Our Mission

—A generation helping its own

Right now, there are over one million young people without a place to call home in the US. Most have been forced from their homes because of circumstances beyond their control. Some manage to make it through school but others are less fortunate, resorting to begging or prostitution just to survive. And homeless kids have different needs than homeless adults - they haven't even had a chance to live their lives yet.

Virgin Mobile, with the help of Virgin Unite, wants to change that. The RE*Generation is our effort to empower a generation to help its own. We're bringing together organizations that care about homeless youth and connecting them with young people who want to help.

And we're making it easy for our customers to take an active role and get involved -- through donating, volunteering, and even text messaging and downloading.

With The RE*Generation, one person really can make a difference.

Please join us and take action now

Accomplishments

Here's just some of what we've accomplished since June 2006, when The RE*Generation began:

  • Over $180,000 has been donated to The RE*Generation's charitable partners through contributions from Virgin Mobile Festival ticket sales.
  • Over $35,000 has been raised for The RE*Generation's charitable partners through our Txt2Donate program.
  • November has officially been designated by Congress as "National Homeless Youth Awareness Month" here in the U.S. Click here to see what's happening during National Homeless Youth Awareness Month in 2008.
  • Approximately 180,000 items of clothing have been donated through our Txt2Clothe and Blank2Clothe.com programs.
  • Through your donations and help from our partners, over $3 million has been invested in building The RE*Generation so far.
  • Over 55,000 people have signed the "Declaration to End Youth Homelessness" at homelessyouthamongus.org.
  • StandUp For Kids, one of our charitable partners, has been able to add 5 new chapters thanks to increased funding and awareness.

Thanks to everyone who's contributed. Please keep those donations coming!





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