Help Homeless Youth in Vegas By Shopping On Amazon
It is the last Prime Day of the year, and we’re all browsing Amazon for great deals. Well, there’s a way to window shop on our favorite app and help homeless youth. Amazon is giving us a way to help the thousands of youth in Las Vegas who are currently experiencing homelessness. Not just on Prime day either.
Homeless Youth Statistics In Las Vegas
In 2021 alone, over 10,000 of the youth enrolled in the Clark County School District were experiencing homelessness. This can mean anything from couch surfing with friends, to living on the streets of Las Vegas. In one of the most formidable times of a person’s life, these youth are struggling just to keep a roof over their heads. They don’t get to experience the exciting opportunities many of us had available during our high school years. Back-to-school shopping, extracurricular clubs, sports…they all require funds. Even graduation perks have a price tag. These kids should get to have the same memories looking back that many others have.
How You Can Help
The Nevada Partnership For Homeless Youth is working nonstop to help homeless youth in Las Vegas. The organization has launched its inaugural education drive and is making it easy for the community to help. There are several ways to get involved. Community members have the opportunity to donate school supplies by going to NPHY’s website and ordering directly from Amazon. Amazon will ship the supplies directly to NPHY. Participants can also host their own school supply drive and inviting members of their own community to get involved. Friends, family, coworkers, and church groups are just some of those that can be networked with.
Donations purchased outside the Amazon Wish list can be dropped off at 4981 Shirley Street, near UNLV in Las Vegas. 89119. Monday through Friday from 8am to 5pm. Monetary donations can be made on NPHY’s website, or simply by texting “NPHY” to 801801.
Needed school supply items include spiral notebooks, backpacks, binders, folders, crayons and more. The full list can be found at NPHY.org, or on their Amazon wish list here.
Beyond school supplies, these do more to help homeless youth. They support programs offered by NPHY. These programs include Safe Place, Outreach and Engagement, Housing and Shelter, Education and Employment, Thought Leadership and Advocacy, Health and Wellness, Enrichment, and more.
Wendy Rush recently interviewed the CEO of NPHY about the crisis of homeless youth in Las Vegas. You can hear the podcast here.
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