Fall Events

STANDUP FOR KIDS - Phoenix Fall Events Raise Awareness and Resolution for Youth Homelessness

This fall STANDUP FOR KIDS - Phoenix will launch three significant events to bring awareness to and support for its programs that work to prevent and resolve youth homelessness. The events are "24 Hours on the Streets" , the first annual Family Festival STANDUP-A-Thon and the display and sale of photographic art created by street youth in local galleries. All funds raised during these events will go directly to Phoenix SUFK programs. More......

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We Need Your Support This Summer

Any day a child is living on the streets is one day too many. There are many reasons why kids are homeless but none of those reasons are because they WANT to be without safe shelter, consistent meals or a loving family. More......

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48 Hours

An incredible success, considering all but one of the volunteers who participated in this year’s event is new to the program. We had a lot of activities planned, and kept the kids so busy that by Saturday night they needed a break. More......

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Cox Community Champions

Ron Wells, David Hedberg, Kathy Calvert, John Racer, Darryl Drennon, Delma Herrera, Jim Glick, Penny Malone, Della Berg, Shawn Duncan, Kevin Pieper, Brian Rudolph and Ali Abbasi.  This group of hardworking Cox Communications employees has been selected as Cox Arizona's 4th Quarter Cox Community Champions for their work with the STANDUP FOR KIDS organization.  They are being honored for their outstanding contribution to the community as part of “Cox Volunteers!,” a program designed to recognize, on a quarterly basis, Cox employees who have contributed more than twenty-four hours to a local charity.

What is it like to sleep on the streets, huddled on porches or in parks?  What is like to      wonder where your next meal will come from, or if you have a blanket to fend off the chilly desert air?  What if you were too young to get into a shelter, get a job or rent an apartment?  There is a group of homeless that have to answer these questions every day and most Phoenix residents have never heard about them.  They are Arizona’s numerous homeless youth.  Though local statistics are hard to come by, national statistics report 1.5 million youth live on the streets. Children now make up 27 percent -- the fastest-growing segment -- of the U.S. homeless population.

The average age of homeless youth is nine. 

If this is the first time you’re learning about this grim situation; if you are feeling horrified and sickened to learn that this is a reality in your community; if you’re wondering what you can do to make a difference, you’re not alone.

A small group of Cox Communications Arizona employees and their family members decided that that there must be a way to help these countless children.  In December this group of employees banded together to find a way to make a difference. They learned about an organization that was dedicated to improving the lives of these homeless youth. That organization is STANDUP FOR KIDS, and the local chapter was in need of assistance.

STANDUP FOR KIDS is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization founded in 1990 to help rescue homeless and at-risk youth.  The national organization’s headquarters is in San Diego, California, but Phoenix and Tucson have chapters also.  The mission of STANDUP FOR KIDS is to help homeless and street kids through a volunteer force that works to stabilize and assist them.  They work with the kids to get them off the streets, into housing such as apartments and start developing   stable lives.  STANDUP FOR KIDS also works with schools to promote deterrence programs.

Cox will be making a $1,500 contribution to STANDUP FOR KIDSS on the group's behalf, as well as featuring them in a 30-second promotional spot highlighting their commitment to the community, which will run on Cox cable networks throughout Arizona.

If you would like to learn more about STANDUP FOR KIDS and how you too can make a difference, you can visit their web site or contact any one of the Cox AZ employees listed.

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A Day In The Park
STANDUP FOR KIDS - Phoenix reaches out to the kids of Phoenix.
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The Search is on. Volunteers NEEDED!
STANDUP FOR KIDS is an all volunteer program, so for us to be there for our homeless kids, we need your help! If you or someone you know is interested in getting involved e-mail us:

Phoenix@standupforkids.org