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This Holiday Season, YouthLink and its employees received a very special gift…

This time of year can be difficult for many people, especially those who are experiencing loneliness or are in the cold without shelter. When the days are shorter and darker, it’s the outpouring of generosity that lights the spark of hope in our community.

In late December, YouthLink got an incredible surprise from Amazon – $75,000 to help us continue to provide services for youth experiencing homelessness, plus an additional $300 in Amazon gift cards for each frontline employee who works tirelessly each day, building these important relationships and creating opportunities for a better future for our youth.

YouthLink’s Executive Director Heather Huseby said of the surprise,“2020 has been a real challenging year. Creating support and environments to help this population is never an easy feat, but it’s something that is worked on all year. In fact, YouthLink has been open 24/7 during the pandemic because it’s considered an essential service.”

Amazon’s donation will help with some of its core missions: providing meals, shelter and resources for these young people to thrive.

“At Amazon, we leverage our scale to do good at a local level,” said Chad Fifield, site leader at Amazon’s Shakopee fulfillment center. “There are a lot of people facing really tough situations and these aren’t problems we can wait on to solve. Thank you to all of the front-line workers at YouthLink for all that you do.”

Read full story at KSTP.com. 

Watch
the video above of this surprise being presented to YouthLink.

Thank you Amazon!