Standup For Kids Recycles for Homeless Youth

StandUp For Kids is “going green” and spreading awareness in the community about youth homelessness by having an activities-filled recycling event at Placentia’s Tri-City Park on Saturday, November 15 from 3 to 6:30 p.m..

Every day throughout the US, 13 kids die on the streets from abuse, disease and suicide. According to recent statistics OrangeCounty has up to 16,000 homeless kids living on the streets at any given time. These kids are the forgotten members of our society struggling every day just to survive.

StandUp For Kids, OrangeCounty is kicking off National Homeless Youth Awareness Month with their “Go Green for Youth Homelessness” campaign by collecting your used bottles, cans and cell phones to raise funds to support its outreach programs and facilities. The event is intended to provide an opportunity for children and families to gather and learn about the importance of recycling and also gain awareness of homeless youth in their community.

Everyone will be welcome to come and donate their recyclables – empty plastic bottles and aluminum cans, and even a cell phone drive will be held to refurbish and distribute to the homeless kids. At the event, guests may participate in some friendly competition like a pie eating contest, musical chairs, and water balloon toss to win special prizes, from which have been donated from supporting companies.

The evening will end with the Cell Phone Illumination Ceremony – a 13-second long moment of silence to commemorate the 13 homeless youth who die every day in the United States. Everyone will be asked to gather together at 6:13 p.m. and hold up their lighted cell phones in the air for a striking visual, demonstrating a unison of advocates to help stop youth homelessness.

Donation boxes, a volunteer sign-up booth, and information table will also be at the event for anyone interested in supporting StandUp For Kids.

To find out more information about November National Homeless Youth Awareness Month activities, to contribute or send donations contact Anna Tran at 714.548.1047 or annatran27@gmail.com.For more information about StandUp For Kids visit http://www.standupforkids.org/local/california/Orange%20County/.

About StandUp For Kids:

StandUp For Kids is a 501c(3) non-profit organization founded in 1990 to help rescue homeless and at-risk youth. With national headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, StandUp For Kids is run almost entirely by volunteers, and has established more than thirty-seven outreach programs in twenty states. Simply put the purpose of the organization is to empower homeless youth and at-risk youth toward lifelong personal growth through an on-the-streets outreach program, and to create in these youth a sincere caring and belief in themselves through open, straightforward counseling and educational programs, thereby helping them acquire the life skills necessary to become effective members of their society. StandUp For Kids has been recognized by the Bush and Clinton Administrations, as well as, recipients of the JC Penny Golden Rule Award.