be shipping custom, Orpheus-themed Arduino Leonardos, which we’ve named the Orpheus Leap. These are fully-functional Arduino clones, packed into a dino shape, shipped for free.
A few weeks ago, @kevinyang, a 9th grade Hack Clubber from Massachusetts, designed the board. Then
@roshan found a factory in China, got a quote, and is now managing the pre-fab process to verify that the board works before we finalize the order and start final production. Since we’re manufacturing in China, it will be many months before the final boards are shipped to everyone who participated.
Last hardware thing: we’re hosting a show & tell with Adafruit & the wonderful John Park. More details will be shared in the next few weeks.
Slack - Some Clean-Up Items
Today we’ve archived all the SoM channels (those prefixed with #som-), to shift conversation into the standard Slack channels like #lounge, #code, and #welcome. We’ve kept #hardware-party and its affiliated channels open for now, since we’re still shipping out the final grants & want to continue support as folks complete their projects. In the future, we’ll redirect folks to #hardware.
A handful of folks are yet to be promoted. We’ll be finding many of you who are active on Scrapbook & promoting you, but message anyone on @summer if you need a promotion.
New users: We’ve redesigned the flow for joining the Slack. New users now join as multi-channel guests, added only to #welcome and a private channel where they’re introduced to the Slack. Once they complete the tutorial, they’re automatically promoted to full users & unlock the rest of the community.
Stickers: Everyone who filled out the form at https://hack.af/som-stickers will receive stickers in the upcoming 4-8 weeks! Over 7,000 people from 122 countries requested stickers and we're still trying to figure out how to ship them all. Hang tight.
Scrapbook from Anywhere
While originally Scrapbook was merely a summer project, shutting it down didn’t feel right. Thanks to @caleb, today we’re launching “Scrapbook from Anywhere”. When you post in a public channel with the Scrappy bot, add a :scrappy: emoji reaction & your message will be posted to your Scrapbook. We’ve added this to help Scrapbook mix with the rest of Slack more, and while the #scrapbook channel will remain as-is, it allows you to Scrapbook the projects you #ship, get feedback in #design or #wip, show off your photo in #photography, or share with your club without cross-posting.
In summary, thank you—to everyone who helped run parts of the Summer, who made a Scrapbook post, built something epic with a hardware grant, attended a live event or just dropped by the Slack. Back in April, I posted my original summer idea in #hq. It’s been an experience of a lifetime helping put it together.
With gratitude,
Sam Poder, the Summer of Making team, & Hack Club HQ