Join Sweet for supply prep for At the Crossroads, a San Francisco organization working with homeless youth, Wednesday, May 19, 2010, from 5.30 to 8pm, at 333 Valencia St. We’ll prep supplies, then head to Orson for dinner and drinks. Special thanks to Sabrina Riddle and Elizabeth Falkner at Orson, who’ve generously agreed to donate a portion of the proceeds from our meal back to At the Crossroads. Now, that’s a win-win!
Space is limited to 30 volunteers, so RSVP today at info@discoversweet.com with “At the Crossroads project” in the subject line to hold your space.
Let’s have some fun and do some good!
AT THE CROSSROADS
333 Valencia St.
ORSON
508 4th Street / Bryant
ABOUT AT THE CROSSROADS
At The Crossroads (ATC) works with more than 200 youth every week, providing them with thousands of supplies. ATC is 100 percent reliant on volunteers to prepare these supplies. ATC brings together volunteers in groups of 10-30 people to prepare supplies.
Supply prep includes, but is not limited to:
• Making candy packs
• Making snack bags
• Making hygiene bags
• Making Q-Tip bags
• Making tampon and pad bags
• Making safer injection kits
• Making antibiotic ointment bags
• Folding, sorting, and labeling new clothing donations
• Straightening our clothing room
• Cutting outreach cards
• Creating homemade birthday and congratulations cards
• Cleaning used Bike Messenger bags
The reason that having volunteers prep supplies is so important is that it frees up ATC counselors’ time. The demand for ATC daytime 1-to-1 counseling services has risen dramatically in the past couple of years. ATC counselors are incredibly hard working, and are at their capacity. Every hour that volunteers spend prepping supplies is an hour that is freed up to meet with a client. So, at a typical Prep Night, since we have 25 volunteers prepping supplies for two hours, it allows us to meet with an additional 50 youth. This makes an enormous impact on our clients’ lives.
The mission of At The Crossroads is to reach out to homeless youth and young adults at their point of need, and work with them to build healthy and fulfilling lives. ATC’s innovative model focuses on young people who do not access traditional services and are disconnected from any type of consistent support. ATC works with young people who others have given up on, who would not get help without ATC. We remove common barriers to service by bringing ATC counselors onto the streets, and shaping ATC support services around the needs of each individual client. ATC’s goal is to help ATC clients build outstanding lives, not just lives of subsistence.
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