YouthLink » Community Impact http://www.youthlinkmn.org Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:14:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Check out YouthLink’s continuing commitment to open doors of opportunity for homeless youth in our Strategic Plan http://www.youthlinkmn.org/2012/01/check-out-youthlinks-continuing-commitment-to-open-doors-of-opportunity-for-homeless-youth-in-our-strategic-plan/ http://www.youthlinkmn.org/2012/01/check-out-youthlinks-continuing-commitment-to-open-doors-of-opportunity-for-homeless-youth-in-our-strategic-plan/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:02:27 +0000 YouthLink http://www.youthlinkmn.org/?p=2005 Download our Strategic Plan here to learn more about our goals and we’re striving to achieve by 2014.

]]> http://www.youthlinkmn.org/2012/01/check-out-youthlinks-continuing-commitment-to-open-doors-of-opportunity-for-homeless-youth-in-our-strategic-plan/feed/ 0 Updates on the proposed Linden Ave. Vikings stadium site http://www.youthlinkmn.org/2012/01/updates-on-the-proposed-linden-ave-vikings-stadium-site/ http://www.youthlinkmn.org/2012/01/updates-on-the-proposed-linden-ave-vikings-stadium-site/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:54:47 +0000 YouthLink http://www.youthlinkmn.org/?p=1994 Check out this article from the Star Tribune on another business greatly affected by this proposed site.

http://www.startribune.com/politics/blogs/137518508.html

 

Here is how you can help:

Call Governor Dayton’s Office: 651-201-3400

Contact your State Legislator
Find contact info for your State Senator and State Representative

If you live in Hennepin County:
Call your County Commissioner

]]> http://www.youthlinkmn.org/2012/01/updates-on-the-proposed-linden-ave-vikings-stadium-site/feed/ 0 Chili’s Fundraiser for YouthLink! http://www.youthlinkmn.org/2012/01/chilis-fundraiser-for-youthlink/ http://www.youthlinkmn.org/2012/01/chilis-fundraiser-for-youthlink/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:57:28 +0000 YouthLink http://www.youthlinkmn.org/?p=1953 Looking for a place to celebrate the New Year? Head on over to Chili’s in Bloomington where 10% of your purchase goes straight to YouthLink when you present the voucher below from January 1st through the 16th.

Chili’s Pepper Partner Voucher

]]> http://www.youthlinkmn.org/2012/01/chilis-fundraiser-for-youthlink/feed/ 0 What YOU gave on Give to the Max Day! http://www.youthlinkmn.org/2011/12/what-you-gave-on-give-to-the-max-day/ http://www.youthlinkmn.org/2011/12/what-you-gave-on-give-to-the-max-day/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:21:15 +0000 YouthLink http://www.youthlinkmn.org/?p=1841  Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who gave on Give to the Max day! Thanks to your generosity, you helped raise over $9,300 to open doors of opportunity to futures of empowerment, connectedness, and self-reliance for youth experiencing homelessness.

$9,300 is an amazing amount, but what did you really help us do on November 16th? Here are a few other ways to think about your donation, and the difference you make:

Your $5,000 donation makes available a part-time GED tutor 2 nights per week for a year to provide hands-on help to young people preparing for their GED.

Your $1,000 donation provides supportive case management services to 45 young people living in housing at Archdale and Barnabas.

Your $500 donation gives 5 young people the opportunity to take a complete GED test and increase their education achievement.

Your $250 donation purchases monthly bus passes for 6 young people to travel to and from work, school and appointments.

Your $100 donation provides an entire set of GED testing.

Your $50 donation provides a monthly bus pass for a youth.

Your generosity turns opportunity into outcomes, assistance into achievement, partnerships into possibilities, transportation into transitions and education into empowerment.

That’s the difference $9,300 makes!

]]> http://www.youthlinkmn.org/2011/12/what-you-gave-on-give-to-the-max-day/feed/ 0 November is National Homeless Youth Awareness Month! http://www.youthlinkmn.org/2011/11/november-is-national-homeless-youth-awareness-month/ http://www.youthlinkmn.org/2011/11/november-is-national-homeless-youth-awareness-month/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:24:13 +0000 YouthLink http://www.youthlinkmn.org/?p=1797 Help us raise awareness around the challenges facing homeless youth! Join the movement on Facebook, or follow us on Twitter to learn more.

