Letter to the Community
Dear Friends of Homeless Youth:
I saw a very powerful message of hope in the blue moon on New Year's Eve. Like the moon, the generosity of the community to Avenues in the last two months gave a message of hope for homeless youth.
This issue of our e-newsletter is dedicated to thanking all the individuals, families and organizations that provided financial, in-kind and volunteer support to Avenues for Homeless Youth and the GLBT Host Home Program recently. We are inspired by and grateful for your generosity. With it, the homeless youth we support can survive and thrive.
Thank you and best wishes for 2010.
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Deborah Loon
Interim Executive Director
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How You Can Help
If you would like to donate or have any questions, contact Heather Rist -- heather@avenuesforyouth.org or 612-522-1690.
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Thank you to our supporters during the months of November and December!
Organizations -- Ascension Episcopal Church, Blake High School, Edina Community Lutheran Church, GiveMn.org, John Larsen Foundation, The McKnight Foundation, The Nash Foundation, Roseville Ecumenical Thanksgiving Eve Service (Centennial United Methodist, Falcon Heights United Church of Christ, North Como Presbyterian, Presbyterian Church of the Way, and St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church), Sauer Children's Renew Foundation, Target Corporation, Trinity Lutheran Church.
Individuals - James Anderson, Gordon Apple and Susan Thornton, Kevin Arnold, Conee Biggs and Carol Meeter, David and Yvonne Blanchard, Janet Brahier, Robert Brandt and Rich Seaver, Jason and Rebekah Brandvold, Suzann Brown, David Bush, Nan and Glenn Corliss, Nicole Crumpton, Juris and Elizabeth Curiskis, Jancis Curiskis and Sarah Weiner, Britt DeVore, Peter and Martha Eckerline, John and Jeanine Farrell, David and Sue Finstrom, Shawn Gensch, Barbara Gilliand.
Brian Gilligan and Steve Pospisil, Eric Gilseth, Robert and Katherine Goodale, Lois Hall, M.D. and Anja Curiskis, Senator Linda Higgins, Bruhn Howard, Amy Johnson, Jane Johnson, Tim Johnson, Janet Kampf, Jeffrey and Raleigh Karatz, John and Deborah Kephart, William and Mary Jo Kinney, Kate Kline, Andrew Koebrick and Christine Douglas, Carol Koepp, Judith Krow and David Macmillan, Shirley Kulevsky, Deanna Lackaff, Lance LaVine, Marcia Leussler, Natalie Levin, Deborah Loon, Rolland and Ella Loon, Mark and Teresa Manzella.
Nate and Laura Maring, Susan Mastry, Clark Mattson, Jane McBride and Jennifer Nagel, Gene Mammenga, Timothy and Christine McGinty, Gordon and Charlotte Miller, Thomas Moran, Robert and Maxine Mundt, Edward Murphy, Doug and Sue Nelson, Kim O'Keefe, Betty Olson, Doris Pagelkopf, Mike and Ella Pelican, Steven and Kathleen Peterson, Dick and Dorothy Pitheon, Senator Lawrence Pogemiller, Seema and Venu Pothini, Philip Reames, Susan Ritter, Shirley Roullard, Robert and Wendy Rubinyi, Kari Ruth.
Dennis Scherber and Winnie White-Scherber, Leonard and Linda Schloff, Barbara Schubring and Molly Morton, Paul and Sally Schumacher, Jason Schwengels, Kathleen Searls and Daniel Rybeck, Mary Shellum, Michael and Tonia Shupien, Jacob Sirek, Connell & Eve Smith, Kerwin Stenzel, Malea Stenzel, Deborah Sugarman, Thomas Taintor, Stephanie Thompsen, Steven Throndson, Sharon Van Dyck and Richard Kelber, Paula Westmoreland, Susan Wingert and Jan Mattson, Anne Workman. Gifts in Honor of -- Tiffany and Stephen Bismarck, Danya Christensen, Brian Gilligan and Steve Pospisil, Lois Hall, M.D. and Anja Curiskis, Deborah Loon, Hope McCraken, Anne Workman and Ed Zappa.
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| About Us
Avenues for Homeless Youth provides shelter and transitional housing with support services for homeless youth in a safe and nurturing environment. Through such service, Avenues seeks to help youth achieve their personal goals and find a positive transition into young adulthood.
At its North Minneapolis house, Avenues has 15 short-term beds and 1 emergency bed for youth ages 16 to 21. Youth receive basic needs and 24 x 7 caring of Avenues staff. While at Avenues, all youth work with case managers to pursue their individual goals of education, employment, housing, mental health and physical wellness.
