A heart-warming response to a hard-hearted crime. Last week, KGUN9 showed you how someone stole stockpiles of food from Youth on Their Own. Youth On Their Own uses this food to keep homeless teens going, as they push past their problems to reach graduation. Since our story aired, the organization has a new problem, but [...]
Youth On Their Own calls itself an anti-dropout program for homeless youth. It provides support, such as food, to help 12 to 21 year olds stay in school and graduate from high school. Thieves made that job harder when they took nearly half-a-ton of food and hygiene products from a container the agency uses [...]
Over the past 13 years, the Arizona Roofing Contractors Association (ARCA) has raised over $216,000 for Youth On Their Own! This year, ARCA’s goal is to contribute an additional $25,000 directly to YOTO to keep even more homeless youth in school. The Zombie Apocalypse / Walking Dead themed event is scheduled for July 15, [...]
Arizona ranks as the fifth worst state for child homelessness, at any given moment there are around 5,000 homeless youth in Pima County. Youth On Their Own is taking on the community’s social issue one child at time. The non-profit has now helped 1631 struggling Pima County students so far this school year, a [...]
Tucson: How cold blooded is this? Thieves stole a stockpile of food meant for homeless teenagers who were doing their best to stay in school and get ahead. You may not be aware of the problems of homeless teens but Youth on Their Own is. The organization helps them get ahead in school and [...]
The news came in a simple tweet on Tuesday from Youth On Their Own: “We have already served over 1,600 #HomelessYouth in #Tucson this year, officially exceeding last year’s record-breaking number of 1,588.” According to a news release on the organization’s website, “The National Center on Family Homelessness ranks Arizona fifth worst in the [...]
Sean Denlinger attended Pima Community College and the Hogan School of Real Estate. He is currently a senior loan officer at NOVA Home Loans. He has been a voting member of the YOTO board of directors since 2016 and got involved after meeting Kristyn Conner, YOTO’s Director of Development, at a Southern Arizona Home [...]
Jane Klipp attended San Diego State University as an undergraduate and the University of Arizona for her graduate degree in psychology, sociology and education. An educational consultant for underperforming schools, Jane knows first-hand how important YOTO’s mission to help homeless teens graduate is. A voting member of the YOTO board of directors since 2013, [...]
Dr. Bryan Foulk attended the University of Arizona as an undergraduate with a double major in biology and chemistry, then went on to Washington University where he earned his doctorate in dentistry. He has provided dental care to YOTO students since the agency’s creation over 31 years ago. One of the original seven YOTO [...]
Greater Tucson Leadership’s Class of 2017 is on a mission to help our community’s homeless teens. With your support, the class will build a multi-purpose space for Youth On Their Own, giving the 1,600 homeless teens the nonprofit serves every year a proper place to gather, grow, and learn. To help them reach their goal, [...]