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IN THE NEWS
Angela Darrish receives a Prudential CARES Volunteer Grants Award
Angela Darrish of Atlanta, GA, a junior associate for Prudential Investments, received a Prudential CARES Volunteer Grants Award of $1000 for StandUp For Kids-Atlanta. Darrish dedicated 110 hours in 2006 coordinating fundraisers and assisting the organization’s marketing team with events and donation drives. Currently Angela is working to build our Alternative Schools program in the North Fulton area. Thank you Angela for helping us acquire community funds through your employer!
Thank You, Kennesaw State University Psych Club!
From left to right are Meghan Gondron(Co-President),Dr. Ziegler(Sponsor),Becca Orchard, StandUp for Kids-Atlanta, Sarah Winograd (Vice-President),Angelica Rivas (Treasurer), and Alonzo White (Co-President).
In January, Becca accepted a check for $479 from the students in the KSU Psych Club. The club members held a raffle in December on campus and all proceeds benefited the StandUp For Kids-Atlanta program.
The students are also a great source of volunteers…very enthusiastic about applying the skills that they are learning in the classroom to the streets and in our Outreach center. We love KSU students and appreciate their concern for homeless and street kids!
Atlanta Gets Busy on New Center Site Clean UP
Huge gratitude to Ron Terwilliger and his generous donation of downtown real estate space! We now have a new home for National StandUp For Kids AND a cool new place to expand our drop in center work…our very own place for homeless and street kids in Atlanta. Click here for more information on this BIG event in our local program’s history…
Snow did not keep a few crazy but motivated volunteers from helping us begin the “shaping up” job at our new center site. We have more work than we bargained for with the former tenant, needing lots of help clearing out the rooms. To our advantage to assist, a team of eight volunteers schlepped many, many boxes to the dumpster out back. We finally succumbed to the potential hazards of traveling home at noon.
Who’d a thunk a snowstorm would stand in the way! There is waaay more work to be done, so …Contact Atlanta@standupforkids.org or 678-522-0197 for upcoming opportunities to help us get our site in ship shape.
Thanks to Paul (not pictured), Sherri, Leah, Max, Jeff, Keith, Rick, and John who came today…you are truly special folks. Suzanne and Jolene get honorable mention for getting there just in time for a tour…
House and Senate "Calling an End to Youth Homelessness"
Declaring November
National Homeless Youth Awareness Month
StandUp For Kids ~ Atlanta is kicking off November with their “Calling an End to Youth Homelessness” campaign by collecting used cell phones.
The purpose for collecting these cell phones is to raise funds to meet the needs of the homeless youth in Atlanta. Nationally there are more than 150 million used cell phones in drawers, garages, and offices that are no longer in use. A child runs away every minute, that is more than 1,400 a day or more than 43,000 a month.
Hopefully, the metro Atlanta area can donate that many cell phones for National Homeless Youth Awareness Month.The purpose for collecting these cell phones is to raise funds to meet the needs of the homeless youth in Atlanta. Nationally there are more than 150 million used cell phones in drawers, garages, and offices that are no longer in use.
A child runs away every minute, that is more than 1,400 a day or more than 43,000 a month. Hopefully, the metro Atlanta area can donate that many cell phones for National Homeless Youth Awareness Month.
StandUp For Kids needs funds to support our Atlanta outreach center which provides food, clothing, counseling, and a safe environment for the homeless youth of Atlanta. If you or your organization would like to collect used cell phones for StandUp For Kids all cell phone donations can be sent to the following address or you can contact us to arrange a pickup for the phones:
StandUp For Kids
P.O. Box 89018
Atlanta, GA 30312
Every day throughout the US thirteen kids die on the streets from abuse, disease and suicide. According to recent statistics Atlanta has up to 2,500 kids living on the streets at any given time. These kids are the forgotten members of our society struggling every day just to survive, begging for food, money & exploited by gang leaders and pimps.
US Congressman McDermott (D-WA), speaking to the House, made the following statement "As many as 2.8 million kids are homeless right now, right in front of our eyes…Sometimes help arrives too late. On an average, 13 homeless youth die every day from assault, suicide or sickness. Mr. Speaker, the resolution before us,
House Resolution 527, would say that, for 1 month out of the year, America is going to recognize that youth homelessness is an important challenge that we must face as a Nation. More importantly, it will say to every homeless young person that you are not alone anymore. The People’s House sees you, and we intend to help. "
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:
atlanta@standupforkids.org
