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March is right around the corner and My Friend's Place is gearing up for a spring season full of service! Read on to learn about recent successes in our Health and Well-Being and Transformative Education programs as well as up-coming events and ways to get involved.
And as always, thank you for your commitment to My Friend's Place and the homeless youth of Hollywood!
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Two New Events to Benefit My Friend's Place
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Thanks to our wonderful community partners, My Friend's Place will be the beneficiary of two events coming up in March! Check them out, have fun, and help support services for homeless youth:
 Join the Hollywood Homeowners Association on March 6th for a group hike up Mt. Lee, ending with a "behind the letters" view of the famous Hollywood sign! Space is limited - check it out and sign up now!
 Join One Thing Church on March 13th for "Healing from Hollywood to Haiti," an evening of art, drama and music benefitting MFP's homeless youth services in Hollywood and World Vision's earthquake relief work in Haiti. Email One Thing Church for event and ticket information!
Many thanks to the HHA and One Thing Church for helping raise awareness and support for the youth who depend on our services. You make a difference!
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Youth Take AIM at New Workshop
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Congratulations to all eight graduates of AIM (Adult Identity Mentoring), a new life-skills workshop facilitated at My Friend's Place throughout December and January! The workshop, with a curriculum developed at Children's Hospital Los Angeles by Leslie Clark, Arlene Schneir, and Leah Molaiepour, ran eight weeks at MFP as well as at the Jeff Griffith Youth Center and Covenant House Los Angeles. Each participant in the program set goals for their future, identified challenges to achieving those goals, and created strategies for success.
 The workshop was extraordinarily successful, as 100% of the youth who enrolled ended up completing it and graduating! Another round of the workshop is tentatively scheduled for April and youth are already asking about it.
Health Education Manager Nick Taylor coordinated the project at all three sites and co-facilitated the curriculum at MFP with Direct Service Counselor Stephanie Gallegos. Thanks to them and CHLA for their commitment to assisting and inspiring the homeless youth of Hollywood toward self-sufficiency!
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Students Help Youth Map Out Their Lives
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As part of a project bringing together members of the arts  and non-profit communities, My Friend's Place partnered in late 2009 and early 2010 with the Otis MFA Public Practice Program. MFA students Rae Filsinger and Ella Tetrault worked to chronicle the life experiences of the youth visiting My Friend's Place, literally mapping out their lives on paper. After 2.5 months, the project was completed and shown as part of an exhibition called "Love in a Cemetery" on January 23 at the 18th Street Arts Center in Santa Monica. Several MFP youth attended the event and had a wonderful time!The youth who visit My Friend's Place often experience a high degree of
impermanence in their lives as crucial relationships and living
situations fluctuate constantly. Understanding those changes and how to foster stability is a crucial part of creating self-sufficiency in their lives. Special thanks to artists and organizers Andrew Bowers and Suzanne Lacy, as well as Rae and Ella for your service to homeless youth of Hollywood!
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Youth Move Into Housing
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My Friend's Place was recently overjoyed to be able to assist seven young people in acquiring and preparing for stable housing at the beginning of the year! This is an enormous milestone in each of the young people's lives and we are so proud of them.
Because of the generous contributions of MFP's in kind donors, each youth had plates, towels, cleaning supplies, and more to welcome them home!
Thank you to everyone who donated! Your help has already gone a long way toward making each young person's housing feel like "home."
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Watch the MFP PSAs
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My Friend's Place PSAs are
now airing on several Los Angeles area television affiliates! You can check them out here and here. Please forward to your friends and help MFP spread the word about the need for our services!
Many thanks to
Dana Kroeger and Women in Film for creating them and helping get the word out!
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Phil Hendrie CDs on Sale
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 Each time you purchase a Phil Hendrie CD, you provide 3 days worth of meals to a homeless youth.
Buy 2 or more and save!
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| Add us on GoodSearch |
GoodSearch donates money every time you search - an easy, convenient way to help MFP continue serving the homeless youth of Hollywood!
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