]]> http://www.youthlinkmn.org/2011/11/november-is-national-homeless-youth-awareness-month/feed/ 0 The Youth Opportunity Center voted best small project by ENR Midwest Magazine! http://www.youthlinkmn.org/2011/10/the-youth-opportunity-center-voted-best-small-project-by-enr-midwest-magazine/ http://www.youthlinkmn.org/2011/10/the-youth-opportunity-center-voted-best-small-project-by-enr-midwest-magazine/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:24:14 +0000 YouthLink http://www.youthlinkmn.org/?p=1769 Congratulations to AECOM for their big win as best small project in ENR Midwest Magazine! We hope you’re looking forward to the award ceremony in December!

Check out YouthLink’s remodel in this article from the September/October

]]> http://www.youthlinkmn.org/2011/10/the-youth-opportunity-center-voted-best-small-project-by-enr-midwest-magazine/feed/ 0 YouthLink featured as KTIS’s October Difference Maker! http://www.youthlinkmn.org/2011/10/youthlink-featured-as-ktiss-october-difference-maker/ http://www.youthlinkmn.org/2011/10/youthlink-featured-as-ktiss-october-difference-maker/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:39:31 +0000 YouthLink http://www.youthlinkmn.org/?p=1641  

A huge thank you to our friends at KTIS for making us their Difference Maker for the month of October!

Make sure you tune in to 98.5 FM and listen for clips of our very own Dr. Heather Huseby’s interview with Julie Nelson of Kare 11.

In the meantime, enjoy a promo video here.

]]> http://www.youthlinkmn.org/2011/10/youthlink-featured-as-ktiss-october-difference-maker/feed/ 0 YouthLink featured on MPR http://www.youthlinkmn.org/2011/09/youthlink-featured-on-mpr/ http://www.youthlinkmn.org/2011/09/youthlink-featured-on-mpr/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 22:20:59 +0000 YouthLink http://www.youthlinkmn.org/?p=1566 A special thank you to everyone at MPR for thinking of us! The issues facing homeless or precariously housed youth are issues we are able to address with the support of community members like you! Click here to listen to audio and read more about what we do at YouthLink.

]]> http://www.youthlinkmn.org/2011/09/youthlink-featured-on-mpr/feed/ 0 Youth Opportunity Center at YouthLink graduation featured on Fox9 http://www.youthlinkmn.org/2011/06/youth-opportunity-center-at-youthlink-graduation-featured-on-fox9/ http://www.youthlinkmn.org/2011/06/youth-opportunity-center-at-youthlink-graduation-featured-on-fox9/#comments Mon, 20 Jun 2011 23:20:41 +0000 YouthLink http://www.youthlinkmn.org/?p=1223 Graduating high school and moving on to college is quite an accomplishment for teens. So imagine being homeless and still making it happen. Watch the Fox9 News Video to find out how YouthLink helped Bryon Taylor on his journey to end homelessness.

YouthLink Helps Teens Find Home: MyFoxTWINCITIES.com

]]> http://www.youthlinkmn.org/2011/06/youth-opportunity-center-at-youthlink-graduation-featured-on-fox9/feed/ 0 YouthLink’s Pufpaff featured on Twin Cities Insight podcast http://www.youthlinkmn.org/2010/12/youthlinks-pufpaff-featured-on-twin-cities-insight-podcast/ http://www.youthlinkmn.org/2010/12/youthlinks-pufpaff-featured-on-twin-cities-insight-podcast/#comments Thu, 16 Dec 2010 21:09:49 +0000 admin http://www.youthlinkmn.org/?p=1044 YouthLink’s Josephine Pufpaff, director of program development and evaluation, recently spent some time on Twin Cities Insight, a podcast that gives local groups, charities and organizations the opportunity to share their story, to talk about youth homelessness and the support kids need during desperate times.

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