Avenues also operates the GLBT Host Home Program, a community-based program that provides safe, supportive homes for homeless gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth.
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GLBT Host Home Program seeks hosts
The GLBT Host Home Program is looking for people interested in becoming hosts. For more information contact, Raquel (Rocki) Simoes, 612-522-1690 or hosthome@avenuesforyouth.org.
Click here to learn more about the January informational sessions.
GLBT HOST HOME PROGRAM
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Immediate Wish List
- Towels - bath and hand
- Personal care items
- Target or clothing store gift cards
- $10 bus passes
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News/Updates
A big thank you to the organizers and co-hosts of the successful fundraiser on November 21 for the GLBT Host Home Program - Senator Scott Dibble, John Larsen, Mike Stewart, Rosie Benser and David Piper.
Thanks to the generosity of all the contributors (listed below), we met and exceeded the challenge grants totaling $7,500 set by Alan Braun and John Larsen!
Allison Albritton, Tim
Baldoni, Mike Barry and Matt Griffin, Jessica Barry, Myrl Beam and Katherine Eubank,
Terry and Candace Birk, Eve Borenstein, Richard Burbach and Russ Stephens, Janet Bystrom and Amy
Micek, Susan Cogger and Terry Williams, Russell Cowles and Josine
Peters, Nancy Cusack, Senator Scott Dibble, Commissioner Gail Dorfman, Robb Doser.
Michael and Nancy Einan, William Fehrenbach and Lee
Anderson, Collin Foulds, Dominic and Kelly Gamble, Jose Gonzalez, Aaron
Gordon and Michael Shmagin Marion
Greene, Luz Hernandez Aguilar and Teresa Hanratty, Raymond and Jo-Anne
Hogard, Autumn Huiras, Tyone and Gregory Ladouceur, John and Karen Larsen, John Larsen and Mike Stewart,
Luke Lockhart.
Mark and Teresa Manzella, Laura and Sarah Matanah,
Laurie McKendry, Dawn Mikkelson, Nicole Mills, Randy Miranda, Jeanne
Moynihan, Curt Nelson and Eric Swanson, Kate Nilan and Chris
Vaughn-Uding, Michael and Jane Nilan, Al Oertwig, David Piper, Curt Prins, Catharine Reid, David Reiling, Todd Reubold and Veronika Torarp. Neil
Ritchie and Jean Johnson, Ashley Schuman, Jordan Sramek, Joanne
Stately, Russell Stephens, John Sullivan, Patricia Svendsen and Doreen
Dazenski, Elizabeth Tisel, Phyllis Wiener and Shayna Berkowitz, Denise
Windenburg and Jill Schwimmer.
In-Kind Contributions and Volunteers
At Avenues, we provide our youth with everyday needs from bath towels and personal care supplies to bus tokens and nutritional meals. We remember youth on their special days with gifts for birthdays, holidays and when they move out. And we offer clothing, cold weather gear, tutoring and more. All of this is provided by volunteers and contributors.
We extend a special thank you to all the individuals, groups and faith-based organizations that donated items and gifts for our youth this holiday season, and who volunteer their time at Avenues.
In-Kind Donations -- Adath Jeshurun, Family of Barb Bindgen and
Tom Johnson, Sandy Brazil, Catherine Cook, LaReina Dominick, Rachel Feinstein and parents (Ed and Faye), Glen Cary Lutheran Church, Kate and Gary Hofstad,
Diane Jolson, Celeste Jones, Jane McBride, Minnesota Association for Justice, Peggy
Oerter, Joseph Oknich and John Carlson, David Piper, Amy Praught, Amjad
Shahid, Virgin Mobile USA, Danielle Whitney, Tara Wilken, Anne Workman,
YMCA Sharks Swim Team.
Volunteers -- Michelle Basman, Jane McBride, Joseph Oknich and John Carlson, Beth Zemsky,
Avenues Board of Directors (Seema Pothini, Erin Campbell, Daren Nyquist, Dave Blanchard, Robert Brandt, Shawn Gensch, Eric Gilseth, Michael Liddell Jr., Kate Nilan, Doris Pagelkopf, Danielle Whitney), GLBT Host Home Advisory Council (Kelly Brazil, Ryan Li Dahlstrom, Vi, Myrl Beam, Qamar Saadiq-Saoud, Jessi Tebben).
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